(courtesy IMP Awards) If you have had the hushed, if terrifying, pleasure of sitting through either A Quiet Place or A Quiet Place 2, you will be well aware that this is a franchise with one eye very much on the humanity of what it means to be plunged into Continue Reading
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Christmas preview: Hilariously merry and snarkily bright trailer lands for kidnapped Santa caper film Red One
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTAfter Santa Claus (starring J.K. Simmons as the Big Man) – Code Name: RED ONE – is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas. Red Continue Reading
The mystery deepens: Review of Star Wars: The Acolyte E3 “Destiny” and E4 “Day”
(courtesy IMP Awards) Episode 3 “Destiny” WHAT HAPPENEDForce witches everyone! In this episode, Star Wars, which has always embraced the light and dark of its supernatural underpinnings gave grading and nuance to this duality, introducing Force practitioners, all women, who are not evil and have a strict, if spookily expressed, Continue Reading
Shhhh! Why cats may win you over during the terrors of A Quiet Place: Day One
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTA Quiet Place: Day One is a post-apocalyptic horror prequel – taking place at the beginning of it all before the original A Quiet Place (2018) film. a woman named Sam (starring Lupita Nyong’o) on a day trip to the city must survive an invasion in New Continue Reading
“Sometimes to survive, we must become more” … The Wild Robot debuts second trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTFrom DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation – Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The epic sci-fi adventure story follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited Continue Reading
Movie review: Inside Out 2
(courtesy IMP awards) Regardless of what else it might be, and the sequel to 2015’s Inside Out is a great many brilliantly well-done and, it must be said, not as finely executed things, Inside Out 2 feels like a great big hug from some much-loved, incredibly emotional friends. That was Continue Reading
A little bear goes a long way: First trailer and poster for Paddington in Peru
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTPaddington in Peru brings Paddington’s story to Peru as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest Continue Reading
A trio of fun trailers! Wicked (the LEGO Brickified version), WOLFS + Lost Boys and Fairies
(via Shutterstock) Such diversity this time around! Fantasy, beautiful queer drama and some comedy from two big stars – there’s something for everyone my friends, whether you’re heading to the cinema of cosying up in front an enormous screen at home. Grab some popcorn, lick those choc tops and glory Continue Reading
Movie review: Hit Man
At this heart of this most lacklustre of films sits an intrinsically appealing idea. That if we are unhappy with our current selves, and want to make a change to who we are and how we live life, then all we have to do is live it out and we Continue Reading
Movie review: Furiosa – A Mad Max Saga
(courtesy IMP Awards) It’s always risky to make a sweeping generalisation – but highly enjoyable which is why we do them – but by and large films set in grimly apocalyptic environments are usually big on the shock and awe, the blockbuster and the epic and harrowingly short on engaging Continue Reading