SNAPSHOT Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to Continue Reading
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Weekend pop art: Drewbacca, pun-laden illustrations of Chewbacca
With May the Fourth Be With You only days away, and many a “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” pun readied in anticipation, talented artist Joe Stone has created a delightful series of drawings that make merry with plays on Chewbacca’s name. And they are Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 5 – FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
It’s coming soon sweetie darling! Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (full trailer)
SNAPSHOT Appropriate for their big screen debut, Edina and Patsy (Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley) are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch Continue Reading
The Simpsons go Disney in latest hilarious couch gag
The Simpsons couch gags are damn near legendary. For 27 seasons, the show hailed by The A. V. Club as “television’s crowning achievement regardless of format”, has begun each episode with a humorous depiction of the show’s titular working class family settling into their living room ready to watch TV. Continue Reading
Scrappy Little Nobody: Anna Kendrick has an amusing essay collection in the works
Next to the superlative Sandra Bullock of which no ill can ever be said, the delightful Anna Kendrick, who is well known for her sparklingly funny, self-deprecating Twitter account, is one of my favourite actresses. She has starred in a range of impressively good movies such as Up in Continue Reading
Independence Day: Resurgence – Another battle we cannot win … or can we?
SNAPSHOT We always knew they were coming back. After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can Continue Reading
Now this is music #68: Ladyhawke, Gazzo, Sara Hartman, Kill J, Peter Bjorn & John
Life is short, people. We know that. But how is that influencing what you’re doing with it? Are you playing it safe, sitting nice and still for fear of upsetting the apple cart, real or imagined? Or as these five artists urge, are you going all out on your Continue Reading
Movie review: Mother’s Day
If there’s one thing that Hollywood, and in this case director Garry Marshall, likes more, well quite possibly than mothers themselves, it’s a good old, well-used formula. Worry not about well-rounded characters, authenticity of any kind and emotions that even come close to ringing true; no, what you need Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Ouroboros” (S2, E3 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND APOCALYPTIC SHOPPING … AND WELL-TRAVELLED WALKERS* As the fractious passengers of the Victor Strand (Colman Domingo)-helmed, good ship Damned If They Do, Damned If They Don’t aka Abigail sailed down the Californian coast, it became patently obvious that there’s not a lot of trust going Continue Reading