SNAPSHOT Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead Continue Reading
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Movie review: Patti Cake$
People, against all odds, are born dreamers. There are a million reasons why they shouldn’t be, with life mounting plenty of compelling reasons why it’s a fools errand to think that anything but the beige-coloured, dead hand monotony of reality awaits anyone’s hopeful grip. Yet despite everything, that brass Continue Reading
Movie review: That’s Not Me
At one point in That’s Not Me, a marvellously entertaining comedy that gives an hilariously poignant thoughtfulness to the idea of an existential crisis, the protagonist, almost forgetting she is trying to impress a guy she’s met at a party, says something along the lines of “I don’t watch Continue Reading
Book becomes movie: All I Want For Christmas is You premieres first trailer
SNAPSHOT The animated movie tells the story of young Mariah, who wants nothing more for Christmas than a puppy and has set her eyes on a specific little pooch named Princess. Little Mariah is tasked with taking care of her uncle’s dog to prove her responsibility to get the Continue Reading
Want to move to Suburbicon? Buyer beware
SNAPSHOT Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns… the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. But the tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge (Matt Continue Reading
Let the holidays begin! Time to go on Olaf’s Frozen Adventure
SNAPSHOT Featuring four new original songs, the 21-minute featurette welcomes the original cast and characters back to the big screen, including Olaf (Josh Gad), who is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna (Kristen Bell), Elsa (Idina Menzel) and Kristoff (Jonathan Groff). Directed by Emmy-winning Continue Reading
Movie review: Gifted
On narrative face value alone, there is hardly anything exceptional about Gifted, directed by Marc Webb to a script by Tom Flynn, which gives us the much-told story of abandoned child being looked after by an “unsuitable” guardian whom is challenged by someone more ostensibly capable of providing for Continue Reading
Movie review: God’s Own Country
For something that can be so vibrantly tenacious, the human spirit can also be astonishingly fragile. One step, or many, away from the happy middle, from the sweet spot in life’s fortunes, and what was potentially a blessed existence, can quickly feel like some sort of existential hell. You Continue Reading
Do Shrek and Thor: Ragnarok have much in common? Surprisingly they do
Hands up anyone who has ever thought to commbine Shrek‘s animation with Thor: Ragnarok trailer’s soundtrack? What? None of you? Well, thank Hulk that Darth Blender was so inspired and didn’t just sit there thinking “Damn that’s a left-of-centre crazy clever idea!”, but acted upon it and gave us Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: A Single Life – Pizza, music … and yes, time travel
SNAPSHOT In this Oscar-nominated short, a mysterious vinyl record suddenly allows Pia to travel through time. A Single Life has been screened at more than 200 festivals and it has been awarded with 40 prizes. (synopsis via Vimeo) If you’ve been paying attention, you will have noticed that vinyl Continue Reading