It is tempting to think of a whimsically-inclined title such as The Unlikely Heroics of Sam Holloway as a jaunty, appealingly-idiosyncratic journey through the highs and lows of life with a young Englishman whose unorthodox approach to life and decidedly non-mainstream experiences lead to a glowingly-happy end at which Continue Reading
It’s always a sunny day when Christopher Robin comes to play (new movie trailer)
SNAPSHOT In the heartwarming live-action adventure “Disney’s Christopher Robin,” the young boy who loved embarking on adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a band of spirited and lovable stuff animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into Continue Reading
Movie review: Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom
There is something inordinately exciting about watching dinosaurs roaming across the screen in front of you. Perhaps it’s the inner five-year-old in all of us that has never the lost the wonder of watching these “terrible lizards” storm, thunder, bellow and swagger with an epic majesty and otherworldliness that Continue Reading
One tall order: Nerdist gives Skyscraper the ’90s trailer treatment it deserves
SNAPSHOT Global icon Dwayne Johnson leads the cast of Legendary’s Skyscraper as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in China he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he’s been framed Continue Reading
Colony: “Sea Spray” (S3, E10 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … OUTLIERS AND SKULDUGGERY APLENTY … We all know that the Morkocalypse, which is what the alien apocalypse of Colony shall henceforth be named after the inspiring renaming of the RAPs by one of the proto-members of Broussard (Tory Kittles) and Will’s (Josh Holloway) new resistance cell, Dave Continue Reading
Come to the “strange machinations in our heads”: My Brother Rabbit adventure game trailer
SNAPSHOT A picture-perfect, loving family discovers that their daughter has fallen ill. While her parents set out to get her the treatment she needs, her determined older brother turns to the power of imagination to help both of them cope. While the outside world offers tragedy, these pure children Continue Reading
Book review: Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham is one of my favourite people in the world. I say this quite confidently though I have never met her nor conversed with her at length on social media – nothing says I know you well than an almighty long Twitter thread these days right? – it’s Continue Reading
I love you more than everything: Beautiful Boy (trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT Steve Carell and Amy Ryan are teaming up again for the upcoming addiction drama Beautiful Boy. Based on the critically-acclaimed 2008 memoir “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction” by David Sheff. Carell will play David, and Ryan will play Vicki, David’s ex-wife. She was kept Continue Reading
Christmas in July #2: I read A Sesame Street Christmas by Pat Tornborg
If you’re a big kid at heart, and honestly where is the fun in not being one, then you’ll adore the idea of immersing in the loveliness and bonhomie of A Sesame Street Christmas. First published in by Golden Books in 1982 with a delightful story of the Muppets Continue Reading
No calm after the storm: Fear the Walking Dead debuts S4b poster + trailer
SNAPSHOT The first half of season four began with one figure huddled around a campfire, and ended with nine. Characters who started their journeys in isolation collided with each other in unexpected ways and found themselves in one of the last places they ever expected to be…together. In the Continue Reading