In the world of Hollywood, emotively-rich dramas sit on one side of the storytelling equation and big, brassy, visually resplendent blockbusters sit on the other, and never, usually, the twain shall meet. But just occasionally, in a happy marriage of lushly visual FX, gripping narrative and compelling characters, a blockbuster Continue Reading
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On 6th day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with 10 more ornaments – Lightyear & Zurg, Sonic, Jawa & R2D2, Eeyore & Piglet, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Indiana Jones + more
You could be mistaken for thinking that I spend all my waking moments doing nothing but buying Christmas ornaments such is the volume of these gorgeously festive bits of plastic that are delivered to my apartment with such frequency that we are now on first name terms with the delivery Continue Reading
#Christmas movie review: The Noel Diary
That almost imperceptible sound you hear rustling above the snow is the gossamer-thin wistfully romantic softness of a thousand Christmas movies floating above your head on a wind laden with gingerbread spice and tinsel threads. Festive films are by their very nature constructions of hopes and dreams and seasonal happiness, Continue Reading
On 4th day of Christmas … I watched Spirited (movie review)
Who among us is brave enough to take on yet another adaption of the perennial Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol? Why, yes, Sean Anders I see you raising your hand, emboldened by a clever, witty, wildly original script you co-wrote with John Morris and bolstered by the presence of Continue Reading
Movie review: #Christmas on Mistletoe Farm
Appearances, opines the mysterious “they” who seems to be everywhere and opinionated about it all, can be deceiving. Sometimes a little, or in the case of Christmas on Mistletoe Farm, the tinsel-draped train wreck that ran over Santa and his elves and likely took a few unfortunate Christmas trees with Continue Reading
On 1st day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with 10 ornaments – the Berenstain Bears, Gandalf (LOTR), Encanto, Moomins, Peter Pan, Flounder (The Little Mermaid), Fraggle Rock + more
I love Christmas and I LOVE decorating my tree. Given where my interests lie, it makes perfect sense that the tree is all pop culture and nothing but pop culture, and that even though I tell myself I’ll only buy a few new ornaments each year, that I often end Continue Reading
How hard do you believe? Big questions roll from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
SNAPSHOTA fifth movie in the Indiana Jones franchise, continuing the story after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Starring Harrison Ford as adventurer Indiana Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Helena. The full cast also features Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Kretschmann, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Toby Jones, Continue Reading
Movie review: #Christmas with You
Who knew there was so much love in the offing at Christmas? Well, clearly lots of people because with the total of new Christmas films this years reaching a whopping 170, pretty much all of them rom-com oriented, it’s very clear that in the words of Love Actually‘s theme song, Continue Reading
It’s time to face the music: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 goes deep in new trailer
SNAPSHOTIt’s time to face the music. Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own – a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians once and for all if it’s not successful. Marvel’s Guardians of the Continue Reading
Weekday character movie poster pop art (+ first full trailer): The Super Mario Bros. Movie
SNAPSHOTFrom Nintendo and Illumination comes a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. It is the third feature film adaptation of Nintendo’s Mario video game franchise, following the anime film Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (1986) and the Hollywood live-action film Continue Reading