Life is a complicating thing. Depending on events or circumstances, we are either happily content, in pain, in love, unsure of what’s next or a mixture of all or none. Regardless of where life might have deposited you and what you’re dealing with, these five artists are proof that Continue Reading
Celebrate diversity: Eurovision gets ready for this year’s epic event
The Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 as a means of cementing new bonds of European togetherness, forged in the ashes of World War Two, using music and song to draw people together in peaceful intent. While you could argue that things haven’t always been peaceful in ensuing years, Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The heartbreaking dreaming of Monkey Love Experiments
Dreams can carry us a long way. And if you’re a small lab monkey named Gandhi who is very sweetly devoted to his inanimate but cuddly cage buddy, you have every expectation, after witnessing a rocket lifting off to the moon that it can take away from your small Continue Reading
It’s all connected! New Disney video may prove the Unified Theory of Pixar
There is a Pixar Theory out in the pop culture ether, courtesy of one very clever Jon Negroni (it’s a book too – you can get it here) – to be fair he was inspired by a video on Cracked but ran like crazy (“obsessed” is the word he uses) Continue Reading
Collaborate or resist: Thoughts on the first 3 episodes of Colony season 2
In the tense and politically-charged times in which we live, Colony, from creators Carlton Cuse and Ryan J Condal, has never seemed more relevant or instructive. With the new Trump Presidency firmly in the White House and showing an alarming tendency towards fascism, the idea of a rigidly-policed society controlled Continue Reading
Wilson: Life is crap and then you die … or find your long-lost daughter
SNAPSHOT Woody Harrelson stars as Wilson, a lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged misanthrope who reunites with his estranged wife (Laura Dern) and gets a shot at happiness when he learns he has a teenage daughter (Isabella Amara) he has never met. In his uniquely outrageous and slightly twisted Continue Reading
It’s all a matter of Trial and Error … and trying not to look guilty
SNAPSHOT In the spirit of true crime documentaries, this outrageous fish-out-of-water comedy features bright-eyed New York lawyer Josh Segal (Nicholas D’Agosto), who heads to a tiny Southern town for his first big case. His mission? To defend an eccentric “rollercizing” poetry professor (John Lithgow) accused of the bizarre murder Continue Reading
Poster Me This! Character posters released for Beauty and the Beast
SNAPSHOT Disney will release Beauty and the Beast in 3D on March 17, 2017. The beloved tale will be retold for the big screen with a modern live-action lens and the help of transformative CG magic. Emma Watson and Dan Stevens will star as Belle and the Beast/Prince respectively, Continue Reading
Book review: Caliban’s War (The Expanse #2) by James S. A. Corey
There’s an admirable Utopian tendency among some science fiction to advance the idea that once humanity takes to the stars that all its problems will be solved, that we will join together in a spirit of selfless sacrifice and devotion to noble ideals, not only among ourselves but with many Continue Reading
Beyond La La Land: the top ten toe-tapping film musicals (curated article)
In the Great Depression, movies were an escape from life, and musicals gave audiences hope that things would get better. The recent release of La La Land – a contemporary twist on a classic formula – has reignited interest in the musical genre. At the Golden Globes this week, Continue Reading