(courtesy YouTube (c) Omeleto) SNAPSHOTThe story begins in a cheerful and peaceful backyard garden, where brightly painted gnomes stand proudly among flowers and trimmed grass in quirky poses and scenarios. Bathed in sunlight and silence, their existence is static yet content. But their serene existence is disrupted when a golf Continue Reading
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Take the plunge with the fun new trailer for The Pout-Pout Fish
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTTwo aquatic misfits embark on an impossible journey to save their home. Living on a rundown shipwreck, Mr. Fish discovers a hyperactive young sea dragon Pip – who had mistaken his home for a junkyard – pilfering his belongings. The heated argument that ensues leaves both their Continue Reading
Don’t let the bullies win … The Twits drops its feisty trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTAcademy Award-nominated filmmaker Phil Johnston reimagines Roald Dahl’s iconic characters, Jim & Credenza Twit, in their first feature animated adventure. The Twits tells the story of Mr. & Mrs. Twit, the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world who also happen to own and operate the most Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The hilarious wrath of ice cream denied in El Terror
(courtesy Vimeo (c) Franco) SNAPSHOTIn the wild Sonoran desert, the greatest criminal of the Far-West suffers the wrath of a four years old child after stealing her ice cream cone. (courtesy Vimeo (c) Franco) I absolutely adore this animated short film. Discovered by disappearing one of Vimeo’s beautifully curated rabbit Continue Reading
Spooky minds present … Thoughts on Haunted Hotel
(courtesy IMP Awards) It would be fair to say that if you had any choice in the matter, that you would not stay at the Undervale Hotel. Located somewhere in update New York, the short-term lodging at the heart of Matt Roller’s Haunted Hotel should be the establishment of choice Continue Reading
Frankenstein with a delightful twist … trailer drops for adaptation of beloved book series (and graphic novel), Stitch Head
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTHigh above the little town of Grubbers Nubbin, in a castle laboratory, the maddest of all mad professors brings monstrous creations to (almost) life… and then promptly forgets all about them. So, who runs the castle? Who keeps the monsters in line, so the townsfolk don’t form Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Smile and the importance of caring friendship
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTGroM wakes up one morning to find that his mouth is stuck in a sour face. He, who wants to be happy and smile. His friend LobO comes visiting and together they embark on a journey to find a GroM’s smile. They try with a circus visit and Continue Reading
Movie review: Elio
(courtesy IMP Awards) Stepping into a Pixar film, you are usually guaranteed of two things: Elio well and truly meets that expectation; but here’s the things with Pixar – where other filmmakers might be happy to do the deliver the same trademark elements over and over because they are expected Continue Reading
“This hotel has a darkness!” Trailer for Haunted Hotel delivers all the hilarious goosebumps
(courtesy First Showing (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTThe adult animated comedy series created by writer Matt Roller will center on a single mother of two who struggles to run The Undervale, a hotel that just so happens to be haunted. Luckily, she has some help from her estranged brother… who is now Continue Reading
“We’re gonna leave it all better than we found it…” Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical debuts a gorgeously upbeat trailer
(courtesy First Showing (c) AppleTV+) SNAPSHOTSnoopy Presents: A Summer Musical is a musical special about the joy and magic of summer camp and the importance of preserving what you love. Charlie Brown loves camp and is determined to make his final year special, but Sally, a first-time camper, is nervous Continue Reading