A darkened club full of pulsing strobe lights, heaving, sweating bodies and bass-heavy EDM (electronic dance music) may not be the first place you’d picture Elsa from Disney’s mega smash-hit feature film Frozen. But that’s exactly where Armin van Buuren’s haunting remix of the song “Let It Go”, easily Continue Reading
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Tales from an unexpected Boyhood (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT Richard Linklater’s BOYHOOD — a fictional drama made with the same group of actors over a 12-year period from 2002-2013 — takes a one-of-a-kind trip, at once epic and intimate, through the exhilaration of childhood, the seismic shifts of a modern family and the very passage of time. Continue Reading
Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd fake fall in love in They Came Together
SNAPSHOT They Came Together is a parody of the romantic comedy genre. Rudd stars as Joel, a corporate businessman whose company is threatening to shut down the small store run by Poehler’s Molly. A relationship follows, mocking the conventions of the standard romcom. (synopsis via Coming Soon) Parodies are Continue Reading
Happy Star Wars Day! The Big Bang Theory goes to Dagobah, cast for Episode VII is announced + more
WHAT IS STAR WARS DAY EXACTLY? May 4 is recognized every year by fans of the films. Everything from screenings to special events and festivities are held globally to celebrate the books, films and culture of Star Wars. The day’s tagline is “May the fourth be with you,” a Continue Reading
Movie review: Belle
When poet James Thomson penned the words in 1840 to “Rule Britannia” the patriotic affirmation of the power and glory of the then already ascendant British Empire, with its rousing refrain of “Britons never, never, never shall be slaves”, he was, of course, not thinking of the people who Continue Reading
Movie review: Captain America The Winter Soldier
It is rare to walk away from any of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe feeling as if you have been a part of a unique moviegoing experience. This is not to run down those films in any substantial way since they are expertly well made, with robust Continue Reading
The meaning of Muppet life: Fozzie the Bear and Kermit try their hand at ’70s style existential banter
The recent movie-driven resurgence of Jim Henson’s marvellous creations the Muppets,largely thanks to The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), in which Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie the Bear and the the rest of the gang have jumped back into the zeitgeist in all their hilarious, madcap glory, is as Continue Reading
My how I love these Jellyfish Eyes (movie poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT Jellyfish Eyes tells the story of Masashi, a young boy who moves to a sleepy town in the Japanese countryside with his mother in the wake of a natural disaster. After returning home from his new elementary school one day, Masashi discovers a flying jellyfish-like creature whom he Continue Reading
Movie review: Any Day Now
As a concept, morality would seem to fall, without equivocation, into the realm of the blindingly obvious. Do the good, the decent, the upright thing and you are behaving in a moral fashion; indulge in behaviour that is demonstrably hurtful, cruel, malicious and you are being, quite clearly, immoral. Continue Reading
The importance of Decoding Annie Parker (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT Based on true events, this touching film follows a 15-year war against a cruel illness, waged on both scientific and emotional fronts by a pair of women demonstrating extreme bravery under pressure. Annie Parker (Samantha Morton) is on intimate terms with breast cancer, having watched both her mother Continue Reading