SNAPSHOTIt sure isn’t easy being Superman’s dog! Krypto hails from Krypton and has super-powers like his owner; but his social skills are decidedly alien at the dog park and he has no idea how to be ordinary. But when Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and the rest of the Justice Continue Reading
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Run! It’s the headless snowman! Getting scarily festive with A Scooby-Doo Christmas
Who doesn’t love a traditional warm and cosy Christmas? You’d think the answer would be a resounding “Nobody!” but in the festively besieged town of Winter Hollow, established 1764, everyone is afraid to celebrate Christmas, all too aware that when they do, a giant headless snowman – strictly speaking the Continue Reading
Merry Un-Christmas! I put 5 new ornaments on my #ChristmasinJuly tree – the Flintstones, Encanto, Mary Poppins, Mork from Ork + National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Christmas is such a fun, wonderful, warm-spirited, cosy and nice time of the year that it really needs to be celebrated at least twice, right? Right! So, Christmas in July is increasingly a festive thing, and while it’s not as big a deal as the main event in December, it’s Continue Reading
It’s time to question everything…and we mean EVERYTHING! Meet the glorious Oddballs team of James and Max
SNAPSHOTOddballs follows James, a bubble-shaped boy, whose observations on life fuel his comedic rants at everyday annoyances and elevates them to laughably absurd heights. Along with his best friends Max (a talking crocodile) and Echo (a girl who claims to be from the future), James’ ridiculous schemes to question norms Continue Reading
“It’s a snack!” Time to go on a LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
SNAPSHOTLooking for a much-needed break from stormtroopers and TIE fighters, Finn arranges a surprise vacation for his friends Rey, Poe, Rose, Chewie, BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO, aboard the ultra-luxurious Galactic Starcruiser, the Halcyon. But Finn’s plan to have one last hurrah together quickly goes awry when he’s separated from the Continue Reading
Movie review: Lightyear
If you’re planning to make a prequel to one of the biggest animation franchises out there, featuring a character that many people have come to know and love, you have to make damn sure you don’t fumble the delivery because expectations can’t be anything but stratospheric. Fortunately, Lightyear which pivots Continue Reading
Awesome animation avalanche: Dead End – Paranormal Park, Puss in Boots – The Last Wish, Kung Fu Panda – The Dragon Knight
Let’s be honest – there are quite a lot of times when life doesn’t feel animated. Hell it barely even feels alive sometimes, weighed down with a thousand different cares and concerns and all too aware that what we get is not always what our youthful expectations foresaw nor what Continue Reading
Documentary review – Beyond Infinity: Buzz And The Journey To Lightyear
There are so many iconic pop culture characters around that we simply accept as part of the collective furniture that it can sometimes feel as if they have been around forever. They almost feel like they’re alive, they’re so familiar, and while we know rationally they’re not alive and kicking, Continue Reading
Life a little too ordinary? Then get ready to journey to Disney’s Strange World where nothing is as it appears
SNAPSHOTTravel past space and time to a place of infinite mystery… Jake Gyllenhaal lends his voice to Searcher Clade, the son of a steadfast explorer. The original action-adventure journeys deep into an uncharted and treacherous land where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades, a family of explorers whose differences threaten Continue Reading
A mini-mass of movie trailers: Minions – Rise of Gru, Love & Gelato and The Score
A manically fun animated feature, a quirky musical and a romantic comedy. This post’s three selected films are the perfect encapsulation, old time ’80s blockbusters and arthouse indies aside, of my cinematic tastes and I am totally here for every single last one of them, especially given the stress of Continue Reading