SNAPSHOT In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic “One Child Policy,” seven identical sisters live a hide-and-seek existence pursued by the Child Allocation Bureau. The Bureau, directed by the fierce Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close), enforces a strict family-planning agenda Continue Reading
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Inside Big Bird: Witness how one of Sesame Street’s most-loved residents comes alive
Big Bird is one of Sesame Street‘s most beloved characters, the perfect embodiment of sweet childlike innocence, playfulness and an eagerness to learn. For much of his time on Sesame Street, he was given life by Caroll Spinney, a charming man who devoted much of his life to his Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: The thoughtful fun of Joey Spiotto’s Firefly Back From the Black
I love the work of Joey Spiotto. He has a keen eye and obvious love for pop culture and invests all this art with a playful sensibility that still manages to convey everything you love about the characters and shows or movies he draws inspiration from. Take his Little Continue Reading
Movie review: War for the Planet of the Apes
Despite its many great achievements, humanity often fails spectacularly at one critically-important thing – being human. It is an existential Achilles heel, witnessed in our ongoing lack of willingness to show mercy instead of vengeance, pursue peace in place of conflict, practice love over hate, and it proves to Continue Reading
Is marriage dead? The fun and angst of I Do … Until I Don’t
SNAPSHOT In Vero Beach, Florida, a trio of couples at various points in their relationships become the subjects of a film about marriage being an antiquated idea that needs a reboot: Why not turn marriage into a seven-year deal with an option to renew? For Alice and Noah (Lake Continue Reading
Dead Friends: Even zombies need loyal companions
SNAPSHOT Decades after a mysterious incurable zombie virus spreads throughout the world mankind is in danger of going extinct. Among the infected there is an old zombie and a dog that remains loyal to his master and hopes he will become human again one day. (synopsis via Laughing Squid Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The delightful hand drawn slapstick of The Inspector and the Umbrella
We’ve all been there on a rainy day. We go to pop up our umbrella, our flimsy but vital protection against a soacking from the elements, and end up in a battle royale to get it to perform the very task for which it was designed. If any proof Continue Reading
Who is more human? Find out in Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water
SNAPSHOT From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes “The Shape of Water” – an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and Continue Reading
Movie review: My Life as a Zucchini
You have never witnessed someone so alone in the world as sweet little Icare aka Zucchini (Courgette in European usage) is in the opening scenes of My Life as a Zucchini, a tenderhearted, tremendously moving adaptation by Claude Barras of Gilles Paris’ 2002 novel Autobiographie d’une Courgette. In near silence, Continue Reading
A mass of #SDCC2017 movie and TV trailers: Stranger Things S2, Star Trek Discovery, Pacific Rim 2 + more
If you are an avid pop culture consumer, and if you’re reading this blog there’s a reasonably good chance you are, you will be well aware that the nerd extravaganza of sight and sound that is San Diego Comic-Con has just finished its 48th event. With all the amazing Continue Reading