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
Movies
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
You’re a curmudgeonly one Mr Grinch? (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT For their eighth fully animated feature, Illumination and Universal Pictures present The Grinch, based on Dr. Seuss’ beloved holiday classic. The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous Continue Reading
Life exists everywhere: The hilarious wildlife documentary parody Bin Chicken
SNAPSHOT Life survives in the harshest environments on planet Earth. Searing deserts, the frozen Arctic tundra. However there are more toxic places. Our cities and these have spawned an entirely new subspecies: The Australian bin chicken. Scientists have now confirmed what many Australians have believed for decades. once known Continue Reading
Life magically renewed: Mary Poppins Returns and Christopher Robin (trailers)
There’s something utterly delightful about films that not only take to wonderful fantastical places but which remember that, sooner or later, we will have to return to the far more ordinary surrounds of everyday life. It’s that beguiling way of the day-to-day and the whimsically magical that has made Continue Reading