Grief is a greatly misunderstood state of being. In many movies and TV shows, it almost comes across as a minor inconvenience, a speed bump on the freeway of life, which slows you down and interrupts the natural flow of things, and which, once bested or resolved, is left behind Continue Reading
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Weekday character poster art: Get to know the fowl cast from Chicken Run – Dawn of the Nugget
SNAPSHOTHaving pulled off a death-defying escape from Tweedy’s English farm, Ginger has finally found her dream – a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock, far from the dangers of the human world. When she and Rocky hatch a little girl called Molly, Ginger’s happy ending seems complete. But back Continue Reading
Imagine a place where wishes come true … Disney drops trailer and poster for Wish
SNAPSHOTIn Disney Animation’s Wish, Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe—the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico—to save her community and prove that when the Continue Reading
Movie review: Tetris
History doesn’t always make for good stories. In-between all the big battles and epic moments, there’s an awful lots of business-as-usual incidents that don’t lend themselves to exciting storytelling, no matter how much extra made-up oomph Hollywood might inject into proceedings. And then there are stories like the one behind Continue Reading
So much gorgeously fabulous quirk: How to become Accidentally Wes Anderson
SNAPSHOTIt’s hard to find a director with a more distinct visual style than Wes Anderson. In this video we’re going to learn how to recreate it photographically. …What are the elements of Wes Anderson’s visual style that make him so recognizable? (courtesy Laughing Squid (c) Imitative Photography) There is so Continue Reading
Movie review: Glass Onion – A Knives Out Mystery
Diving into a Rian Johnson mystery is like being plunged, in all the best possible ways, into a maelstrom of brilliantly executed ideas, fantastically well-realised characters who brim with flaws and vigour and a storyline so robustly intricate you glory in its enticing complexity and almost clap with glee as Continue Reading
Higher. Further. Faster. Together. Galactically fun trailer lands for The Marvels
SNAPSHOTAfter the events of Ms. Marvel (2022), superheroes Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, and Monica Rambeau begin swapping places with each other every time they use their powers, and must team up to determine why. The Marvels is directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Nia DaCosta, director of the films Little Woods Continue Reading
Movie review: Rye Lane
How do you deal with the trauma of a messy, romantically-scarring break-up? Cry in a public unisex toilet block in a “private moment” that’s anything but? Break into your boyfriend’s art-riddled apartment to retrieve an LP that you claim has sentimental value? Or try to pretend everything’s okay when it’s Continue Reading
Let’s party! Say hello to Blue Beetle
SNAPSHOTRecent college graduate Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his true purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of Continue Reading
Celebrate a very Winnie the Pooh Easter in Springtime with Roo
Watching a delightful animated special like Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo comes with an easter basket full of seasonal cognitive dissonance if you’re from the Southern Hemisphere, in this case, Australia. For her way down in the Antipodes, Easter marks the arrival of Autumn, a time when everything’s still Continue Reading