Love and fear are in the air! Sound like a weird mix? Not in this post which showcases trailers for two romantic comedies and one film which takes claustrophobia to a whole other place none of us really want to go to … EVER. My recommendation? Watch the scary one Continue Reading
Book review: The Grand Tour by Olivia Wearne
No one likes to think they are going to get to near the end of their lives and be buried under a mountain of simmering regret. What we all want is to march into the latter decades of our life, head held high, heart full and a list of flawless Continue Reading
Movie review: Antoinette in the Cévennes (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) #AFFrenchFilmFestival
You could be forgiven for thinking that the Caroline Vignal-directed film, Antoinette in the Cévennes (Antoinette dans les Cévennes), is just one big long romantic screwball romp were you to rely on the trailer alone. Certainly there are elements of visual slapstick in the film – if you have ever Continue Reading
Fantastic characters and amazing creatures: The many faces of actor Doug Jones
SNAPSHOTDoug Jones is an actor mostly known for portraying inhuman creatures, usually via heavy make-up and/or visual effects in films and television series. He’s also the go-to colossus in the movies of monster king Guillermo del Toro, first appearing in Mimic and later portraying both the Faun and the Pale Continue Reading
Book review: Driving Stevie Fracasso by Barry Divola
Mix wit and whimsy with hard emotional truth is not the easiest of literary alchemies but Barry Divola manages it near-flawlessly with his debut novel, Driving Stevie Fracasso. Promising one of those revelatory road trip adventures where fun is had but epiphanies, both existential and familial are thick on the Continue Reading
No, no, no, no, no … Farewell Trevor Peacock (Vicar of Dibley) who made the negative sound so gloriously, happily positive #RIP
For a man who did nothing but make me laugh, Trevor Peacock, who is best known for playing Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley, has certainly left me very sad today. In a cast of superbly talented actors who brought their gloriously well created characters to life with comic Continue Reading
Movie review: Raya and the Last Dragon
Animation by its very limitless nature is always predisposed to taking us to places that enchant and enthrall our imaginations. In a world that, for all its wonder and expanse, has quite firm parameters on what can and can’t happen, animation offers the chance for filmmakers to go all out Continue Reading
Book review: The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
Life, we have all sagely observed at one point or another, does not come with a great many, if any, guarantees. One of the few things we can all agree is relatively set in stone is how we were raised and how that upbringing shaped who we are as adults Continue Reading
WandaVision: “Previously On” and “The Series Finale” (E1, S8 & S9 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WANDA KNOWS IT — AND SHE FEELS FINE? NOT SO MUCH MAYBE … This is a tale of two WandaVision episodes. In the first, episode 8, “Previously On”, the title of which was a promotional staple of week-to-week episodic TV, Continue Reading
Movie review: The Thing About Harry #queerscreen
The Thing About Harry is a deceptively simple film. It looks for all the world, which is quite appropriate because it is, like your usual pleasantly-delivered, joyously light and fluffy romantic comedy replete with attraction, misunderstanding and eventual coming together, the kind that makes the heart swoon and the world Continue Reading