SNAPSHOT Kitbull, directed by Rosana Sullivan and produced by Kathryn Hendrickson, reveals an unlikely connection that sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time. (synopsis (c) Disney/Pixar) Kitbull is, you might be surprised to learn, the culmination Continue Reading
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I am an extrovert gay man living in Sydney who loves Indian food, current affairs, music, film and reading, caramel anything, and a beautiful guy called Steve who makes every day a delight. I am trying to get two novels in a trilogy ready for e-publication, love my iPhone & iPod, and am secretly Canadian in my soul. Life is fun, exciting and joyful and I aim to make the absolute most of it!
Comics review: Nuclear Winter
Ordinarily, an apocalyptic event like a nuclear winter wouldn’t form a lasting premise for a quirky, character-based comic that surges with wit, whimsy and more than a little action (much of it on ski-doos as it happens). But in Nuclear Winter (Hiver nucléaire) by Montreal-based artist Caroline Breault, known by Continue Reading
A killer second act: Barry debuts second season trailer
Barry was, hands down, one of the best TV shows of the last year. Violent and yet tender, expansive and yet intimate, it was a show that beautifully balanced humour and horror, severe existential angst and nascent hope and possibility, an insightful study of humanity that was as moving as Continue Reading
Star Trek Discovery: “The Sounds of Thunder” (S2, E6 review)
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