I think it is safe to say that there will be never be another man as funny and talented as Robin Williams, a uniquely-talented comic force of nature who managed to be zany and intense, jocular and intense throughout a career marked by one stellar performance after another. So Continue Reading
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Movie review: While We’re Young
Time flies they say, and with the passing of all those hours, minutes and seconds, goes any sense of spontaneity, curiosity or sparkling joie de vivre. So goes the usual view of things which posits that the young are vital and engaged while those who have reached middle age Continue Reading
Inside Out’s got me feeling Cannes emotions (new clip + posters)
SNAPSHOT From the tepuis of South America to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter has taken audiences to unique and imaginative places. In 2015, he will take us to the most extraordinary location of all – inside the mind of an 11-year-old named Riley. Growing up can be a bumpy road, and Continue Reading
“Chewie, we’re home”: Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuts teaser trailer #2 … and I’m 12 years old again
As a crashed Imperial Star Destroyer lies wrecked on the sands of the newly-revealed desert planet of Jakku (and the Millenium Falcon, as fast as ever, flies through it with a snazzy new TIE Fighter in hot pursuit) … And a terrifying new villain straight from dark side central casting Continue Reading
Movie review: Appropriate Behaviour
Ah, the gently insidious weight of doing what’s expected. Writer and director Desiree Akhavan convincingly captures the pressure in British film Appropriate Behaviour that many people, but particularly those from migrant families, feel as they struggle to simultaneously fit within both the traditional cultures of their parents and that of their adopted home. Akhavan, herself Continue Reading
Love sweet droid love: R2-D2 searches for a soulmate in short film Artoo in Love
SNAPSHOT Artoo In Love is a short film that follows our intrepid, droid-hero R2-D2 as he tries to find love in this galaxy. Artoo is joined by an adorable cast of his droid friends, as well as some of his enemies … (synopsis via Artoo in Love) Even droids want to Continue Reading
Brick by prehistoric brick: LEGO Jurassic World Game gets a trailer
It seems that everything these days is turning to LEGO. This is not, of course, even remotely a bad thing and merely confirms what I instinctively knew to the core of my being at the age of five, that the world would be a far better place of everything Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Modern TV shows and movie get a retro ’80s VHS cover makeover
We’ve all heard the old adage “everything old is new again”, a wry commentary on the idea that everything from fashion to fads to old toys comes back around again eventually, but what about “everything new is old again”? It may not as common an axiom but in the Continue Reading
The joy and pain of letting someone in: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (trailer)
SNAPSHOT Up until senior year, Greg (Thomas Mann) has maintained total social invisibility. He only has one friend, Earl (Ronald Cyler II), and together they spend their time—when not playing video games and avoiding Earl’s terrifying brothers— making movies, their own versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics. Greg Continue Reading
The gloriously silly 50 Shades of Drebin: A mashup of Naked Gun and 50 Shades of Grey
I love me a good, nay, a great parody. Which is why when I came across the Unusual Suspect‘s inspired blending of a parody via deathandtaxes, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad, with Fifty Shades of Grey, one of this biggest-grossing movies so far and arguably Continue Reading