Hollywood is the most well-oiled of well-oiled machines. Films come cascading off its production line with often ruthless efficiency, keeping the cinemas of the world stocked with films that are bright, blockbuster-y and made to a finely-honed formula. The only downside to this approach, and it’s one that Marvel Continue Reading
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Even the maggots are adorable! New Isle of Dogs trailer
SNAPSHOT Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the Continue Reading
Movie review: The Incredible Jessica James #ValentinesDay
It was those learned pop philosophers ABBA who once remarked that “Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure is Hard Enough)”. It’s a fair bet that Jessica James (Jessica Williams, The Daily Show), an aspiring Brooklyn playwright who is without a relationship after dumping seemingly indifferent boyfriend Damon (Lakeith Stanfield), Continue Reading
Risk it all for love? The heatedly romantic decisions of Extinguished #ValentinesDay
Love is a beautiful, wonderful, fabulous thing. But what lengths would you go to make it happen? To go from looks of longing and sweet interest to unrequited love be damned? To stoke those gloriously bright fires of love? In Extinguished, a delightfully retro animated short film from Ashley Anderson Continue Reading
Awww love sweet orbital love: Orbit Ever After
SNAPSHOT Nigel has fallen in love. But when you live in orbit, aboard a ramshackle space hovel with the most risk-averse family imaginable, it isn’t easy to follow your heart – especially when the girl of your dreams is spinning around earth the wrong way! (source: YouTube) As Romeo Continue Reading
Movie review: The Cloverfield Paradox
If there’s one message that comes through loud and clear, over and over, through dystopian storytelling, especially those stories that come with a science-fiction bent, it’s that we venture into space at our peril. Gone are the lofty aspirations of space exploration in the ’60s; they’ve been replaced by Continue Reading
Animated Easter eggs for all! Pixar reveals some Shorts surprises
One of the great joys of going to see a Pixar film, and there are many, are the sweet nuggets of storytelling that proceed them, five-minute animation shorts that manage to introduce characters, make you care about them and tell at utterly immersive story in less time than it Continue Reading
Monsters real and imagined: I Kill Giants trailer
SNAPSHOT Barbara Thorson is your new hero. A quick-witted, sharp-tongued middle-schooler who isn’t afraid of anything. As the only girl in school carrying an ancient Norse Warhammer in her purse and killing giants for a living, why wouldn’t she be? I Kill Giants is the sweeping, bittersweet story of Continue Reading
Magic in the everyday: THE MA(D)CHINES invests the banal with the wonderful
I’m going to be honest with you – for all my optimism, carpe diem-ness and willingness to see the best in life, there are times, oh lordy there are times, when real life seem considerably less than magical. Getting on and off trains on my daily commute, making breakfast, Continue Reading
Walk Like a Panther: You shall all be warriors once more!
SNAPSHOT Walk Like A Panther revolves around a group of ’80s wrestlers who are forced to don the lycra one last time when their beloved local pub is threatened by closure. Led by the father-son duo, Mark (Stephen Graham) and Trevor Bolton (Dave Johns), this unlikely bunch of underdog Continue Reading