(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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Take a special look at the upcoming second series of Andor: A Star Wars Story
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTWhile Season 1 followed Cassian’s reluctant journey from cynical nobody to revolutionary volunteer, the long-awaited conclusion in Andor season 2 will see the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will Continue Reading
AFFFF25 movie review: All Stirred Up! (Tous toqués!)
(courtesy Alliance Francaise French Film Festival) Having your world upended is not always the best of outcomes. But when it results in life getting way better, and in defiance of every expectation you may have held to that point, then rather than collapsing in good old sack cloth and ashes Continue Reading
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
Oscars catch-up movie review: A Real Pain
(courtesy IMP Awards) Much as we like to think we are up and close and personal with real life, that we are intimately and bruisingly acquainted with the slings and arrows of grave fortune, we are, for the greater part protected and inured to the horrors that simply being alive 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
AFFFF25 movie review: Souleymane’s Story (L’Histoire de Souleymane)
(courtesy IMDb) When did compassion become a dirty word? In our modern age of plenty and digital connectivity when we should be feeling that we are more of a community than not, humanity is pulling up the drawbridge and staring stonily, and often with bristling, cruel hatred, at those looking Continue Reading
“If we want to save this world, creativity is key to survival” A Minecraft Movie unleashes a final fun-filled trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) Welcome to the world of Minecraft – where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal Continue Reading
“We’re in a war… you want to fight, or you want to win?” Andor drops trailer for its much-awaited second season
(courtesy IMP Awards) While Season 1 followed Cassian’s reluctant journey from cynical nobody to revolutionary volunteer, the long-awaited conclusion in Andor Season 2 will see the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will Continue Reading
When you get suck in “Plan B”: Following your own path in The ComicShop
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTMike D’Angelo (Jesse Metcalfe) owns a small comic shop in a Las Vegas strip mall. Though he finished art school and briefly worked as a comic book illustrator, Mike had to resort to what his parents call “Plan B,” building his own business. Having to give up most Continue Reading