In general, movies have an abiding loud of love wrought in big, loud, bold movements, all meet-cutes and happenstance and colour and joy in letters that stretch to the candy-coloured heavens in neon-lit tones befitting something that is, most people would agree, WONDERFUL. And yes, while, falling in love and Continue Reading
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“They’re probably out looking for you right now” … Festive rom-com Falling For Christmas heartwarmingly asks if you really want to be found
SNAPSHOTA newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress (Lindsay Lohan) gets into a bad skiing accident, suffers from total amnesia and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner (Chord Overstreet) and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas. Falling for Christmas is directed by American Continue Reading
Movie review: I Used To Be Famous
There is a tendency for some people to react to stories that look, and it’s the word “look” that’s key here, like everything else that’s ever gone before, like they are the worst possible form of creativity, trading in tired clichés and tropes with nary an original thought to their Continue Reading
A mini-mass of movie trailers: Enola Holmes 2, They Cloned Tyrone and A Chance Encounter + Behind the craft featurette for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Netflix has just staged its annual big reveal event tudum – the name comes, so says engadget, is “named after the sound that plays alongside the Netflix logo whenever you start watching something on the service” – and among the many shows and movies that got a big unveil or Continue Reading
The rebellion begins: Thoughts on Andor (S1, E1-3)
Star Wars has never been short of weight issues at the core of its storytelling. From the moment A New Hope, then just good old Star Wars before it begat a sprawlingly beguiling franchise, scrolled in memorable yellow and black across cinema screens in 1977, George Lucas’s take of good Continue Reading
Movie review: See How They Run
Murder is, by and large, not a funny business since killing does not generally make for guffaw-laden, or even whimsically giggly, storytelling. But in the hands of See How They Run, written by Mark Chappell and directed by Tom George, murder is gently hilarious and farcically rich every step of Continue Reading
Coming together to find their way home: Disney’s Strange World’s fun mix of family and adventure
SNAPSHOTTravel past space and time to a place of infinite mystery… Jake Gyllenhaal lends his voice to Searcher Clade, the son of a steadfast explorer. The original action-adventure journeys deep into an uncharted and treacherous land where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades, a family of explorers whose differences threaten Continue Reading
Movie review: The Perfect Dinner (La cena perfetta) #IFF22
Redemption is never an easy thing to achieve. Sure, religions chuck it around like luminously promising confetti and self-help coaches guarantee it’s but a mantra and a positive attitude away, and while they are all very compelling and attractive options that attract a great deal of attention and devotion, the Continue Reading
Movie review: The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
No one should ever mistake quietness for lack of presence or emotional power. Case in manifestly resonant point is the 1981-set The Quiet Girl, written and directed by Colm Bairéad, which is matches the titular mood in just about every possible way – slow, thoughtful exchanges between characters, none of Continue Reading
New Star Wars trailers there are: The Mandalorian (S3) and final Andor trailer
I’m fairly certain there will never not be a time when a new Star Wars trailer, whether it’s for a movie or a TV/streaming show, doesn’t fill me with all kinds of anticipatory thrill. Ever since I saw A Hew Hope, then just good old Star Wars in a small Continue Reading