Deadpool is the reason I fell in love with superhero movies. OK, some superhero movies. Right, to be fair, and perfectly honest, why I fell in love with Deadpool, and continue to think fondly of the far more PG Guardians of the Galaxy. I mean, c’mon! The movie has: Continue Reading
We love Pixar! Here’s an animated explanation of exactly why
There’s an almost endless list of things to love about Pixar. Its characters are fully-fleshed out joys that live and breathe with all the verve, wit and warmth of real people. Its storylines are substantial, rewarding excursions into wonder, thrills-and-spills and sheer exuberant silliness and happiness, resonant with deep Continue Reading
Love changes all: The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT The black and white feature is based on the true story of the Finnish boxer Olli Mäki and his highly hyped 1962 championship match against the American featherweight champion Davey Moore. The film follows Olli as he unexpectedly falls in love and becomes more committed to pursuing a Continue Reading
Back on the small screen again: First trailer for new Peanuts TV show
Peanuts, Charles Schulz’s beloved comic, is back on TV! Fresh from its triumphant return to the big screen in last year’s The Peanuts Movie, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy and the gang are back on the small screen in a new series that started screening on Boomerang on 9 May. Continue Reading
Where have the animals gone in the zombie apocalypse? Legend has the answers
If you watch The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead or a host of other zombie-ish apocalyptic shows you will likely notice one thing (among many others of course such as yes zombies for a start). A dearth of animals. Yes there is the occasional horse (that provides a Continue Reading
The End: What would popular films look like with end credits scenes?
Superhero movies love them. Fans sit through endless lines of credits to see them. They are post and sometimes mid-credits scenes, popularised recently by Marvel, which add a little extra to the movie that precedes them but also hint at where the next movie linked to the one you’ve Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: The Big Six – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UK
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Where to now humanity? Wayward Pines season 2
Humanity is so ungrateful isn’t it? I mean, here it is – SPOILERS! – saved by one, admittedly singularly-obsessed man, Dr. Jenkins (Toby Jones) from certain cataclysmic annihilation, sealed off in an “idyllic” town well into the future (try somewhere around 4020) , safe from the mutant “Abbies” (short for Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Captive” (S2, E5 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND AN ANGRY THREATENING BULLY, GUY MOST LIKELY TO DIE NEXT … AND THE CRUMBLING SHARDS OF HUMANITY* Hello do-what-you-must apocalypse, goodbye lingering vestiges of civilisation! OK it wasn’t quite that dramatic but not by much. In an episode where Madison (Kim Dickens) had to go all Continue Reading
Book review: Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson
If you think it’s impossible to write a quirky, even madcap tale that involves a reluctant hitman, a disillusioned priest and sex hotel receptionist down on familial luck, then you have severely underestimated the talents of Swedish novelist Jonas Jonasson. The writer of internationally-successful novels The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Continue Reading