(courtesy IMP Awards) Is it possible for a sequel to better or at least emphatically equal its predecessor? Most of the time the answer to that question, especially when it comes to movies is a firm and unequivocal “NO!” but in the case of Zootopia 2, the sequel to 2016’s Continue Reading
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On 8th day of Christmas … I watched A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
(courtesy IMP Awards) Full disclosure upfront: I am one of those consumers of pop culture in all kinds of forms who has never really listened to a Jonas Brothers song. That’s not the result of snobbery or age – though I can safely say, without giving too much away, that Continue Reading
On 5th day of Christmas … I watched Tinsel Town
(courtesy IMDb) There seems to be best described as the “Christmas Karma Effect” at work this festive season. It roughly works on the basis that if you’re putting together a Christmas film, one that is supposed to be all heart and humanity, redemption and healing and warmhearted cosy vibes of Continue Reading
On 2nd day of Christmas, I watched … Oh. What. Fun.
(courtesy First Showing) Christmas is a LOT. Even if you love the season, and this reviewer loves like an elf excitedly stocking Santa’s sleigh before downing a vat of eggnog and decorating every tree in the garden, all of us reach a point, even for a second where it all Continue Reading
Burning gingerbread men and festive snow funnies – Thoughts on Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTThe Emmy-winning franchise returns after more than a decade, following Christmas elves Lanny and Wayne as their holiday mission unfolds with many merry mishaps. The fourth installment [sic] continues the holiday adventures of an elite team that prepares homes worldwide for Santa’s arrival. (courtesy Disney+ media) After a Continue Reading
On 1st day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with 10 new pop culture ornaments incl. Elio, Up, The Muppet Christmas Carol … and more!
(via Shutterstock) When I bought my first Christmas tree as an adult way back in 1992, I bought some pop culture ornaments but I mostly stuck to the sorts of ornaments and baubles I remembered from childhood. But as time went on, I increasingly bought more and more pop culture Continue Reading
Festive movie review: Champagne Problems
(courtesy IMP Awards) In a world where hype and PR all too often turn out to have more substance than the thing they’re promoting, it’s always a pleasant, if low-key, delight when something turns out to be better than the vehicle used to promote it. Champagne Problems is one such Continue Reading
Animated movie review: In Your Dreams
(courtesy IMP Awards) As a lifelong fan of animation, one of the things that I love about the artform, and which still holds true even in the face of ever more sophisticated CGI, is how much it emboldens and empowers the imagination. If you dream it, and good lord there Continue Reading
Festive movie review: Jingle Bell Heist
(courtesy IMP Awards) Is grand larceny the path to true love? Not typically, no, but this is Christmas and when the festive season comes calling, it seems that anything and everything is possible. Which is just as well for Jingle Bell Heist, a festive London-set romcom which asks what might Continue Reading
Festive movie review: A Merry Little Ex-Mas
(courtesy IMP Awards) Christmas is the season where love is all around us, and you’ll be happy to know, it’s not just Love, Actually that thinks so. A Merry Little Ex-Mas is also a big believer in the power of the season to change hearts and minds and even wind Continue Reading