The Country Doctor is a deceptively, disarming film. Directed by Thomas Lilti, who spent 10 years working as a GP in the French health system, and sensibly writes and directs what he knows (he co-wrote the screenplay with Baya Kasmi), the film, at first glance, comes across a gentle Continue Reading

  I think it is pretty much a given that everything in the world is better when it’s LEGO-fied? The Mona Lisa? Of course. Wandering through the park on a fine summer’s day? It goes without saying? What about saving the universe, for a second time no less? As if Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT In Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok, Thor will arrive in Asgard after hearing about trouble in his home world, and when he arrives he finds Loki’s style of ruling (while impersonating Odin) has led to some lapses in the rules and leads to the freeing of prisoner Hela. Thor Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT A ghost (Casey Affleck) silently observes his grieving widow (Rooney Mara) in his beloved home.  (official synopsis via Coming Soon) Losing someone you love is gut-wrenchingly, near world-endingly sad. There is simply no way, at least at first, to begin to process the enormity of your loss, how Continue Reading

  If you are to believe the naysayers, and quite frankly you shouldn’t if you value any sense of fun or inner child-likeness, films like The LEGO Batman Movie are nothing but crass commercial undertakings, barely-disguised toy advertisements that somehow sully the noble art of filmmaking. The truth is, of Continue Reading

  Rich in encouragement and emotional resonance though they are, we all too often take inspirational addresses from major figures like Abraham Lincoln, President John F Kennedy, Maya Angelou and others of their calibre for granted. But as one panicking astronaut discovers in Hyper Jump, a short film from UpbeatXProjects about Continue Reading