For those of us mere mortals caught unceremoniously, and with much banality in our ordinary lives of which movies usually are not made, superheroes are impossibly exotic and exciting. They may often be of terrestrial origin, the product of a radiation leak or a spider bite or parental deprivation, but Continue Reading
Pixar SparkShorts: Smash and Grab … the liberating joy of going beyond the known
SNAPSHOT The new short film, directed by Brian Larsen and produced by David Lally, focuses on an outmoded and archaic duo of robots, who toil away at their day jobs inside the engine room of a massive train locomotive. The two risk their livelihoods when they find out they can Continue Reading
Movie review: Hotel Mumbai
We live in a manifestly unjust and violent world; no surprises there. So it makes sense that Hollywood, in an crowd-pleasing attempt to fill the void, often sees fit to serve us up movies in which justice is served, wrongs are rightly avenged and death is treated in almost cartoon-ish Continue Reading
Is your soulmate really out there? French series Osmosis says yes … and no
SNAPSHOTParis, in the near future. Technology has conquered the last frontier: decoding true love. Digging deep into its user’s brain data, the new dating app “OSMOSIS” can find a perfect match with 100% accuracy, turning the concept of absolute soulmate into a reality. But is there a price to pay Continue Reading
Book review: Shattermoon by Dominic Dulley
Dashing vicariously across the galaxy at literally the speed of light with a protagonist has to be one of the great pleasures of reading a great soap operatic sci-fi novel. Against a backdrop of an impossibly vast and dispersed empire or idealistic groupings of planets, our hero (woman, man alien Continue Reading
Grab a marmalade sandwich! Paddington is heading to the small screen
SNAPSHOT The show will see the bear writing to Aunt Lucy from Windsor Gardens. Each episode will open and close with Paddington’s letters as he tells Aunt Lucy what he has learned about life through the day’s new adventure. (synopsis by We Got This Covered) I love him when I Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “Light and Shadows” (S2, E7 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … BUT NO SIGN OF CYNDI LAUPER, TIME AFTER TIME … BUT LOTS OF TACHYONS WHICH IS, YOU’LL HAVE TO AGREE “FREAKING AMAZING” … So it seems we are in a fight for the future! You could well argue we are fighting for it all the time; in Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: the sacrificial unravelling of Lost & Found
SNAPSHOT Lost & Found is a stop motion short film that tugs at the heartstrings. A knitted toy dinosaur must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) It is easy to see why the Australian animated short film Lost & Found, co-directed by Continue Reading
Movie review: Paddleton
For something so big and catastrophic in its impact, losing someone you love to cancer is a remarkably intimate affair. Admittedly it doesn’t feel that way at the time with so many decisions to be made, competing emotions to grapple with and lifechanging moments to get your head around, that Continue Reading
Is Cookie Monster a letter? Kermit says no, little girl begs to disagree … but they still love each other
SNAPSHOT Joey: Now I’ve sung my ABC next time Cookie Monster giggling. Kermit – Next time Cookie Monster, will sing with you, I’m leaving. Joey – I love you. Kermit – I love you, too. Joey – Thanks. If there’s one thing that you associate with Sesame Street, and good Continue Reading