I once read somewhere that the best movie soundtracks are the ones you don’t notice when the movie is playing. Doing just what they’re designed to do, they augment the visuals, audible but not dominating, a seamless part of the cinematic whole. Even so, ever since the movie studios Continue Reading
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Can’t wait to see: La Belle & la Bête (The Beauty and the Beast)
SNAPSHOT 1720. After a shipwreck, a ruined merchant has to exile into the countryside with his six children. Among them is Belle, the youngest of his daughters, joyful and full of grace. During an harassing journey, the merchant discovers the magical domain of the Beast, who condemns him to Continue Reading
Movie review: Runner Runner
It’s hard not to walk out of a movie like Brad Furman’s Runner Runner without wanting to run straight home to your computer, design and print up some “Have you seen this film’s plot?” and slap them to every wall and pole in Tinseltown. Granted that’s a lot of Continue Reading
Brrr! Disney releases full trailer for Frozen
SNAPSHOT In Frozen, fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell ) teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff ) and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna’s Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: A Case of You
SNAPSHOT Young writer Sam (Justin Long) has a crush on Birdie (Evan Rachel Wood), a cute and quirky barista. When his conventional attempts to woo her crash and burn, he takes his efforts online, creating an Internet profile embellished with all of the details that make him Birdie’s dream Continue Reading
Movie review: Thanks For Sharing
Contrary to what you might think, making an engaging movie about sexual addiction, an issue replete with all the misunderstanding and innuendo in the world, is not the slam dunk easy proposition you might imagine it to be. One goofy step to the right and you’re fair and square Continue Reading
Poster Me This! [2] – The Counsellor, Thor: The Dark World, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Sweetwater, American Horror Story: Coven
This may date me badly (OK it definitely will!) but I still remember when a movie would come out with one poster and one poster only. And you wouldn’t get to see it till there was space in the “Coming Soon” poster bays at the local cinema, which weren’t Continue Reading
A marvelous massing of TIFF movie trailers #4: Kill Your Darlings, The Double, Can a Song Save Your Life?, The F Word, August: Osage County
Thanks to the recently staged Toronto Film Festival, at which there were more than 300, count ’em people, 300 films screened, there is a lot on offer out there in Trailer Land (no, not a place but it should be right?). If I am ever graced with more money Continue Reading
The Day They Came: aliens invade Nigeria in science fiction short film
You know how it is. You step outside for a quick smoke on what looks like a beautifully sunny day, thinking of nothing in particular, simply happy to be outside. Then you, or in this case a character played by actor Tony Doe, hears a noise, turns around and Continue Reading
To heebie-jeebies and beyond! Pixar’s Toy Story of Terror debuts ahead of Halloween
SNAPSHOT What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that Continue Reading