(courtesy IMP Awards) One of the things that you never realise about grief, until you are mired irrevocably in its desperately sad and regretful depths, is how powerless it makes you feel. On one level, of course, you know, especially when someone you love dies, that you can’t bring them Continue Reading
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Playtime has a new look as Toy Story 5 drops its first technologically menacing trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIn Toy Story 5, we’re introduced to a new character Lilypad, a high-tech frog-shaped smart tablet voiced by Greta Lee that makes Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang’s jobs exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to Continue Reading
Movie review: Pillion #MGFF26
(courtesy IMDb) How do you define romance? The odds, whether you are straight or gay, or some other gloriously diverse point outside of that binary, is that you will think of tender touches, of deep friendship and shared values, of physical love and whispered words of love; you know, the Continue Reading
Valentine’s Day movie review redux: You’ve Got Mail
(courtesy IMP Awards) They were heady days back in the late ’90s. Back before there were omnipresent online ads enticing you impulsively and immediately purchase you didn’t know you wanted, or Twitter became a bonfire of shouted opinions or inboxes became a stressful hallmark of cubicle serfdom, receiving an email Continue Reading
A mini-mass of movie trailers: In the Blink of an Eye, Caterpillar + Tow
(via Shutterstock) One of the things I love about indie films is the time they take to really tell a story. That’s not to say that more mainstream, blockbuster fare doesn’t, but smaller, more dramatic films like the three spotlighted here take the time to let the characters and narrative Continue Reading
Movie review: Is This Thing On?
(courtesy IMP Awards) One thing that strikes you pretty quickly as you exit childhood and enter the uncertain wilds of adulthood is that many of the big moments, which Hollywood has conditioned us to believe happen in big, soap operatic scenes, actually play out in far smaller, quieter ways. It’s Continue Reading
Movie review: People You Meet on Vacation
(courtesy IMDb) It’s always with a little bit of your heart in your mouth vibe that you approach any adaptation of a book by a favourite author. Will it feel even remotely like the book? (For the record, I am not a precious reader and I’m happy give adaptations a Continue Reading
Funny, tender, goofy – Catherine O’Hara lit up the screen every time she showed up (curated article)
(New York, NY – June 09, 2019: Catherine O’Hara attends the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall / via Shutterstock) Article by Ben McCann, Adelaide University (The Conversation) Catherine O’Hara, the beloved actor and comedian who has died aged 71, occupied that rare position in contemporary screen culture: Continue Reading
Movie review: Addition
(courtesy Village Cinemas) There is a very real gnawing sense when you are caught in the midst of dealing with mental health issues where you wonder if you have any agency in this at all. Your therapist will say you do, and as a grown-up who makes decisions all the Continue Reading
Witness how became He-Man … trailer lands, by the power of Grayskull, for Masters of the Universe
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTTen-year-old Adam Glenn (Nicholas Galitzine) crash-lands on his mother’s home planet Earth, separating him from his ancestor’s Power Sword of Grayskull. Two decades later, he takes his sword back and bears the mantle of He-Man as he battles for his home planet, Eternia, fighting against the evil Continue Reading