(courtesy IMP Awards) Stepping into a Pixar film, you are usually guaranteed of two things: Elio well and truly meets that expectation; but here’s the things with Pixar – where other filmmakers might be happy to do the deliver the same trademark elements over and over because they are expected Continue Reading
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Get ready to go on a Big Bold Beautiful Journey with a gorgeously emotive second trailer
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTWhat if you could open a doorway and walk through it and re-live a defining moment from your past? Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell) are both single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves Continue Reading
Movie review: 28 Years Later
(courtesy IMP Awards) Sustaining interest in a movie franchise is a tricky business. If you simply keep serving up more of the same, with little variation or innovation on narrative or prevailing themes, audiences will quickly grow bored, walk away and gut your box office; but if you go too Continue Reading
Looking ahead: Wicked for Good featurette promises a wild and unbridled story
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT“You’re the only friend I ever had…” The final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices. Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), now demonized [sic] as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives Continue Reading
Movie review: The Mountain (Fjallið)
(courtesy IMDb) What happens when you assemble all the tropes and cliches of a particular genre and a decent film forgets to turn up? You get Fjallið (The Mountain). An Icelandic film written and directed by Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir, Fjallið (The Mountain) looks for all the world like the sort of Continue Reading
Mixed bag of movie trailers: Dogs on the Sendero, Sketch + The Occupant
(via Shutterstock) Eclectism is the stuff of a rich and full life. Well, for this reviewer anyway; while I do have my favourite genres, I also loving mixing it up whenever I can with my movie consumption leaping from rom-coms to animation to serious drama to sci-fi, sometimes in the Continue Reading
Movie review: Long Good Thursday (Mielensäpahoittajan rakkaustarina)
(courtesy IMDb) The translation of this Finnish language’s original title, Mielensäpahoittajan rakkaustarina, literally translates, so say the good folks at Wikipedia, as The Grump’s Love Story. It’s a delightful grouping of words because it points to the central joy of this gorgeously delivered and emotionally nuanced film which is that Continue Reading
Big movie blockbuster double: Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash
(via Shutterstock) I love big epic movies! I also love small, highly emotional and deeply thoughtful indie films too because, well, they’re good for the soul, but there’s something about experiencing a big popular movie that everyone is watching at the same time that gives you a greater sense of Continue Reading
Christmas 2025 movie preview: The Baltimorons
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTOn Christmas Eve, Cliff (starring Michael Strassner who also co-wrote the script), a newly sober improv comedian, cracks a tooth and lands in the emergency care of Didi (Liz Larsen), an older no-nonsense dentist. What begins as a routine check-up sparks an unpredictable evening of misadventures. Together, Continue Reading
“You think you’re in control of this… You’re not.” The electric second full trailer for Tron: Ares
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTTron: Ares follows a highly sophisticated program, Ares (starring Jared Leto), who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings. The highly anticipated sequel to the sci-fi classics Tron (1982) and Tron: Legacy (2010). Continue Reading