SNAPSHOT A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy, played with exquisite delicacy by Dakota Fanning, follows the guiding spirit of Continue Reading
Memento: A compelling narrative told in reverse
Christopher Nolan is a talented man, known for a love of non-linear storytelling and the ability to deliver a thoroughly original cinematic experience. Think Interstellar, Inception, Insomnia and of course the film that brought this gifted director to the world’s attention, Memento, starring Guy Pearce as a man with Continue Reading
Now this is music: Scandipop special 2 – Bishat, EIRIK, Blissful, Louam, Stockholm Noir
I remain, as always, a devotee of all things Scandinavian. It started as a child with books and TV shows – obviously at that age I had no idea they were Scandinavian; I simply loved the quirk and storytelling idiosyncrasies of the material – and continued on with ABBA Continue Reading
A better reality awaits in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One
SNAPSHOT Based on “Ready Player One,” the first novel by Fanboys screenwriter Ernie Cline. In the near future, outcast teenager Wade Watts escapes from his bleak surroundings by logging in to the OASIS, a globally networked virtual utopia where users can lead idyllic alternate lives. When the eccentric billionaire Continue Reading
Movie review: The Shape of Water
Life and love are two powerful, mystical qualities that lie at the very heart of what it means to be human. In Guillermo del Toro’s latest cinematic tour de force, The Shape of Water, we gain a glimpse of how powerful they can be, of how immensely important and Continue Reading
Meow no! Simon’s Cat does NOT want to go to the vet
SNAPSHOT After an unfortunate encounter in the garden, Simon’s Cat goes to great lengths to avoid an imminent visit to the vet. As always, the question remains – will his long-suffering owner Simon step up to the challenge? …‘Simon’s Cat: Off to the Vet’ has screened at multiple film Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Cupid on the therapists couch in “Blissfull Melodies”
My partner and I got together on NYE 2008 hence this very Valentine’s Day post on New Year’s Eve … I have been fortunate in many ways to only ever see the upside of love. My partner is endlessly supportive and caring, the balwark I often need to weather Continue Reading
Love is love: The heartwarming romantic awkwardness of In a Heartbeat
My partner and I got together on NYE 2008 hence this very Valentine’s Day post on New Year’s Eve … SNAPSHOT In A Heartbeat follows a closeted red-headed teen named Sherwin whose heart literally pops out of his chest and chases after his classmate and crush, Jonathan. Sherwin must Continue Reading
Movie review: Paddington 2
Sequels are, for the most part and for a thousand different reasons, the unloved siblings of modern cinema. But Paddington 2, the sequel to 2014’s Paddington based on the stories of Michael Bond who sadly passed away this year, bucks the trend in the most fulsome and heartwarming of Continue Reading
Small screen, big stories, much bingeing: My favourite TV shows of 2017
These days I don’t watch as much TV as I used to. That’s not because of some great philosphical turning against television, with which I continue to have a passionate and longstanding romance – one that endured despite a rock start at age 4 when I encountered TV for Continue Reading