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SNAPSHOT“Look alive, foolish mortals!” Inspired by the classic theme park attraction, Disney’s Haunted Mansion is about a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters. Disney’s Haunted Mansion movie is directed by the American filmmaker Justin Simien, Continue Reading

We all dream of a love that will last a lifetime. Not all of us achieve it, and even if we do, romantic longevity is a slippery concept that doesn’t always live up to expectations and which suffers from an unsettling clash between idealism and the reality of trying to Continue Reading

Finding the truth of who you are is something that comes to some people early in life, a lightning bolt of self-recognition that sets them off on an unalterable course for the rest of their days, and to others, much later on, a disrupting epiphany that upends the status quo Continue Reading

Family life is never as picture perfect as we’d like it to be. For many of us that simply means things are a little quirky or dysfunctional instead of Hallmark-ready sigh worthy but for others, such as The Innocent (L’Innocent)‘s Abel (Louis Garrel who also directed and co-wrote the film), Continue Reading

Traditionally endings are not meant to precede the beginning and middle of the story. It makes sense – starting off on the finish line can rob a story of the narrative momentum built up in the first two acts of its emotional power and storytelling impact, and leave you feeling Continue Reading

I don’t watch sport as a rule and even though it is sporting juggernaut that bestrides the globe, that included ignoring the Superbowl (save for Rihanna who was red hot fabulous!). However, that exclusion of that epic sporting event from my life did not include the trailers release during the Continue Reading

Returning to a film after a considerable gap in time, in this case 23 years, is a risky business. Will the film be as rose-coloured glasses good as you remember it? Will you sigh in all the places you did the first time around, laugh in all the others and Continue Reading

Being emotionally affected by a movie is hardly a unique experience. In fact, when you go to see a film, you want to be moved in some way whether it’s eliciting a laugh in a comedy, a romantic swoon-worthy sign in a rom-com, or a gasp of fear or amazement Continue Reading

One of the criticisms levelled at romantic comedies aka rom-coms more often than not is that they are light and ephemeral as their frothy subject matter. It’s an unfair dig in many respects since most rom-coms are simply there to transport us from the ugly, loveless everyday and into a Continue Reading