(courtesy Animation Magazine) SNAPSHOTCloud Girl tells the story of an 11-year-old avid reader entrusted with a magical quill that can grant any wish it writes. When she wishes to fly and for her guinea pig, Airbag, to talk, the duo embark on a dangerous adventure to save the planet. The Continue Reading
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Tiny ton of TV and movie trailers 10/26: Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, 12 12 12, Minimum Wage + The Child
(via Shutterstock) The tsunami of viewing possibilities continues, and while all this endless choice used to alarm and unnerve me because how could I possibility get to it all, now I see it as a TBW (To Be Watched) menu of possibility that’s exciting because who knows what I’ll watch Continue Reading
Christmas movie preview: The Christmas Switch, A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, Guarding Stars + In a Holidaze
(via Shutterstock) These trailers may be previews of Christmas Still to Come but the year is racing by and soon and very soon they will part of Christmas present. I am especially thrilled to have a new Nordic festive film to watch and while lay on the saccharine sweetness, I Continue Reading
Catch-up movie review: Avatar: Fire and Ash aka Avatar 3
(courtesy IMP Awards) Reviewing a major Hollywood release almost a year after its initial release might seem like an oddly delayed thing to do in our hyper immediate world where the zeitgeist is super focused on something one day and curiously uninterested the next. Truth be told, the delay in Continue Reading
Halloween movie review: Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Soggy Bottom
(courtesy IMP Awards) In a bid to sell this movie to my full-on horror loving friend – turns out I didn’t have to sell it too hard; who doesn’t love some Aardman whimsy as it turns out – I told him it was Halloween-adjacent, embracing the season quite clearly but Continue Reading
Christmas preview: Teaser trailer drops for The Man with the Bag
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWhen Santa’s (Arnold Schwarzenegger) iconic red bag is stolen by a rogue elf with a grudge (Awkwafina), Christmas is suddenly at risk. With his biggest night of the year fast-approaching, Santa recruits a thief (Alan Ritchson) from his ‘Naughty List’ who quickly assembles a crew of criminally Continue Reading
“I just want everything to be … like it used to be.” Streaming trailer highlight: Phony
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTPhony is a coming-of-age mystery series about a teenager named Sonny (Sam Nivola) who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident to discover his mom Ellen (Connie Britton) — his only parent & best friend — appears to have been replaced by an impostor. Phony Continue Reading
Trio o’ terrific trailers (September 2026): MADFABULOUS, Treasure Island + Onwards and Sideways
(via Shutterstock) In an act of huge pop culture consuming nerdery, I keep lists of movies and TV/streaming shows I’d like to watch. I apologise for none of it because frankly with the sheer volume of content happily sliding down onto streaming platforms and into cinemas, it seems the only Continue Reading
Honest players in a crooked game … Ray Gunn drops its first retro future film noir trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT‘Academy Award winner Brad Bird, the visionary director of The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and The Iron Giant, brings you a whole new world to investigate…’ Set within Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future as seen from 1939, private eye Raymond Gunn is drawn into a case Continue Reading
Movie review: Separate Beds (2 cuori e 2 capanne)
(courtesy IMDb) Doing something fun and interesting with a well-trod and cliche-saturated genre like romantic comedy is always a challenge. It’s why many romcoms, delightful though they are, are barely discernible riffs on well-worn tropes and cliches, serving up just enough escapist romanticism to keep eager audiences happy; occasionally, though Continue Reading