Movies

  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

  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

  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

  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

  SNAPSHOT William Blakely, a top genetic researcher, awakens after a catastrophic accident with no memory or motor skills. As he begins to relearn his past and identity with the help of his mysterious twin brother, the memories that return are not his own. As he tries to reconnect with Continue Reading

  If there’s one lesson we’ve learned from Pinocchio, the now Disney-fied protagonist of Italian writer Carlo Collodi’s classic 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, it’s that lying can quickly spin spectacularly, and irretrievably out of control. In Pinocchio’s case that wild spiralling away from any semblance of truth manifested Continue Reading

  There is a great deal to be said for setting the scene. After all, that well-worn adage about only getting one chance to make a first impression keeps getting repeated for a reason – people always remember and make judgements based on what they first see of a person, Continue Reading

  It might come as a surprise to many but even the wonderfully eccentric stable of characters from Aardman Animations, which includes the legendary Wallace and  Gromit, can suffer from the dreaded ennui of life. That enervating sense that we’ve been there, done that a thousand times already and that the novelty Continue Reading