Movies

  As reputations go, the one possessed by Time, who in director James Bobin’s Alice Through the Looking Glass is a piercingly-blue-eyed clock man played by Sacha Baron Cohen, is certainly one of the less enviable. He is variously cast as a villain and a thief, a purloiner of life Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT “The film revolves around best friends who are inseparable members of a well-regarded NYC improv troupe. But after two of them audition for a coveted spot on a hit TV show and only one of them lands it, the tight-knit group of friends and collaborators is thrown into Continue Reading

  The 1970s are a ripe period for comic writers – outlandish clothes, supersized politics, society-shaking trends, the overflow of free love and liberal values from the unconstrained ’60s, and the list goes on. Which is possibly partly why writer/director Shane Black (who co-wrote the screenplay with Anthony Bagarozzi) decided Continue Reading

Love and death are inextricably linked. That might sound like a strange connection to make but think about it – in death we find a deep and resonant graphic understanding of how powerful and eternal love can be, how even in loss there can be a profound sense of connection Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT The Four Horsemen [Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Lizzy Caplan] return for a second mind-bending adventure, elevating the limits of stage illusion to new heights and taking them around the globe. One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic Continue Reading

  Grief is not an easy or straightforward road to travel. That much becomes abundantly clear in the opening minutes of Tumbledown by directing-writing duo Sean Mewshaw and Desiree Van Til when Hannah Miles (Rebecca Hall), who is still mired in the grief of losing her folk singer husband Hunter two Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action-adventure set in a fantastical Japan from acclaimed animation studio LAIKA. Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of Game of Thrones) ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato (George Takei), Continue Reading

  Deadpool is the reason I fell in love with superhero movies. OK, some superhero movies. Right, to be fair, and perfectly honest, why I fell in love with Deadpool, and continue to think fondly of the far more PG Guardians of the Galaxy. I mean, c’mon! The movie has: Continue Reading

  There’s an almost endless list of things to love about Pixar. Its characters are fully-fleshed out joys that live and breathe with all the verve, wit and warmth of real people. Its storylines are substantial, rewarding excursions into wonder, thrills-and-spills and sheer exuberant silliness and happiness, resonant with deep Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT The black and white feature is based on the true story of the Finnish boxer Olli Mäki and his highly hyped 1962 championship match against the American featherweight champion Davey Moore. The film follows Olli as he unexpectedly falls in love and becomes more committed to pursuing a Continue Reading