Movies

  Who are you? I mean, who are you really? Away from the public spotlight, in those quiet moments when it’s just you and your existential angst, and particularly in today’s hyper-connected world, where Facebook and Instagram are temporarily foregone, WHO … ARE … YOU? It’s an intense, penetrating and Continue Reading

  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

  SNAPSHOT Mr. Roosevelt follows a young comedian named Emily (Wells), who leaves Los Angeles for her hometown of Austin after the titular character falls ill. There, she winds up rooming with the ex-boyfriend (Nick Thune) she dumped to move to L.A. — and his seemingly flawless new girlfriend, Celeste Continue Reading

  Labelling a movie “sweetly affecting”” is usually a sure way to ensure it is consigned to the depths of the Hallmark channel, wrapped in the patina of a feel-good glow never to be seen again by discerning eyes. But no matter how you slice it Brigsby Bear is a Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT Paddington 2 finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s hundredth birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up Continue Reading

  All of us, one way or the other, are the products or prisoners of decisions we make throughout our life. That’s not usually the result of careful, well-thought out planning, of course, save for the those of us brandishing five-year plans and a peculiar sense of self-wrought manifest destiny; Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT A curious cat uncovers a coven of creepy crawlies. Simon’s Cat FINALLY gets into the attic and gives Simon a spooky surprise! (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Gotta say I’m with Simon on the sheer evilness of spiders. Forget the zombies, ghosts and demented sprites – it’s spiders that Continue Reading

  Thor: Ragnarok is, quite simply put, a hoot. Yes, you heard me correctly, A … HOOT. If this quirky little word promising a thousand idiosyncratic absurdities doesn’t sound like the kind of word you would normally associate with an earnest, sprawling Marvel film where good stands gravely against evil Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT The film centers on S.U.M.1 (Iwan Rheon, Game of Thrones), a committed young soldier who has lived his whole life underground. He enters a dark and desolate forest, his mission: to keep at bay the Nonesuch, a breed of hostile alien creatures. As reports circulate of frequent, devastating Continue Reading