Rich in encouragement and emotional resonance though they are, we all too often take inspirational addresses from major figures like Abraham Lincoln, President John F Kennedy, Maya Angelou and others of their calibre for granted. But as one panicking astronaut discovers in Hyper Jump, a short film from UpbeatXProjects about Continue Reading
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Movie review: In Bed With Victoria
It pretty much goes without saying but life is a messy, often unpredictable business. While he Tony Robbins and Martha Stewarts of the world would have you believe that the chaotic business of living can be corralled and civilised, the average person knows that it’s not quite that simple. Continue Reading
A sequel to Love Actually? To me, that is perfect
Love Actually is one of those films that is either deeply loved, or ridiculed beyond measure (perhaps it’s the schmaltziness? Who knows). I fall most definitely into the former camp, having fallen in love with the film when it first came in 2003, having decided for reasons that still Continue Reading
Come meet Dante! He’s a dog after a bone with a mind of its own #Coco
If the average dog could talk, and last we checked they can’t, at least not in a language we can understand (save for love, which they fluently and exuberantly), they would tell you that bones not supposed to be able to lead them on a merry dance, eluding them every Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Film and TV show icons get the stamp of approval
These stamps are gorgeous aren’t they? Not real unfortunately, and you won’t be licking them onto an envelope any time soon or at all, but they are, nevertheless, gorgeous. They are the work of Clark Orr, who has imagined in the most visually arresting of ways, what an impressive Continue Reading
Kedi gives voice to the cats of Istanbul (trailer)
SNAPSHOT Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they’ve wandered in and out of people’s lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Claiming no owners, the cats of Istanbul live between two worlds, Continue Reading
Movie review: Beauty and the Beast
Remaking any beloved film, especially one loaded with as much deserved nostalgia and reverence as 1991’s animated triumph Beauty and the Beast comes loaded with an impossible weight of Solomonic dilemmas. Do you slavishly recreate it for a new generation, a resolutely pointless exercise given there is very little Continue Reading
It’s true, animated Mariah! All I Want For Christmas is You (teaser trailer)
SNAPSHOT According to the official press release, All I Want for Christmas Is You will center around a young Mariah (voiced by Breanna Yde), who wants a puppy named Princess for Christmas. But before Princess can be hers, she has to pet-sit Jack, described as “a scraggly rascal of Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “The Other Side” & “Something They Need” (S7, E14 & E15 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A CHASM OF MORAL RELATIVITY BIG ENOUGH TO DRIVE A TRUCK THROUGH* Moral relativity, thou are king in the apocalypse! That’s hardly a surprise with The Walking Dead, pretty much from episode one, making it clear that the collapse of civilisation might, or might Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Meet the delightfully creepy critters of Dark Dark Woods
SNAPSHOT Young princess Maria has had about enough of her royal life – it’s all lesson, responsibilities and duties on top of each other, every hour of every day. Overwhelmed, Maria is swept away on an adventure into the monster-filled dark, dark woods. (synopsis courtesy Vimeo) Created by a Continue Reading