Agnes (Kelly Macdonald) is lost. Not physically necessarily; in fact, as you watch her walk, automata-like, through her daily routine of housework, church meetings, religious observance, and even waking up where the sameness of waiting for the alarm to go off is a thing of exquisite drudgery in and Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: People, books and the seamless matching of the two
The Librairie Mollat is an independent bookstore in Bordeaux, France that has had a great deal of fun, so notes Laughing Squid, matching customers and books together in fantastically creative ways. So seamless and imaginative are their efforts that it looks as if book and customer belong perfectly together, Continue Reading
Colony: “The Emerald City” (S3, E 6 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND GRIEF AND GRUBBY SELF-PRESERVATION (GUESS WHO … GO ON, YOU’LL NEVER GUESS … OK, YES YOU WILL … Grief is a perniciously unpredictable thing. Much as we might like to think we have a neatly-categorised, five stages delineated grip on it, the reality is that Continue Reading
That’s *NOT* all folks! New Looney Tunes shorts arriving in 2019
One of the great joys of my childhood, and yes my adulthood too, has been watching Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the gang go through their madcap, often surreal, wittily clever and riotously funny paces. The cartoon shorts in which they appear, known collectively as Looney Tunes, ran from Continue Reading
Movie review: A Season in France (Une saison en France) #SydFilmFest
One look at the poster for A Season in France (Une saison en France) might lead you to believe that this film, written and directed with great insight and empathy by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, is a feel-good triumph against considerable odds. It is anything but of course, with the understated nuanced narrative Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “No One’s Gone” (S4, E8 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A GREAT BIG RATINGS-GRABBING DEATH! Saying goodbye to a character you come to know and love in a TV show in never an easy thing. It makes sense – we spend huge amounts of time with them, come to love their outlook on life and Continue Reading
“We’re all family here. No matter how small.” Dumbo live action teaser trailer
SNAPSHOT From Disney and visionary director Tim Burton, the all-new grand live-action adventure “Dumbo” expands on the beloved classic story where differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight. Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children Milly (Nico Continue Reading
Movie review: Ocean’s Eight
In an age where TV is enjoying a streaming-assisted new golden age, and the accessibility of arthouse, indie and foreign films is but a mouse click away, it can be tempting to demand that every movie possess a complex, emotionally-involved narrative. Those are rewarding films to watch but the Continue Reading
Lost in the woods? Let Silicon Valley’s Zach Woods hilariously teach you how to survive
SNAPSHOT We took Silicon Valley’s awkward mother hen into the wild, dressed him in the splurgiest tech wear, and learned how to be men. ( (c) GQ magazine) Zach Woods is one on my favourite actors. A master of comic timing, his deadpan delivery, suffused with sweetness and quip-ready Continue Reading
Book review: The Hoarder by Jess Kidd
One of the first things that strikes you within a few words of diving into the wonders of The Hoarder is how exquisitely well Jess Kidd writes. She is that rare talent who can spin the most lusciously poetic of phrases and yet never once lose the kind of Continue Reading