Often times, pulling back the curtain and seeing what lies behind the glittering facade, the alluring mystique can be a disappointment. But sometimes, and this is most definitely the case with this delightful behind-the-scenes video courtesy of ScreenSlam, taking a peek at the building blocks of a beloved pop Continue Reading
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Movie review: Isle of Dogs
There is a beautifully immersive, almost fairytale whimsy that accompanies every film that idiosyncratic auteur Wes Anderson brings to the screen. You know walking into a film like Isle of Dogs, his second stop-motion animation feature film after the Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), that you will encounter a world Continue Reading
Movie review: A Quiet Place
Remember those times when you were a little kid and you would be asked by one parent to carry a mug of coffee or tea to the other? Full of trepidation, you would walk slowly but surely, eyes locked firmly on the mug, each step a study in intense coordination Continue Reading
“Is it revenge? Money? Or something else?” New Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer
SNAPSHOT Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty Continue Reading
Oh my you’re cinematically naked! What movies look like without special effects
CGI is in! It’s in BIG in movies and if you’ve seen any blockbusters lately, and if not, why not, there are some damn good ones out there, you will have seen all kinds of gloriously-created worlds (think A Wrinkle in Time), augmented characters (War For the Planet of Continue Reading
Cargo: Love and the deep bonds that persist even in the face of living death
SNAPSHOT From the producer of The Babadook, and starring Martin Freeman, comes Cargo. Based on the viral short film, this is the story of a man and his infant daughter who are stranded in the middle of a zombie apocalypse in rural Australia. And when he becomes infected, the Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The hilarious life realities of The Heist
Ever have those daydream-y moments where you muse about what it would be like to do something way out of the ordinary? Sail a boat to France from Sydney, Australia? Stage a dinner party for 100 guests? Watch wildebeest migrating en masse across the Serengeti? Or perhaps, you know, Continue Reading
Movie review: Love, Simon
This film review is going to be far more personal than many others I have written by simple virtue of the fact that I have, as an out gay man of many years standing, lived the life of Simon. Not exactly of course since much has changed for the Continue Reading
Haha … oops! Oh the glorious goodness of Ryan Reynolds’ movie bloopers
Could I love Ryan Reynolds in a totally non-stalkery, platonic (well not wholly; c’mon I’m only human) best actor ever way any more? Likely not because my love is deep and wide and hide and dates from 1998 when he appeared in ’90s sitcom Two Guys and Girl and Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The unlikely friendship of The Hungry Corpse
SNAPSHOT A short tale set in London’s bustling, yet desolate Trafalgar Square about an ancient, rather hungry Corpse and … a Pigeon. Voiced by Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Pirates of the Carribean) and Stephen Mangan (Green Wing), the film is a tale of companionship but also a textual imprint Continue Reading