(via Shutterstock) How can you not love going to the movies? Look at the dazzling variety in these three films alone – a gripping if fantastical thriller, a garrulously chaotic animated delight based on an iconic Dr Seuss book and some seriously Halloween adjacent supernatural goings-on in an otherwise ordinary Continue Reading
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“I decide when I return!” Haunted Hotel S2 drops teaser trailer for October 9 return
(courtesy YouTube (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTA single mother tries to run the world’s most haunted hotel with her ghost brother, two kids, a demon trapped in a little boy’s body, and an ever growing collection of ghosts, monsters, and supernatural disasters. Haunted Hotel features the voices of Will Forte (Nathan), Eliza Coupe (Katherine), Skyler Gisondo (Ben), Natalie Palamides (Esther) and Jimmi Continue Reading
Aliens and foxes and a journey across the cosmos: The Saga of Rex trailer
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTA little fox. A flying saucer. An alien world. A journey that will change his life forever. Abducted from his home and taken across the cosmos, Rex is paired with a mysterious being named Aven and forced to face a series of extraordinary trials. As they struggle Continue Reading
Peanuts special review: Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy
(courtesy IMDb) With no new comic strips since the year 2000 when creator Charles M. Schulz died having already made the decision to retire the beloved and iconic home of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and the gang, it has been up to an array of comic strip collections and Continue Reading
One big angry family … The Angry Birds Movie 3 trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTParenthood is a game-changer.” The birds are all back! This holiday season, one angry bird will face his greatest challenge yet, surviving fatherhood… while saving the world! The Angry Birds Movie 3 is once again directed by animation filmmaker John Rice, director of The Angry Birds 2 Continue Reading
Christmas in July animated movie review redux: The best Christmas tree he can be: The festive adventures of Albert
This review was first published on 23 December 2019. Christmas television is usually pretty inspirational stuff. It makes sense – if you’re going to set a story at the most, magical time of the year, it’s almost impossible for it not to be uplifting in some fashion. Comes with the Continue Reading
I decorated my 2026 Christmas in July tree with the Tenth Doctor Who, Bluey, Home Alone, Scooby-Doo and Snagglepuss … and more!
(via Shutterstock) When you love Christmas, it’s hard having it pop just once a year. Rather happily, some inventive soul somewhere decided that Christmas in July would work quite nicely, especially in the Southern Hemisphere where it’s cold and wintery and just right for a traditional festive celebration (though we Continue Reading
They sold what now?! Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTWhen Snoopy’s beloved doghouse is accidentally sold at a yard sale, he’s devastated. After all, that’s where his imagination first took flight and where he keeps all his favourite things. (courtesy AppleTV) How could they sell Snoopy’s iconic red doghouse out from under him? Sure Sally heard another word Continue Reading
Bring on the mystical hedgehog! Chickenhare & Secret of the Groundhog sets out to save the world (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOTHaving embraced his difference as what makes him special, nothing can stop Chickenhare from exploring the world with his sidekicks Meg, a martial arts expert skunk, and Abe, a sarcastic turtle. An unexpected encounter with Gina, his sister, radically changes his plans. Chickenhare is not the only one of his Continue Reading
There’s more life out there … it appears we’re Not Alone
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTIn his first-ever feature-length animated film, 4-time Oscar-nominee Timothée Chalamet stars as Joe, an introverted rocket mechanic who lives a quiet life alone. Co-starring with Chalamet in this story is Selena Gomez who plays Fran, a brilliant astro-botanist who is developing the world’s first-ever plant-fueled rocket. When Continue Reading