SNAPSHOT Barbara Thorson is your new hero. A quick-witted, sharp-tongued middle-schooler who isn’t afraid of anything. As the only girl in school carrying an ancient Norse Warhammer in her purse and killing giants for a living, why wouldn’t she be? I Kill Giants is the sweeping, bittersweet story of Continue Reading
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Magic in the everyday: THE MA(D)CHINES invests the banal with the wonderful
I’m going to be honest with you – for all my optimism, carpe diem-ness and willingness to see the best in life, there are times, oh lordy there are times, when real life seem considerably less than magical. Getting on and off trains on my daily commute, making breakfast, Continue Reading
Walk Like a Panther: You shall all be warriors once more!
SNAPSHOT Walk Like A Panther revolves around a group of ’80s wrestlers who are forced to don the lycra one last time when their beloved local pub is threatened by closure. Led by the father-son duo, Mark (Stephen Graham) and Trevor Bolton (Dave Johns), this unlikely bunch of underdog Continue Reading
Josh and Scout: The power of animals to save and transform a life
Ask anyone who has ever owned a pet of any stripe and they will tell you that they’re furry/scaly/rodent-y companions play a far bigger role than simply that of an amusing companion. Whether it’s us projecting or not, or anthropomorphising our animal-loving hearts, or the animals are really relating Continue Reading
Scary or lovable? Either way, Smallfoot is coming your way
SNAPSHOT An animated adventure for all ages, with original music and an all-star cast, “Smallfoot” turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a bright young Yeti finds something he thought didn’t exist—a human. News of this “smallfoot” brings him fame and a chance with the girl of his dreams. Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The burning irony of TIMBER
SNAPSHOT A group of logs is about to freeze to death in a cold, icy desert. When they realize that the only fuel for a warming fire is their own body, things start heating up. (synopsis via Vimeo) This is such a clever short film. What it accomplishes in Continue Reading
Who is the “Secret Alien”? You’ll spot him … the crew? Not so much … @chris_and_jack
You know those space dramas, and they are legion, where a sneaky alien, but aren’t they all, had snuck onboard a spaceship, inhabited the body of a crew member and created mayhem/death/destruction/an unexpected detour to Arkazuma 4? It’s a standard storytelling trope for many genre shows and one that, Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: One man and his girlfriend in a host of animation styles
The Bee Gees once rather harmoniously asked “How deep is your love?” (let’s be fair they asked they asked everything that way and it sounded SOOOO sweet) One person who doesn’t need to ask or even have that question answered is the partner of illustrator Kells O’Hickey who gave Continue Reading
Movie review: Swinging Safari
It is said, with a wryly amused eye on the decade’s predilection for the consumption of illicit substances, that if you remember the ’60s, you weren’t really there; conversely, a sign of having grown up in the ’70s, as yours truly did, is that you can remember every last Continue Reading
When Your Catfish Is Actually a Fish (w/ Sally Hawkins) #TheShapeofWater
For those us who have been in the dating scene, and by logical extension, childhood sweethearts aside, that’s pretty much everyone, the heartbreaking disappointment of realising the person in front of you is not what was represented in the online profile, is all too real. It’s a universal experience Continue Reading