It is a rare and wondrous thing indeed to be transported by a film so completely far away from the everyday grind that you almost forget you are sitting in a cinema watching it all unfold. But that miraculous feat is accomplished within seconds of Jon Favreau’s delightful live Continue Reading
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The short and the short of it film festival : 3 quirky animated films with unlikely heroes
Short films are a wonderful thing. They allow you to enter someone’s world for a brief point in time, catch a ride on the narrative of their life for a stop or two and then leap, wiser, enthralled and amused for having met them. The really good ones, and Continue Reading
Most Unusual Marvel: Doctor Strange and Suicide Squad
Marvel likes its narrative templates. I get it – if I was pumping as many well-made, largely (though not always – see Avengers: Age of Ultron) I’d probably stick to a template as often as I could too. After all the fan boys and fan girls love it, it Continue Reading
It’s a Hanna-Barbera Universe and you and Scooby Doo are just living in it
As you might have noticed, cinematic universes are very much a thing these days. Marvel has one, a very successful one at that which is now entering its third phase, DC wants one but seems unable to make it work on the big screen as well they do on Continue Reading
Movie review: Rams (Hrútar)
Having the bottom ripped of your world isn’t a pleasant experience for anyone. But when you’re a sheep farmer out in a remote valley of Iceland, and your world is tending to your herd, all of whom you know by name and look after with commensurate affection, then their Continue Reading
Not Another Sundance Movie: tastesfunny hilariously and accurately parodies indie movie trailers
Well worn tropes, themes and visual markers are all but inescapable in a well-established genre, and indie film is no exception. In large part, it’s why we go to see indie films because they offer a unique thoughtful perspective on the world that mainstream cinema, besotted with superhero blockbusters and Continue Reading
Weekend movie poster art: The Secret Life of Pets
SNAPSHOT For one bustling Manhattan apartment building, the real day starts after the folks on two legs leave for work and school. That’s when the pets of every stripe, fur and feather begin their own nine-to-five routine: hanging out with each other, trading humiliating stories about their owners, or Continue Reading
Awww cute. Jurassic Park re-imagined as a warm and cuddly nature documentary
Jurassic Park is such a sweet, sweet movie. We see all those wonderful dinosaurs in their natural settings, admittedly 65 million years plus out of time but still, discovering the world and living in perfect harmony. Sigh … Wait, no, I may be thinking of the wrong movie. What Continue Reading
Movie review: Marguerite
Loosely inspired by the life of American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (of whom there is an impending film mere weeks from cinematic release), Marguerite, directed by Xavier Giannoli is a poignant tale of one woman’s search for meaning in a life deceptively bereft of it. To all intents and Continue Reading
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story asks the question – What will you become? (teaser trailer)
SNAPSHOT Set between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, the plot of the movie revolves around a band of resistance fighters unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans, and a very impressive cast has been assembled made up of names Continue Reading