Zombies and ghosts and … airline pilots? Oh my! Today’s mini-mass of trailers is a mixed bunch but all of them involve peril of one kind or another, which makes for the best kind of visceral drama. With COVID-19 continuing to lay waste to our world and to any concept Continue Reading
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Weekday pop art: Inking pop culture fun into your life
SNAPSHOT“Tattoo culture is very small, loving, and supportive. My tattooer friends and I are trying our best to show everyone that tattoos are nothing less than an expression of art. …I tried to find a way to express my classical painting knowledge within a size that could fit people who Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Out (Pixar SparkShorts)
Coming out is one of the most terrifyingly great things anyone on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum can do in their life. Terrifying because you are exposing yourself in such a massively vulnerable way that there is really no way to head anything off at the pass – you simply have to Continue Reading
Nobody wins solo: The glitzy travails of trying to prove yourself in #Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
SNAPSHOTEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga focuses on Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdottir, two struggling Icelandic musicians who join the contest. Joining Will Ferrell (Elf, Blades of Glory) and Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Game Night) are Pierce Brosnan (Mrs. Doubtfire, Mamma Mia!) as Erick Erickssong, Dan Stevens (Beauty Continue Reading
Whoa, strange things are afoot at the Circle-K again! Bill and Ted Face the Music (poster and trailer)
SNAPSHOTKeanu Reeves (John Wick, The Matrix) and Alex Winter (Deep Web; Downloaded) will officially be reuniting on screen after 27 years as the legendary Ted “Theodore” Logan (Reeves) and Bill S. Preston Esq. (Winter) in the highly anticipated third installment of the Bill & Ted comedy, Bill & Ted Face Continue Reading
Weekday pop art: Mythical pop culture creatures go vintage scientific
SNAPSHOTFrom the series “Unnatural History” that explores pop culture characters depicted as vintage biology illustration studies. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) If you’re as enamoured of good storytelling as I am, you will understand that feeling deep within that acknowledges that though fictional creatures from movies, TV and books aren’t real, Continue Reading
Movie review: The Vast of Night
If you ever watched Game of Thrones, and it seems at one point the entire universe did and then some, you may remember that the Red Priestess, Melisandre, made reference as part of some ritualised chanting, to the fact that “The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors”. It was Continue Reading
Hello Mrs Doubtfire! Shall we dance?
SNAPSHOTBeats and tunes made from the sounds of Mrs. Doubtfire. Enjoy! (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Mrs Doubtfire is one of the great comedic triumphs of the 1990s. Released in 1993, this deeply poignant film starred the late, great, sorely-missed Robin Williams as Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire, a man Continue Reading
Train to Busan: Peninsula ponders: Is it possible to escape the apocalypse?
SNAPSHOT“Four years after South Korea’s total decimation in Train to Busan, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings us Peninsula, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Speedy the Turtle becomes a town’s newest hero
SNAPSHOTWakiki island is in peril by the destructive powers of the evil tiki god Tori, only one turtle is brave enough to stop him: Speedy the Turtle! (synopsis courtesy YouTube) What is it with Big Bads and their love of world-enslaving bling? They crave the stuff and it’s always up Continue Reading