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
Fiery red to coolest blue: Cinefix looks at the use of colour by filmmakers
SNAPSHOT Color is one of the most effective tools in a storyteller’s arsenal. From fiery red, to the coldest blue, a great filmmaker knows just what colors to paint on the screen. Move over light and shadow, lets take the color wheel for a spin! Here are the very Continue Reading
Everyone wants to celebrate Girlfriend’s Day. Well, except Bob Odenkirk
SNAPSHOT In a city where greeting card writers are celebrated like movie stars, romance writer Ray used to be the king. In trying to recapture the feelings that once made him the greatest, he gets entangled in a web of murder and deceit as writers vie to create the Continue Reading
Movie review: Jackie
History, it is oft remarked, is written by the victors. But as Jackie, directed with restrained eloquence by Pablo Larrain, demonstrates throughout its sublimely meditative length, it can occasionally be written be written by those who may be deemed, in whole or in part, to be its victims. It Continue Reading
You bet your chimichangas Deadpool should get an Oscar nomination!
When you hear people talk earnestly and loftily about the movies that will be nominated for this years’ Oscars, films like Jackie, Manchester by the Sea, Loving, Moonlight and La La Land, among a number of worthy contenders, are mentioned as likely to get a nomination for Best Picture Continue Reading
Book review: Night Without Stars by Peter F Hamilton
[caption id= (image courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) One of the delights of diving deeply into a Peter F Hamilton novel – and dive deeply you will with many of his expansive efforts reaching the 700-plus page mark with ease – is being reminded once again that pretty much anything is Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Say hello to a Doctor Who-fied time-travelling Snoopy!
In his day, and it’s been a thoroughly successful 67 years and counting so far, Snoopy has been many things – an aspiring author, a hip rock ‘n’ roll-loving college student named Joe Cool and a dashing World War 1 flying ace, always on the hunt for the Red Continue Reading
Now this is music #81: Maggie Rogers, Ama Lou, Grandtheft/Delaney Jane, Tanukichan, Tom Misch
Life can feel like SO MUCH sometimes. It’s hard to catch your breath, to stop and think and take a good look around and think about what’s happening to you, what it all means and where it might take you. That’s why we have artists like the beguiling five Continue Reading