It’s a universally-acknowledged fact that you can never spend too much time with Jim Henson’s greatest, most-beloved creations, the Muppets. And by “universal” I mean, of course that I long ago decided that I cannot have too much of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Rowlf the Dog, Gonzo, and of course Continue Reading
You can’t run from yourself: The Reconstruction of William Zero (poster + movie trailer)
SNAPSHOT William Blakely, a top genetic researcher, awakens after a catastrophic accident with no memory or motor skills. As he begins to relearn his past and identity with the help of his mysterious twin brother, the memories that return are not his own. As he tries to reconnect with Continue Reading
All (uncomfortably but hilariously) aboard for Preggoland! (movie poster + trailer)
If there’s one lesson we’ve learned from Pinocchio, the now Disney-fied protagonist of Italian writer Carlo Collodi’s classic 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, it’s that lying can quickly spin spectacularly, and irretrievably out of control. In Pinocchio’s case that wild spiralling away from any semblance of truth manifested Continue Reading
Relive the first 4 seasons of The Walking Dead through the wonders of this 8b-it video game recreation
These are dark days for The Walking Dead fans. Not only do we have to survive without our regular weekly doses of undead mayhem and the best and worse of the apocalyptic human condition until October, even the new companion series, set in Los Angeles that begins pre-apocalypse, doesn’t Continue Reading
Cinematically side-by-side: The opening and closing scenes of movies play together in First and Final Frames
There is a great deal to be said for setting the scene. After all, that well-worn adage about only getting one chance to make a first impression keeps getting repeated for a reason – people always remember and make judgements based on what they first see of a person, Continue Reading
Movie review: Shaun the Sheep Movie
It might come as a surprise to many but even the wonderfully eccentric stable of characters from Aardman Animations, which includes the legendary Wallace and Gromit, can suffer from the dreaded ennui of life. That enervating sense that we’ve been there, done that a thousand times already and that the novelty Continue Reading
Come and catch some ZZZZ in Neil[Patrick Harris]’s Puppet Dreams
SNAPSHOT This web series features Neil Patrick Harris who lives with his partner David Burtka. Neil sleeps a lot and has strange dreams featuring puppet characters. Neil opens each episode by directly telling the audience “Hi, I’m Neil. I sleep a lot and when I dream, I dream in Continue Reading
Who got the power, who got the juice: Silicon Valley’s gloriously snippy season 2 trailer
Silicon Valley, created by the luminously-talented Mike Judge (Beavis and Butthead, Office Space), is a very clever sitcom. A satire of the technological hub centred around San Jose, California, and the startups it incubates so effectively, it is witty, perceptive, peopled by flawed but irresistible characters and according to Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: Conquer (S5, E16 review)
*THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A CRYING PRIEST, RANDOM WALKERS AND AN UNDEAD PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE, ALL BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTER “W”… So a funny thing happened to me on the way from the review of season 5 penultimate episode “Try” to its movie-length Continue Reading
Movie review: Love is Strange
While grandly romantic gestures like impossibly large bunches of flowers for no reason, a surprise marriage proposal at a beloved’s favourite bookstore and heart-stirring declarations of commitment on major anniversaries are usually what gets love all its fantastically positive PR, it’s what happens in the little moments, in the nitty-gritty of every Continue Reading