SNAPSHOTFox Fires, a moving short from Scottish animator Keilidh, takes its inspiration from the ancient Finnish myth about the Aurora Borealis, which they call Revontulet. That translates to “Fox Fires,” as they believed a magical fox would run across the sky, sweeping the Earth’s snow with his tail, creating the Continue Reading
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The saga concludes … final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
SNAPSHOTReturning cast members for The Rise of Skywalker include Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo and Billie Lourd. Joining the cast are Naomi Ackie (Doctor Who), Richard E. Grant (Logan), Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings), and Keri Russell (The Americans), who will Continue Reading
Movie review: Hustlers
For a film that features of a lot of rock-driven montages and chutzpah on steroids from many of the main characters, Hustlers, written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, has a lot on its beautifully-articulated mind. Set in the world of “glamourous” stripping – it’s all bright lights, shiny costumes and Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The gorgeous quackery of The Silly Duck Wizard
SNAPSHOTIn an adorable stop motion animation by Terry Ibele and voiced by Davey Swatpaz, a round little wizard bemoans the fact that he only knows spells that turn everything around him into ducks. No matter what iteration he uttered, a yellow duckling appeared in its place. After the third spell, Continue Reading
Movie review: Zombieland – Double Tap
Evolution may seem like an unlikely companion to the apocalypse since what is there really left alive to evolve but if you stop and think about it, that pesky virus that got this entire nightmare of undead destruction shambling on its merry gothic path is going to stop doing its Continue Reading
The living and the dead: The emotional evocativeness of Light From Light
SNAPSHOTGifted with sometimes-prophetic dreams and a lifelong interest in the paranormal, Sheila (Marin Ireland) is asked to investigate a potential haunting at a Tennessee farmhouse. It’s there she meets Richard (Jim Gaffigan), a recent widower who believes his wife may still be with him. The investigation that ensues — which Continue Reading
“I know what happens when you die … you becomes a ghost”: The shadowy explosive world of Underground 6
SNAPSHOTRyan Reynolds stars as a ghost… as in, someone who faked his own death, scrubbed his record, and now moves about as a phantom operative. What’s the best part about being a ghost? “The freedom”, Reynolds says in the trailer. The Deadpool actor, re-teaming with Deadpool screenwriters Rhett Reese and Continue Reading
This place is so dead: Handy 3-minute summary of Zombieland (and things to know before Zombieland 2)
SNAPSHOTAfter a virus turns most people into zombies, the world’s surviving humans remain locked in an ongoing battle against the hungry undead. Four survivors — Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) and his cohorts Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) — abide by a list of survival rules Continue Reading
Movie review: Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Attempting to nimbly hop like a gazelle on steroids from one medium to another does not always work for every pop culture property. What works delightfully in one may fall to the ground with a dull thud or smashing roar in another, with the essence of what made the character Continue Reading
A celebration of creativity and silliness: The Jim Henson Company Sizzle Reel
I wrote some weeks ago Twitter that Jim Henson was the creator of much of the happiness of my childhood. That may sound like an unholy dissing of those nearest and dearest to me, and of Indian food and cheesecakes, two of the culinary touchpoints of growing up for me, Continue Reading