SNAPSHOTHaving embraced his difference as what makes him special, nothing can stop Chickenhare from exploring the world with his sidekicks Meg, a martial arts expert skunk, and Abe, a sarcastic turtle. An unexpected encounter with Gina, his sister, radically changes his plans. Chickenhare is not the only one of his Continue Reading
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There’s more life out there … it appears we’re Not Alone
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTIn his first-ever feature-length animated film, 4-time Oscar-nominee Timothée Chalamet stars as Joe, an introverted rocket mechanic who lives a quiet life alone. Co-starring with Chalamet in this story is Selena Gomez who plays Fran, a brilliant astro-botanist who is developing the world’s first-ever plant-fueled rocket. When Continue Reading
Christmas in July redux: Retro festive movie review: White Christmas
(courtesy IMP Awards) This review was first published Christmas Eve 2023 Returning to a much-loved Christmas classic many years after it was last watched is an interesting exercise. Our minds are fiendishly clever things but one of the interesting dynamics they employ is to appropriate snatches of a plot in Continue Reading
Movie review: Minions & Monsters
(courtesy IMP Awards) There’s a glorious sense of escapist release that comes from watching the Minions in action. They are, despite all their efforts to serve the greatest evil down throughout history and to do so with single-minded determination, as klutzy and ridiculous silly as they come, and while some Continue Reading
Movie review: Toy Story 5
(courtesy IMP Awards) Five instalments into any movie franchise is a point at which you might wonder if the novelty and fun of the original instalment has been lost or at least diluted beyond any meaningful recognition. It happens to the best of long-running series but rather happily the Toy Continue Reading
Movie review: Disclosure Day
(courtesy IMP Awards) As mysteries go, and yes, the world appears to be full of them contrary to all appearances, the huge question about whether aliens exists, and even more pertinently in the case of this review, whether they have visited us, is a BIG one. People debate it endlessly, Continue Reading
“Everyone thinks teenage relationships don’t last” … but what if they do, asks Heartstopper Forever
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTHeartstopper Forever, written by Oseman and based on the highly anticipated final installment of their graphic novel series, bids farewell to a group of friends who have won viewers’ hearts since the series debuted in 2022. “Heartstopper starts like a fairy tale and a bit idealistic, in Continue Reading
Get animated! Trailers drops for Pixar’s Gatto and Disney’s Hexed
(via Shutterstock) I am just a big kid at heart. And while there are some parade rainers and miserable naysayers out there who would ridicule me, a man who is most certainly not a child, for liking animated storytelling, I prefer to celebrate the fact that my inner child is Continue Reading
Is it the end of the world or a new beginning? The Dog Stars asks some very big, action-packed questions
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT“The end of the world was just the beginning.” 🛩️ Set in Colorado after the world’s population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in an airplane hangar with his dog and a door gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission Continue Reading
It’s coming in HOT! Ice Age: Boiling Point fries up a sizzlingly funny teaser trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) Ice Age: Boiling Point is an upcoming American animated adventure comedy film directed by John C. Donkin. It is the sixth main installment in the Ice Age film series following Collision Course (2016), and the seventh Ice Age feature film overall. The film features Ray Romano, Denis Continue Reading