Movies

  SNAPSHOT The story of Moom takes place in a mystical land where memories are characters attached to forgotten and discarded objects. Each memory is released from their object when they are ready to let go. Unlike other memories, Moom is a memory stuck in this mystical land. One day, Continue Reading

  Saying goodbye is never easy. And no one knows that better than the purveyors of cinema who have helped their audiences make sense of grief and loss since the first film flickered to life in the 1890s. As this deeply-informative video from Cinefix distills beautifully, cinemas role in this regard Continue Reading

  As anyone who has emerged into the full bloom of adulthood with a modicum of self-awareness will acknowledge, the past always informs the present. For most of us this takes place in small but important ways – a nostalgic preference for a particular holiday place, meal or cultural activity, Continue Reading

  There is much to love about Pixar’s UP, a film which has given us one of the most poignant opening sequences to any film ever. One of the most memorable characters from a film with a slew of them is Dug, the adorably sweet, non-thugish canine henchman of Charles F. Continue Reading

  Do pigs dream of escaping domestic drudgery and letting their inner diva run free? Can porcupines rock their inner Chrissy Amphlett every chance they get? And is it possible for the son of gorilla career criminal to ever been anything more than a deeply-reluctant getaway driver? If these and Continue Reading

  Seagulls are crazy critters. Endlessly ravenous or so it appears, they stalk you like the paparazzi after a film star, eager for anything you wish to discard especially if you’re eating hot chips (fries) on a sunny summer’s day. They are cute and annoying all at once but did Continue Reading

  Perfection is a quality much sought after in our world but very rarely realised; however with Moana, a superlative animated feature film by just about any measure, Disney has come impressively close to this well-nigh impossible goal. Directed by Ron Musker and John Clements, Moana is the product of extensive Continue Reading

  2016 was not one of my finest years – but then that was in keeping with pretty much everyone else so let’s just chalk it all up to a malevolent calendar and leave it at that shall we? – with the lowest point being the death of my dad Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT In a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, a koala named Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) works to keep his theater from closing down. To this end, Buster and his sheep friend Eddie (John C. Reilly) hold a singing contest to raise money, and the entire town auditions for a Continue Reading