SNAPSHOT It was a huge challenge – a huge challenge and I think probably the most ambitious stop-motion film certainly I’ve ever worked on. There’s always a lot of detail. Stop-motion sort of thrives on that you know. You’re creating miniatures, so when you create miniatures they have to Continue Reading

  So much was the same and yet so much was different this year when it came to sampling the seemingly endless cinematic delights on offer. While I still made it to a significant number of films in actual cinemas, consuming in the process far more lollies (candy) that is Continue Reading

The tempting thing with anyone considering a sequel to any successful film, animated or otherwise, is to stay with what worked the first time, build on it just enough to make it seem fresh and new(ish) but not deviate from it so much that it feels too new and too Continue Reading

                      (image via Laughing Squid (c) Taiko Studios) SNAPSHOT In the very touching short animation “One Small Step” by Taiko Studios, a little girl named Luna dreams of becoming an astronaut when she grows up. By Luna’s side is her Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT Andy (Anne Hathaway) is a recent college graduate with big dreams. Upon landing a job at prestigious Runway magazine, she finds herself the assistant to diabolical editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Andy questions her ability to survive her grim tour as Miranda’s whipping girl without getting scorched. (official Continue Reading

Attempting a sequel to any well-loved film is a challenge but after 54 years, when time has rendered it near-iconic and placed it atop a nostalgic pedestal of near-unreachable proportions, it is an almost impossible undertaking you might think. Possibly, but clearly this didn’t faze screenwriter David Magee and director Continue Reading