What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Witness the battle for survival in The Dark Tower (trailer + posters)
SNAPSHOT Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) is an 11-year-old adventure seeker who discovers clues about another dimension called Mid-World. Upon following the mystery, he is spirited away to Mid-World where he encounters a Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), who is on a quest to reach the “Dark Tower” that resides Continue Reading
Book review: Gizelle’s Bucket List by Lauren Fern Walt
It’s only after you’ve had an extraordinary pet in your life, an animal that was far more than just a companion and came to define your life in ways you never expected, that you can understand why a book like Gizelle’s Bucket List is so immensely affecting. It’s a Continue Reading
Weekend poster me this: Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
SNAPSHOT In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha—an ever-expanding metropolis where species Continue Reading
Movie review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
One of the things that marked out the first outing of the Guardians of the Galaxy team way back in 2014 was its exuberant of devil-may-care fun. Gone were the usual po-faced sentiments of most Marvel Studio outings, replaced with a giddy sense of mischievous and damn near seditious Continue Reading
Oh trust us, you want to get Disjointed with Kathy Bates
SNAPSHOT [Disjointed] follows Ruth (Bates), a lifelong advocate for legalization, as she finally lives her dream as the owner of an Los Angeles cannabis dispensary. Joining her at Ruth’s Alternative Caring are three charismatic “budtenders” (Dougie Baldwin, Elizabeth Ho and Elizabeth Alderfer), her entrepreneurial twentysomething son (Aaron Moten) and Continue Reading
From Rogue One to A New Hope: Video seamlessly weaves one into the another #Maythe4thBeWithYou
If you’re a diehard Star Wars fan, and frankly even if you’re not – I fall somewhere into the nebulous spot between, having seen Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977 on first release, no less – you’ll be aware that Rogue One, which tells the story of the Continue Reading
Don’t cry me for Obi-Wan, R2-D2 #Maythe4thBeWithYou
Sure we’ve often seen R2-D2 helping to save the galaxy from the evils of the Galactic Empire but beneath that blue and silver gleaming squat body and the adorable bleeps and squeals beats the heart of a sweet and sensitive droid. A droid, we might add thanks to Jeffrim Sheroky’s Continue Reading
She’s so rebellious: Jyn Erso gets her parody on in Rogue One parody trailer #MayThe4thBeWithYou
Rogue One, as those who saw the standalone Star Wars film that told the tale of the many brave people who sacrificed a great deal the plans for the first Death Star that was blown to smithereens in A New Hope, it is a grim film. Peppered by some Continue Reading
Wars? No. How about Star Peacefully Resolved Conflicts instead? #MayThe4thBeWithYou
SNAPSHOT What if the ‘war’ in Star Wars was resolved peacefully? Except if you start smoking in a non-smoking area. If you do that you should prepare for the worst. My little brother asked me to make a Star Wars where Luke Skywalker looked like him. And fortunately he Continue Reading