Movies

  SNAPSHOT The Narrow World is the story of a gigantic alien that crashes to Earth and takes up residence in Los Angeles. Contrary to expectations, when the alien is neither hostile towards the tiny humans around it, nor communicative in any way, it falls on the populace to decipher Continue Reading

  If you’ve ever watched Lord of the Rings, and if not, why not, explain yourself this instant, you’ll be well aware that in that far off and mystical land, humans, elves, orcs and dwarves all exist together in, well not perfect harmony exactly (that’d be the Disney version folks) Continue Reading

  “Oh! What A Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice To Deceive” Those immortal words by Sir Walter Scott in his poem “Marmion” are full of portentous implications if your neck deep in a drama of Shakespearian proportions; but if you’re in a high farce Germany comedy about Continue Reading

  “There’s nobody left to love us.” That haunting phrase, uttered by one of the young children at the orphanage which acts as the sitting for My Life as a Zucchini, which is up for a Best Animated Feature Academy Award at this year’s Oscars along with Zootopia and Moana, Continue Reading

  It’s almost time for the 89th Academy Awards! Now while many people are merrily making well-considered predictions about who will be clutching a golden statue on the big night and which movie will arise triumphant, I am choosing to once again Switzerland myself out of all the whole process. Continue Reading

  There is a point towards the end of Moonlight, an achingly poignant examination of identity, loss and love, that you realise how much damage can be done to one person’s sense of self by the thoughtless words and ill-thought-out deeds of those closest to them. Chiron (Travant Rhodes as Continue Reading

  In a perfect world, the union of two people in wedded bliss would simply be a celebration of love and devotion and not some devious threat to the social order. Alas, none of us live in such an untroubled idyll, so instead marriage often comes loaded with a whole Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT When 79-year-old curmudgeon Raymond (Frank Langella) makes arrangements to be euthanized in Oregon, his family refuses to accept his decision. But when another family emergency arises, Raymond’s daughter Kate (Christina Applegate) turns to her husband Brian (Billy Crudup) for a little help. So Brian reluctantly volunteers to drive Continue Reading

  The Great Wall, which hurtles us back in time to the Song Dynasty where monsters are more of a threat than mountain bandits , is nothing if not spectacular. Steeped in immense, Lord of the Rings-epic battle scenes, emotionally-intense exchanges borne of imminent threat and death, and suffused with redemption, hope Continue Reading

  Tales of unsung heroes generally follow a well-worn path, particularly when they’re about a pivotal event in history with which most people would assume they are comprehensively familiar. Such as the Space Race between Cold War rivals the USSR and the USA which saw the two superpowers engaged in Continue Reading