It goes without saying, but hey, I’m going to say it anyway. Game of Thrones is serious, very, VERY serious. Monty Python, and specifically, The Holy Grail, is not (although, as a satire, it conveys some fairly serious ideas). So then, does combining the two rather disparate approaches to Continue Reading
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No Small Parts: The superlative acting style of Sally Hawkins #TheShapeofWater
SNAPSHOT On IMDB the following is described as one of her trademarks; an apologetic and grateful presence with a shy and nervous demeanor that’s pretty accurate but there are still a few surprises …Sally’s role as as Elisa in the ‘Shape of Water’ suits her perfectly. Elisa has elements Continue Reading
Movie review: BPM (120 Battements par minute)
We often forget in the cold, reflective light of history, that there are real flesh-and-blood people in the events we’re examining. People who stormed the battlements, fought in wars, made bold scientific discoveries, and in the case of Robin Campillo’s BPM (120 Battements par minute), made repeated and concerted attempts Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Solo – A Star Wars Story character posters
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
Movie review: Tomb Raider
As a group, cinematic archaeologists and adventurers of the treasure-hunting variety are not the brightest of people. Sure, they’re brave, intrepid, a little reckless and with chutzpath to burn, but bright? Not so much. Time and again, adventurers like Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander in this iteration), who returns in Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Things go bump in the night in I’m Scared
SNAPSHOT 8-year-old insomniac Ralf warns his little brother Crumbs of all of the dangers that lurk in the shadows, waiting to devour the two of them. (synopsis via YouTube) Be honest – when you were a kid you were convinced there was plenty to be scared of in the Continue Reading
How’d they do that? The stop-motion animation puppets of Early Man
SNAPSHOT Set at the dawn of time, when dinosaurs and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of how one plucky caveman unites his tribe against a mighty enemy and saves the day! (synopsis via Coming Soon) I am, and will always be, a fan of Continue Reading
Pop Culture Typography: Iconic logos and fonts get a fun musical re-imagining
Ever-more creative and colourful lyric videos have become quite the thing of late for many music artists. Whether as a stop-gap till a live-action clip is filmed or the final promotional product itself, the best lyric videos entrance, entertain and move perfectly in time with the song they’re accompanying. Continue Reading
The body may be cured but is the soul? The Cured asks some hard questions
SNAPSHOT What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins. Among the formerly afflicted is Senan Continue Reading
Anyone he wants to be: The amazing chameleon mastery of actor Doug Jones
SNAPSHOT … [Doug Jones] would go on to play lots of characters that rendered him virtually unrecognizable. With job offers flooding in, thanks to word-of-mouth he eventually got a reputation for being not only someone who had a gift for giving life to these strange creature like roles, but Continue Reading