Modern animation often sets out with three distinct goals – to be riotously funny, visually striking and to have a beating heart of humanity at its core that also imparts a meaningful message. It’s a tricky trio of things to keep in balance and not every animated features well, or Continue Reading
Hotdog eggnog! Ted Lasso gets stop-motion festive in The Missing Christmas Mustache
SNAPSHOTEmmy® winner Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, an American football coach hired to manage a British soccer team — despite having no experience. But what he lacks in knowledge, he makes up for with optimism, underdog determination — and biscuits. The widely acclaimed series also stars Emmy® winner Hannah Waddingham, Continue Reading
On the 9th day of Christmas … I pondered who’d be best in glass in Blown Away: Christmas (review)
Christmas is beautiful. Really, really beautiful. Look around you – lights twinkle, plain green trees (to be fair gorgeous unadorned too) are festooned in baubles and tinsel, and yes, more lights, lit sculptures hang over on streets with word like “JOY” and “PEACE” split out in festive colour … and Continue Reading