Who ya gonna call?! If you’ve got ghosts, it’s no contest but if you want a brilliantly-calibrated, all-in immersive light display, give a shout out to Tom BetGeorge of Magical Light Shows who decorates his home in Tracy, California every year in absolutely spectacular fashion. He’s assembled a chorus of Continue Reading
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Falling in love at zero degrees: Let It Snow
SNAPSHOTFor those who haven’t read the book, Let It Snow, the novel, is essentially three holiday-themed romantic YA short stories that eventually intertwine together. The first story, written by Johnson, is about a young girl named Jubilee (Merced) whose train breaks down in a snowstorm. Luckily, she meets a cute Continue Reading
“The sweetest damn film of the decade”: The heartwarming delights of The Peanut Butter Falcon
SNAPSHOTThe Peanut Butter Falcon is an adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from the nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler by attending the wrestling school Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The luminous moving beauty of Fox Fires
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
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