SNAPSHOT In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The LEGO® Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble — LEGO Batman — stars in his own big-screen adventure: The LEGO® Batman Movie. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to Continue Reading
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The short and the short of it: True friendship cleans up in Dust Buddies
SNAPSHOT Dust Buddies is a story about the friendship between two dust bunnies, Fuzz and Lint, who live peacefully under a couch. When an evil maid comes to clean the house and sucks Fuzz into her vacuum, Lint must overcome his fears and set out to rescue his friend. Continue Reading
Ginger and Snapper find real humanity in the midst of the apocalypse
SNAPSHOT Ginger is a little girl living in the wake of a zombie apocalypse. While most of the planet has perished because they stuck to the cities, Ginger lives way out in the country and thus far hasn’t seen a single zombie. She also hasn’t seen a living person Continue Reading
Daria the sequel? College Humour hilariously speculates on what form this might take
If you were never one of the cool kids in the hell they call school – as you might be able to tell from oh-so-subtle swipe, I was never a member of the movers-and-shakers, an outcast who was bulled throughout – then it’s highly likely you’ll have an affinity Continue Reading
Moonlight and the struggle to be true to yourself
SNAPSHOT Moonlight is the tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality. Anchored by astonishing performances and the singular vision Continue Reading
Aardman goes way, way back for their new prehistoric feature Early Man
SNAPSHOT Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of how plucky caveman Dug [Eddie Redmayne], along with sidekick Hognob, unites his tribe against the mighty Bronze Age in a battle to beat them at their own Continue Reading
Movie review: Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange, directed by Scott Derrickson, is proof positive that Marvel is capable of putting out more than one type of cookie-cutter superhero movie. Sure we’ve had Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool to reassure us that departing from the well-established, and granted highly successful, pattern that upholds the Continue Reading
Beware the terror of … the vacuum cleaner! Well if you’re Simon’s Cat anyway
SNAPSHOT Watch Simon’s Cat face his greatest nemesis, the scary vacuum cleaner in this hilarious animated cat video. ‘The Monster’ is our 2016 Halloween film and features a number of cat fails, an ‘evil’ vacuum cleaner and of course lots of silly, cute and funny antics. (synopsis via Laughing Continue Reading
Halloween movie review: Already Dead (short film)
Zombies are everywhere these days; pop culture-speaking wise at least. But what, wonders Already Dead, a masterful short film from Posh Dinosaur Productions, that manages the supremely-difficult balance of being funny and heartfelt, if they were actually “living” among us in society? Written and directed by Michael James Dean, Continue Reading
Movie review: Hell or High Water
The American Dream was once the gold standard for the socially aspirational, enshrining the enticing idea that with enough grit, determination and in the nascent nation of the USA, boundless opportunity, anyone from anywhere could make something substantial of their lives. Complicit in this philosophy of social betterment was Continue Reading