(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTA continuation of the iconic Mission: Impossible series following Ethan Hunt formerly of the IMF, and the conclusion following Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). Paramount Pictures and Skydance Present, A Tom Cruise Production. “Our lives are the sum of our choices.” Tom Cruise is Continue Reading
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Festive movie review: Meet Me Next Christmas
(courtesy IMP Awards) Have you ever fired up a promising movie on a streaming platform, especially a festive one, only to find that it disappoints at every turn? Of course you have – it’s what watching most Netflix movies feels like alas, and while hope springs to eternal and all Continue Reading
Festive preview: The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTIn the film, St Nick (voiced by Gerard Butler) receives a delayed letter on Christmas Eve from the Princess of Hearts. He and his dedicated team of reindeer set off to Wonderland, where they’re greeted by the mean and miserable Queen of Hearts, who hates all things Christmas… Continue Reading
A mini-mass of movie trailers: Beyond the Wasteland, The Electric State + Sweethearts
(via Shutterstock) I need popcorn! And choc tops! Perhaps even a big bag of lollies (candy)! And if I am having all of that valuable nutritional intake, then I also need some movies to watch them with which is handy because … here are some movies! You’re welcome … Beyond Continue Reading
It’s Christmas! The most wonderful time of the year … or is it the Breakup Season?
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTUnemployed yet ambitious 24-year-old Ben Russell (Chandler Riggs) brings his girlfriend named Cassie ( Samantha Isler ) to his rural Oregon hometown to meet his family and celebrate Christmas. The arrival is bumpy. The family’s dynamic unearths internal conflict Cassie is having with Ben. The night they Continue Reading
Feel good fabulousness with new trailer and poster for Paddington in Peru (Paddington 3)
(courtesy Bleeding Cool / © 2024 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.) SNAPSHOTPaddington in Peru brings Paddington’s story to Peru as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery Continue Reading
Post Halloween movie retro movie review: Shaun of the Dead (20th anniversary)
(courtesy IMP Awards) Got relationship troubles? Is your life feeling directionless and uninspired? Failing to realise your true potential? We’ve all been there in one way or another, and while the solution to your relational and existential woes may seem elusive, have you perhaps considered the zombie apocalypse as the Continue Reading
Christmas romance movie preview: The Merry Gentlemen + Hot Frosty
(via Shutterstock) It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and it’s beginning to look a lot like, you know, and yes, every single very Christmassy phrase is being engaged right now because the festive season is so close we can taste it (I mean, literally taste it; here in Continue Reading
Movie review: From Hilde, With Love (In Liebe, Eure Hilde)
(courtesy IMDB) There has likely never been an age in which humanity hasn’t had to battle against some form of tyranny or another, but in 2024, the pressing need to take a stand against the monstrous autocracy of fascism and its barbaric intent to shape life in its own twisted Continue Reading
New friends, old enemies … first trailer drops for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTGromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to Continue Reading