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
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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
Movie review: Margrete – Queen of the North (Margrete den Første)
Humanity exists, all too often, caught between its lofty ideals and the gruesome truth of its natural state, dreaming of peace, love and prosperity but ending up with the bloodied corpse of war and destruction in its hands instead. This reaching for the stars but falling into the mud dynamic Continue Reading
Weekend movie character poster art: Dive deep into the faces of Avatar – The Way of Water
SNAPSHOTSet more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family, the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies Continue Reading
Galactic Ho Ho Ho! The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special review
When something is intrinsically a part of your life, it can be almost impossible to see it as might appear to someone lacking with any familiarity with it. Take Christmas, for example, which is, on the face of it, a holly jolly time of the year when peace and goodwill Continue Reading
Movie review: Strange World
There is often, though not always for everyone, safety and surety in family. It’s a place of belonging, of identity and of love where we can be assured, again most of the time, that we will find sanctuary, affirmation and the certainty of who we are and how we are Continue Reading
Birthday retro movie review: While You Were Sleeping
Given they’re about love, longing and the good feelings that make life worth living, it’s easy to assume that romantic comedies aka rom-coms are full to the brim with real, actual emotionality, the kind that sears the soul, makes the heart feel truly alive and reminds you that you are Continue Reading
Movie review: Slumberland
All too often when you lose someone close, it’s a catastrophically sudden thing that leave little to no time to deal with either its occurrence or its emotionally chaotic aftermath. You are suddenly cut adrift, unmoored from the certainties of your life, and wish with every part of you that Continue Reading
Welcome to Element City! Pixar releases teaser trailer for Elemental
SHAPSHOTDisney and Pixar’s Elemental is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they Continue Reading