You’ve no doubt heard people shopping for a home, or the real estate agents tryiong to sell them one, say that a house has “got good bones”. It’s the ultimate compliment and means that while house may look ill-kempt or unloved, that it’s basically got the makings of sound and Continue Reading
Movies
Come fly the silent skies … Emily Blunt premieres her super-shhhh new A Quiet Place airline
We’ve all been there. You get on a flight, happy to have a brief friendly nod and inconsequential quick chat with your seatmates before settling into reading a good book as you wing your way to your destination. But it rarely works out that sweetly; noise is everywhere, people are Continue Reading
How do spiders stay cool in summer? Lucas the Spider wants to know
SNAPSHOTOh boy, it sure is hot outside! How does a spider keep cool in the summer? (synopsis via Laughing Squid) It’s not technically summer anywhere in our COVID-19 blighted world right now. The Southern Hemisphere has bid the season farewell while the Northern Hemisphere is eagerly looking forward to things Continue Reading
A mass of movie trailers: Romantic Comedy, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Room, Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss, The High Note
INTRO ROMANTIC COMEDY NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS THE ROOM SEVEN STAGES TO ETERNAL BLISS SNAPSHOTSeven Stages stars Sam Huntington and Kate Micucci as a couple who think they’ve hit the jackpot when they find a cheap apartment in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, there’s a problem: the apartment was previously inhabited by Continue Reading
Movie review: Honey Boy
Whoever coined the empty, almost universally quoted retort to bullies “Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” was clearly lacked in some form of meaningful self-awareness. The truth is that while our bodies can usually repair themselves physically in fairly short order, the damage Continue Reading
Uh-oh robots! Is it really time to get Connected?
SNAPSHOTWhen Katie Mitchell (voiced by Abbi Jacobson), a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans to meet ‘her people’ at college are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick (voiced by Danny McBride) determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together and bond Continue Reading
Orogonia: A timelapse journey through the majesty and beauty of Europe’s mountain ranges
SNAPSHOTOrogonia is an award-winning timelapse film by Spanish filmmaker Enrique Pacheco that takes a wondrous journey through the mountains of the European highlands while contemplating their long history. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Encompassing the stunning scenery of seven countries, Orogonia by Spanish filmmaker Enrique Pacheco not only look stunningly beautiful Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: The world really is a Wes Anderson film after all
Who hasn’t wished at one time or another (usually a stultifyingly bland and boring time or another) for the world to be a little more magical or whimsical or quirky? All of us have, bar those who like things neatly and solidly utilitarian, which is probably why the films of Continue Reading
Movie review: Emma
Nothing quite sparkles like a brilliantly-effected Jane Austen adaptation. A captivatingly good writer who managed to combine romantic comedy with incisive social commentary, Austen’s books are ripe for translation to the big and small screen, full of warmth, witty banter, arch parody and a cutting way with words that strikes Continue Reading
Even further back in time … It’s time for stories from Star Wars: The High Republic
SNAPSHOT“‘Star Wars: The High Republic features the Jedi as we’ve always wanted to see them — as true guardians of peace and justice. This is a hopeful, optimistic time, when the Jedi and the Galactic Republic are at their height. But of course, into this glorious new era something wicked Continue Reading