Gifted, idiosyncratic director and creative visionary Tim Burton is no stranger to Disney. He has after all, in the last few years alone, directed or produced Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) for the home of Mickey Mouse so it makes perfect sense that artist Continue Reading
Movies
I’m moving to Ryanville: New commercial features (almost) nothing but Ryan Reynolds
Hey did I tell you I’m moving? Yep, all of a sudden. Happy where I was, loving my housemate’s company, my partner’s proximity, my fun, funky, cafe-rich neighbourhood and then … WHOOSH! Packed and moved JUST. LIKE. THAT. I’m not entirely sure why really … oh hell of course Continue Reading
Bygone Behemoth: A has-been movie monster thinks back to his glory days
At one point we must all confront the fact that our best days could well be behind us. That’s not necessarily the case of course, but the reckoning must be dealt with nonetheless; in the case of the “It” monster who appeared in a series of movies by Cosmic Continue Reading
Take pride in kicking ass: The undead face a well-bred reckoning in Pride, Prejudice and Zombies (new trailer)
SNAPSHOT A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy (Sam Reilly) Continue Reading
Spear: A foot in each world. A heart in none. (trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT A young man reconciles ancient tradition with the modern, urban world in this debut feature from Stephen Page, artistic director of Australia’s renowned Bangarra Dance Theatre.This visually arresting film may be Stephen Page’s directorial debut, but Page is no stranger to the telling of stories through movement and Continue Reading
Alan Rickman: great movie ‘villain’ and a star for all ages (curated article)
by Lucy Mazdon, University of Southampton As many of us are still reeling from the shock news of David Bowie’s death, it is with enormous sadness that we learn of the death of another great British star, Alan Rickman. Like Bowie, Rickman had been suffering from cancer and has died Continue Reading
Last year’s movies re-imagined in LEGO? Yes please mr minifig!
I have long maintained, and there are the copious numbers of blog posts to prove it, that everything looks better with a LEGO doppelgänger (likely the product of a childhood given over to much playing with the famous Danish building locks and a constant drip of pop culture goodness Continue Reading
Movie review: Room
It is always an interesting exercise watching the movie adaptation of a just-read book. While literary adaptations are always fraught undertakings with rusted-on readers often holding widely divergent opinions on what should or shouldn’t be included to the producers, the effect is further amplified when the book itself is still Continue Reading
Worst. Heroes. Ever. Suicide Squad’s funky colourful new posters (and trailer)
SNAPSHOT Suicide Squad is a DC Comics movie from Warner Bros, directed by David Ayer (End of Watch, Sabotage, Fury) from a script by David Ayer based on the comic books. Will Smith is Deadshot, Joel Kinnaman is Rick Flagg, Margot Robbie is Harley Quinn, Jared Leto is Joker, Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Love finds new life after death in John Harden’s New
SNAPSHOT NEW is a 16-minute drama about an elderly couple who, after dying in the 21st century, are cryonically preserved. Many decades later they are revived, awakening to find their health and youth totally restored. Together they face the joys and challenges of a second life in the distant Continue Reading