Movies

  If history has shown us anything, and interestingly one of the protagonists of Spielberg’s masterful The Post describes newspapers as “the first rough draft of history”, it is that power, for all its love of intimidating show, prefers to exercise its less noble impetuses, of which there are many, Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT The film opens in 2022, as Donny – a mapping drone who “woke up” after a midair collision with a bird, and now speaks with the lulling cadence of a new age guru – is being presented with a “Person of the Year” award. Since his transformation, he Continue Reading

  Movies are increibly intricate when you think about it. A ton of moving parts with everything from a perfectly-written script to first-rate actors to an inspired director, pitch-perfect music and dazzlingly good cinematography having to come together having to come together to make it all work. Sometimes of course Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it’s a little more complicated: he’s yet to tell his family or friends he’s gay and he doesn’t actually know the identity of the anonymous classmate he’s fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying Continue Reading

  You know how a lot of fairytales end with … “And they all lived happily ever after”? It’s a comforting thought isn’t it? Life rarely gives anything approaching truly happy endings; hell we can barely manage mildly pleased most of the time and forget about a donut when you Continue Reading

  How do you extricate yourself from the mire of grief and its myriad, messy repercussions? Is is even possible or are you constantly captive to the irrationality and deep-flowing emotional currents that come in the wake of losing someone? They’re two of the insightfully-asked questions posed by writer/director Martin Continue Reading

  If there is one thing, among many to be honest, that I loved about Back to the Future films, it was its breathless, glittering expectation of what 2015 would look like. Way back in 1985, the film franchise, politely putting aside the complete and utter lack fulfilment of the Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT Movie marketing has always been an art form in and of itself, and movie trailers have now enticed audiences for more than a hundred years. With the passage of time, trailers have evolved from straightforward descriptions of films, to ominously voiced-over montages, to frenetic and spoiler-phobic teasers. Watch Continue Reading