SNAPSHOT Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) portrays a failed musician who was forced to become a pizza boy to make ends meet, Toni Collette (Enough Said) plays the tired mother of a disabled son, Pierce Brosnan (The World’s End) portrays a recently divorced, publicly shamed talk show host whose extramarital Continue Reading
Movies
her … him … who? Amusing parodies and alternate posters of Spike Jonze’s movie masterpiece
You know a film like Spike Jonze’s her has moved beyond simply occupying a few sessions a day in a cinema complex’s schedule and captured the zeitgeist’s attention when the parodies start appearing. Affectionate and in many ways reverential, they are a sign that you have connected with people in Continue Reading
Vroom vroom! The Muppets hit the road in new Toyota Highlander Superbowl ad
ROAD TRIP! That’s all I could hear in my head, in Animal’s super-enthusiastic voice naturally, when I found out that The Muppets were starring in one of the much talked about Superbowl commercials alongside actor and one time NFL player Terry Crews. Now while I have little to no Continue Reading
Movie review: Dallas Buyers Club #StGeorgeOpenAir
Mortality is never an easy thing for anyone to grapple with. But it carries even more sting in its tale when you’re the sort of person who think they’re ten feet tall and bulletproof, immune to the vicissitudes of life, flicking off a pronouncement of imminent death like you’re Continue Reading
Don’t LEGO of this film! 8 new The LEGO Movie clips to delight you
SNAPSHOT A lowly Lego figure (voiced by Chris Pratt) joins a group intent on battling an evil force after a case of mistaken identity in this computer-generated comedy from the filmmakers behind Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and co-director Chris McKay (Robot Chicken). Will Arnett co-stars as the Continue Reading
Australia Day: 3 Aussie movies being released in 2014 worth buying popcorn for
Happy Australia Day everyone! While I appreciate not everyone will be rushing out to grab a slab of beers (or in my case a Semillon Sauvignon Blanc or two), some lammos (lamingtons or small sponge cakes) and some snags (sausages) to throw on the barbie for a bonzer celebration Continue Reading
A work of art: 5 awesome new clips from The Monuments Men
SNAPSHOT Cowriter and director George Clooney adapts author Robert M. Edsel’s book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History to tell the incredible true story of the seven art historians and museum curators who went behind enemy lines during World War II Continue Reading
Marvellous Massing of Movie Trailers: Adult World, The Wind Rises, Grand Piano, All the Light in the Sky, Maleficent
Keep your eyes peeled at all times my fellow movie-loving amigos! Such is the torrent, nay, tsunami of movie trailers heading our way at all times that vigilance is a must. But vigilance can get a little exhausting so I’ve assembled five trailers I am particularly excited about just Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art: What if TV shows and movies were Golden Books?
I grew up with Little Golden Books (the first 12 of which were published on October 1, 1942). I still fondly recall reading The Poky Little Puppy and Three Little Kittens (two of the first twelve 12 titles published), The Monster at the end of this Book (starring Grover) and Continue Reading
Movie review: Philomena
Losing a child is one of the most traumatic things that can happen to a person. You would get no argument on that count from Philomena Lee (Dame Judi Dench), a now elderly Irish woman who was forced to give up her son to adoption when she was a Continue Reading