Movies

  My partner and I got together on NYE 2008 hence this very Valentine’s Day post on New Year’s Eve … I have been fortunate in many ways to only ever see the upside of love. My partner is endlessly supportive and caring, the balwark I often need to weather Continue Reading

  My partner and I got together on NYE 2008 hence this very Valentine’s Day post on New Year’s Eve … SNAPSHOT In A Heartbeat follows a closeted red-headed teen named Sherwin whose heart literally pops out of his chest and chases after his classmate and crush, Jonathan. Sherwin must Continue Reading

  Sequels are, for the most part and for a thousand different reasons, the unloved siblings of modern cinema. But Paddington 2, the sequel to 2014’s Paddington based on the stories of Michael Bond who sadly passed away this year, bucks the trend in the most fulsome and heartwarming of Continue Reading

  However much derided the inspirational biopic might be, they are popular for one very good reason – we want to believe that adversity can make you a better person. Or, at the very least, that it doesn’t derail, to too great an extent, who you already are. The reality Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT A distant father confronts a heroic but troubled past-life as an ’80’s TV show mascot named Pombo.  (synopsis via Vimeo) It’s pretty much a given that at some point in your life, and this will be different for everyone, your past will come back to haunt you. It Continue Reading

  What a difference a year makes! This time last year I was mired in the grief of losing my beloved father and while I still miss him dearly, life returned to normal, or whatever normal looks like after you lose a parent because nothing is ever the same again, Continue Reading

  If you cast your mind back to the heady days of childhood, a feat that may be less taxing for some than others, you will recall how even the most troubling of events could be coated with a playful glow with little to no effort. That’s not because you Continue Reading

  Families are wondrous and complicated things. We draw so much of our identity and support from them and yet we can also be messily at odds with them, inextricably part of them through flesh-and-blood and life experience, but separated by differing personality, opinion and life ambition. Pixar’s latest masterpiece, Continue Reading