SNAPSHOT The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space, wrecking everything Continue Reading
Saturday Morning TV: The Secret Squirrel Show
First appearing in a prime-time animated special, The World of Atom Ant and Secret Squirrel, on 12 September 1965, Secret Squirrel (voiced by Mel Blanc) is my favourite Hanna-Barbera character after Scooby Doo. I’m not sure if it’s because he debuted on TV out the year I was born – Continue Reading
Now this is music #119: Farao, DYAN, Mija, Madge, Brynn Elliott + festive Lindsey Stirling
Standing out from the crowd can be tough. It’s often not enough to look the part, especially these days; you also have to sound the part, live the part, and have something fresh and interesting to say. These five artists most definitely do, taking life events and observances about Continue Reading
Who’s a Big Damn Hero? Mal and the crew of Firefly of course
SNAPSHOT Captain Malcolm Reynolds finds himself in a dangerous situation after being kidnapped by a bunch of embittered veteran Browncoats. (synopsis via EW) If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of Firefly devotees wailing and gnashing their teeth, and bemoaning, once again, the fact the series was Continue Reading
Movie review: Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes of Grindelwald
Quite possibly one of the loveliest things that good fantasy or magically real films do is transport their audiences to a world far away from their own. While you are technically still sitting in a cinema, every other part of you, the dreaming, yearning, imaginatively-expansive parts of you are Continue Reading
Up, up and away: Dumbo gains cinematic altitude with new poster + trailer
SNAPSHOT From Disney and visionary director Tim Burton, the all-new grand live-action adventure “Dumbo” expands on the beloved classic story where differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight. Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children Milly (Nico Continue Reading
Book review: Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper
I just had the loveliest time sitting down and talking with Kimmy Schmidt. Having devoured every available episode of her, naturally, autobiographical, post-being trapped inside a bunker by a pedophilic cult leader sitcom – yep, that’s the premise and it works like a charm, an hilarious mix of quirky Continue Reading
Can you tell me how to sing … 5 favourite Sesame Street musical moments
Sesame Street does so many things right. From its brilliantly-imaginative teaching of the ABCs and 123s to its hilarious parodies of pop culture touchstones through to its life lessons, it is the gold standard in education for kids (and more than a few adults too). To that illustrious list. Continue Reading
Celebrate the weird and let your freak flag fly: Ugly Dolls trailer + posters
SNAPSHOT In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weird is celebrated, strange is special and beauty is embraced as more than simply meets the eye. Here, the free-spirited Moxy and her UglyDolls friends live every day in a whirlwind of bliss, letting their freak flags fly in a celebration Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The Visitor and the majesty of landscape
SNAPSHOT Armed with a camera drone, I travelled to Utah to capture the alienesque landscape of the desert on film. …Like many people, I’ve always wanted to visit Mars. But, it’s so far away. Last month I did the next best thing: I traveled to the deserts of Southern Continue Reading