SNAPSHOT The film centers on a family in crisis. Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns home to Chicago at her brother’s (Michael Shannon) urging to deal with her mother’s (Blythe Danner) Alzheimer’s and her father’s (Robert Forster) reluctance to let go of their life together. (synopsis via Coming Soon) Life, for Continue Reading
Movies
Wreck It Ralph 2 is off to the colourful madness of the interwebs (new trailer)
SNAPSHOT Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 leaves Litwak’s video arcade behind, venturing into the uncharted, expansive and thrilling world of the internet—which may or may not survive Ralph’s wrecking. Video game bad guy Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Go travel the world with Disney!
Much as we might wish it to be different, stretching the budget to travelling to every part of the globe just isn’t possible for most of us. So let’s give a Mickey Mouse-ian gloved hand to Gallery Nucleus and Cyclops Prints Works who have taken one of the great attractions, Continue Reading
Smallfoot exists suckers! The people … and the film (new trailer)
SNAPSHOT An animated adventure for all ages, with original music and an all-star cast, Smallfoot turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a bright young Yeti finds something he thought didn’t exist—a human. News of this “smallfoot” brings him fame and a chance with the girl of his dreams. Continue Reading
Deadpool 2 is yours to own and has an off-the-wall trippy trailer to prove it!
I’m not usually a massive fan of promo videos. They’re usually fairly stock standard, name-rank-serial number kind of affairs that simply let you know something’s available and don’t go much further. And while that’s mighty handy information to have since if you don’t know something’s out there you can’t Continue Reading
Avengers Infinity War is a hoot! Yeah, not really – but its gag reel is
Boy oh boy wasn’t Avengers Infinity War the funniest movie ever?! I mean, what a thigh-slapping, rib-tickling laughfest of galactic proportions! It was all I could do not to … OK, really, this was one GRIM, I say again, GRIM film and you were a cold person indeed if Continue Reading
I’m gonna be! Join YouTube user The Usual Suspect and walk 500 Miles through 127 films
SNAPSHOT Bradford, UK film critic Ross Fearnley of The Unusual Suspect has created a wonderfully edited video of The Proclaimers classic song “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” being sung using clips from 127 movies. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) One of the most infectiously-catchy songs I’ve heard is “I’m Gonna Continue Reading
Movie review: Mission: Impossible – Fallout
All hail the saviour of the modern blockbuster action spy thriller! It may seem a bold claim to make in an age when James Bond and Bourne have proven you can have thrills and international spills and still say something, however fleetingly expressed, that’s meaningful and insightful about the Continue Reading
Are we going to back to Stars Hollow for more Gilmore Girls? Don’t pack your bags just yet
It has oft been said that you can’t go back, and while that’s true in lots of instances, it’s increasingly not the case when it comes to old TV shows. Why even Frasier might be coming back to our increasingly-crowded screens! Of course, Gilmore Girls has already returned to Continue Reading
Retro movie review: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
We are an easily frightened species it seems. While we like to cloak ourselves in the spirit of the enlightenment and speak to our embrace of reason and logic – not everyone, of course, as current events in certain countries give confronting testimony to – it doesn’t take much Continue Reading