SPOILERS AHEAD … CLOSE QUARTER WALKERS, KABOOM APLENTY AND SOCIOPATHIC MIND GAMES If you stop and think about it, and let’s be honest even if you don’t, the zombie-filled end of the world madness that is Fear the Walking Dead, really doesn’t need any more crazy stirring into its already Continue Reading
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Laugh, don’t scare! Monsters at Work gets ready to clock in for a very funny shift
SNAPSHOT takes place the day after the Monsters, Incorporated power plant started harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sulley’s discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. It will feature the return of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, and Bonnie Continue Reading
Notes on a scene: John Krasinki breaks down the thrilling start of A Quiet Place II
SNAPSHOTFollowing the deadly events at home, the Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk Continue Reading
Book review: Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill
Is it possible for love and devotion to flourish at the end of the world? It would be entirely understandable if your instinctive answer to what must sound like a ludicrous question is a harsh and resounding “NO”; after all, when the world you have known and sometimes loved starts Continue Reading
They just want to feel only child special: The less than idyllic guests of The White Lotus
SNAPSHOTA social satire set at an exclusive Hawaiian resort, The White Lotus follows the vacations of various hotel guests over the span of a week as they relax and rejuvenate in paradise. But with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees, and Continue Reading
Book review: Architect of Memory by Karen Osborne
Space is not a welcoming environment. The stars may look pretty twinkling far above us on a blue-green ball but venture into the galaxy and you are confronted by a host of challenges, not least of which is humanity itself who in Karen Osborne’s Architects of Memory (A Memory War Continue Reading
Happiness is belonging: New trailer and poster for Swedish animation gem Ape Star
SNAPSHOTJonna is a feisty young orphan who wants to be adopted more than anything. But when her potential new mom drives up to the orphanage, she gets a big shock when the door opens and a gorilla steps out! The ape and girl quickly overcome their physical differences. But will Continue Reading
Weekend TV character poster art: The many faces of Loki
SNAPSHOTLoki features the God of Mischief as he steps out of his brother’s shadow in a new series that takes place after the events of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame. Tom Hiddleston returns as the title character, joined by Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku, and Richard E. Continue Reading
Movie review: A Quiet Place II
There are, so the cliched-inclined tell us, only two things that are certain in life – death and taxes. To this exceptionally short and likely inaccurate list, a great many people might also add, that the sequel to a hit movie will inevitably be a woeful and unmitigated mess, or Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Concrete and finding your place in the world
SNAPSHOTTroubled by his own reoccurring transformations, a restless backpacker seeks his place in the world. Through a mysterious encounter in a concrete building in the midst of a barren swampland, he hopes to have finally found such a place. (synopsis via YouTube Short of the Week) Concrete, despite its many Continue Reading