SNAPSHOT A 3D movie set in a futuristic & poetic universe without any dialog. The last moments of humanity on earth before nature resumes his duties. Eve is a short film shot and imagined in 3D with a professional filmmaking team, including Joséphine Derobe as the 3D stereographer, who Continue Reading
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Movie review: A Month of Sundays
Frank Mollard (Anthony Lapaglia) has fallen out of love with life. The result of losing his marriage to TV medical drama actor Wendy (Justine Clarke) eight months earlier, and the recent death of his mother which has overwhelmed and consumed him, Frank is a listless, enervated man, lacking any Continue Reading
May the 4th Be With You: C-3PO’s life story told in a “Mr Roboto” by Styx way
Like all of us, C-3PO, one of the three iconic droids of the Star Wars universe – welcome BB-8 to C-3PO and R2-D2‘s side! – has a life story (one which now includes an explanation for that red arm he sports in The Force Awakens). From his humble origins Continue Reading
May the 4th Be With You: Star Wars The Force Awakens “as told by emoji”
Tempting though it might be to dismiss an entire movie told via emoji you should open your mind to the wonder and delight that is Star Wars: The Force Awakens rendered in galactically-approved ideograms. Created by Disney, this 3 minute re-telling of last year’s supremely successful newest instalment in Continue Reading
May the 4th Be With You: TIE Fighter tells Star Wars story from the Empire’s side
You know how they always say they’re always two sides to every story? While we’re not supposed to think in those terms in regards to classic good vs evil films like Star Wars where there’s a glossy, shiny good protagonist/s we should unreservedly cheer and champion (the Rebel Alliance Continue Reading
Hunt for the Wilderpeople: NZ comedy with heart and a sense of fun
SNAPSHOT Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Drewbacca, pun-laden illustrations of Chewbacca
With May the Fourth Be With You only days away, and many a “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” pun readied in anticipation, talented artist Joe Stone has created a delightful series of drawings that make merry with plays on Chewbacca’s name. And they are Continue Reading
It’s coming soon sweetie darling! Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (full trailer)
SNAPSHOT Appropriate for their big screen debut, Edina and Patsy (Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley) are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch Continue Reading
The Simpsons go Disney in latest hilarious couch gag
The Simpsons couch gags are damn near legendary. For 27 seasons, the show hailed by The A. V. Club as “television’s crowning achievement regardless of format”, has begun each episode with a humorous depiction of the show’s titular working class family settling into their living room ready to watch TV. Continue Reading
Independence Day: Resurgence – Another battle we cannot win … or can we?
SNAPSHOT We always knew they were coming back. After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can Continue Reading