(courtesy IMP Awards) As a general rule, we like to think of history as a thing of clean, linear beauty – x happens, y results and time marches inexorably and uncomplicatedly on, consequence following action over and over until fact stacks upon fact and the story of humanity is told Continue Reading
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Higher. Further. Faster. Together. The Marvels has a new trailer and poster
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTCarol Danvers (Brie Larson) aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When she discovers an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers Continue Reading
Movie review: The Land of Short Sentences (meteri sekundet)
(courtesy IMDb) Marie (Sofie Torp) and Rasmus (Thomas Hwan) are in love. Really, really, all-in, in love, the beating of Danish film Meter i sekundet (The Land of Short Sentences). He’s an up-and-coming poet, big on the Copenhagen artistic scene, and she’s a bon vivant city dweller and writer who Continue Reading
#ChristmasInJuly review redux: Dare to fall in love with Dash & Lily
If you are one of a more romantic persuasion than most, then you will find a great deal to like about a show that combines romantic comedy and Christmas, two genres that together account for much of the swoon-worthy, sigh-worthy, rose-coloured glass wearing wonder that makes the escapist part of Continue Reading
Weekend character poster pop art: The multi-coloured fun and meaning of Barbie
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTBarbie is a … romantic comedy film based on the eponymous fashion doll line by Mattel and directed by Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. It serves as the franchise’s first live-action film adaptation after a number of computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming TV films Continue Reading
Mini mass of movie trailers: Aporia, Problemista Jules, Love at First Sight and Migration
(via Shutterstock) Cinema is back baby! Fresh from attending a mid-week preview of screening of Barbie which was packed full of men and women in shockingly fabulous shades of luminescent pink, and hearing tales of subsequent sold-out nights of Barbie and Oppenheimer – released on the same day in a Continue Reading
Movie review: Barbie
(courtesy IMP Awards) There’s a strangely superficial idea floating in the collective thinkosphere that if something is colourful and confected and fun, it can’t possibly having any weight to it – thematic, emotional or otherwise. And while sure that’s true with some deliberately light and bright things, the collective catch-all Continue Reading
The legend has arrived: The Monkey King makes his hilarious presence felt in new trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe Monkey King is an action-packed family comedy that follows a rebellious and charismatic Monkey and his magical fighting Stick on an epic quest for victory over 100 demons, an eccentric Dragon King, and Monkey’s greatest foe of all — his own ego! Along the way, a Continue Reading
From Love Actually to Christmas On The Farm: how rom-coms became a festive season staple (#ChristmasInJuly curated article)
(courtesy IMP Awards) This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. It is a visual language with which we are almost all familiar. It’s cold and snowing outside, but inside, next to a crackling fire, it’s warm and cosy. The tree is Continue Reading
Featurette: How did Asteroid City come to be?
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTDirector Wes Anderson spoke to Kodak about how he created the distinctive desert town for his film Asteroid City. He explained how they first had to find the perfect location (Chinchón, Spain) and then built era-appropriate buildings and theme-centred accoutrements from there. He then shot it all Continue Reading