(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTEleven-year-old dreamer Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab) is artistic, creative, and an avid indoorsman who finds it hard to fit in. Meanwhile, Mom Olga, who runs a top-secret military project, is working to decode a strange alien signal from outer space. But it’s Elio who makes contact, Continue Reading
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Mini-mass of movie trailers: That They May Face the Rising Sun, Sneaks, Thunderbolts + teaser trailer for The Life of Chuck
(via Shutterstock) Grab the popcorn! Pick your favourite choctop icecream! Ordered an upsized wine. It’s time to head to the movies, and if you’re wondering what to see, then wonder no more because here are four brilliant films coming your way, all different, all compelling and all deserving of some Continue Reading
Left to their own devices … Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight trailer
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTIn the midst of the first millennium, Rome is desperate to conquer the last independent village in Gaul — the home of Astérix and Obélix. The secret to the Gauls’ battle superiority is a magic potion, but when the potion master is struck by amnesia, the villagers are Continue Reading
Grab the popcorn! It’s time for another mini-mass of movie trailers – Night of the Zoopocalypse, A Nice Indian Boy + Bullet Train Explosion
(via Shutterstock) A mixed bag at the cinema this time around but who doesn’t love some eclectic popcorn and choc top-accompanied visual entertainment? Bring it on and let’s giddily switch between animation and rom-com and action, a genre expansive romp through the movies which can only do us good. Well, Continue Reading
“That’s all folks!” The hilariously kaboomy fun of The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck venture to the big screen as unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when their antics at a local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Faced with cosmic Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The emotion and adventure of “Lost in the Sky”
(courtesy IMDb (c) Kojan Film) SNAPSHOTAfter a long search in a strange galaxy, a lone rescue robot locates a surviving astronaut, but must reach her before she’s consumed by a looming black hole. A live-action space adventure created entirely with practical effects using a water tank, a real robot and Continue Reading
“No matter what happens, you are all winners!” Win or Lose debuts official full trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWin or Lose follows a co-ed middle school softball team called the Pickles in the week leading up to their big championship game. Each 20-minute episode takes the same events from one different member of the Pickles and their perspective as the game approaches, such as players, Continue Reading
Movie review: Wallace & Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl
(courtesy IMP Awards) It’s a rare thing in this hyperconnected, digitally frenzied age where something is demanded of you almost every second of every day to just sit back, switch off and spend some time with old friends. And when that happens, when the gods smile upon you with an Continue Reading
Movie review: Mufasa: The Lion King
(courtesy IMP Awards) Full admission upfront: this reviewer, for reasons that still evade him, never quite warned to The Lion King, the 1994 animated gem from Disney that introduced us to the world of Mufasa, Simba and the Elton John-soundtracked Circle of Life. Two trips to the cinema were made Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Sage words and a some affectionate parodying in The Badger, the Rabbit and Billy
(courtesy YouTube (c) Birdbox Studio) SNAPSHOTThe Badger, The Rabbit, and Billy is an amusingly introspective animation by Birdbox Studio about an older badger gently encouraging a young rabbit to take the first steps on a journey to find himself. Before the badger could finish, however, another bunny named Billy happily danced around and letting them know Continue Reading