SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE SOUND OF BOOTS STOMPING ALL OVER THE PRIME DIRECTIVE YET AGAIN … “We all come from somewhere. We carry that place with us wherever we go. That never leaves our hearts. Not entirely. But none of us can predict where our voyage will lead. We Continue Reading
So magically real: behind-the-scenes on Christopher Robin
SNAPSHOT When you’re bringing an imaginary creature to life through CG, you can make it move however you want. But when you’re bringing a toy millions of kids spent their childhoods with to the big screen, you need to use every trick to make them move as believably as possible Continue Reading
Book review: Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Romantic comedies are a beguiling creation. Suffused with more hope and promise than an excited five-year-old running to their first day of school, awash with the kind of romantic view of life that makes you think everything is going to be okay come what may, and propelled by the sense Continue Reading
Indomation: Jurassic Park gets brilliantly wooden
SNAPSHOT Through hand-built sets, custom-painted action figures and over 90 hours of painstaking animation, “Indomation” is a whimsical tribute to the filmmakers and artists who brought us the Jurassic franchise…The first stories I ever told were as a kid in the backyard with my Jurassic Park toys. Like so many Continue Reading
Destined to be a better man: The inescapable premise of Groundhog Day (video essay)
SNAPSHOT The premise of Groundhog Day is expertly constructed to drive natural, organic character change. In this video, we examine how Phil is designed to be a character that seems like he could never change, dissect how the premise of the story traps him in a world that will constantly Continue Reading
Don’t think you like Green Eggs and Ham? Try them, try them, and you may!
SNAPSHOT The story of Green Eggs and Ham is like a postmodern Plains, Trains and Automobiles through the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss. Sam rescues the rare Chickeraffe from the Glurfsburg Zoo, hides it in a briefcase, and attempts to make his way to Meepville where he can charter a Continue Reading
Book review: The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
One of humanity’s great contradictions has, and I suspect, always will be, our ability to dream big but never quite deliver on all the glitteringly-promising hopes and dreams. It’s not that we don’t get there at all; take a look around at the technological prowess of the world and you Continue Reading
Mary Poppins quits! Funny or Die and Kristen Bell have fun with P. L. Travers iconic character
It won’t be immediately obvious from Disney’s 1964 classic Mary Poppins, although Julie Andrews is no pushover in the role, but P. L. Travers much-loved creation is quite the no-nonsense nanny. Caring and dedicated to the welfare of her charges she may be, but she also not inclined to suffer Continue Reading
Up and down: Pixar releases the storyboard for the impossibly romantic classic film’s opening sequence
It is, without any doubt whatsoever, one of the most heartbreakingly-beautiful, touchingly-romantic sequences in cinema, animated or otherwise. The opening 10 minutes of Up, Pixar’s tale of love, hope, dreams and second chances, where we see Carl and Ellie plan for the best but end up caught up, like all Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Hedgehog’s Home
SNAPSHOT Hedgehog’s Home is an animated Film by based on the classic story by Branko Copic, a writer from former Yugoslavia, It’s a warm and universal tale that reminds us there truly is no place like home.(synopsis via Laughing Squid) I have to say it’s not the first thing I Continue Reading