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  SNAPSHOT “Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings – some good, some bad – and he will rely on his heart and soul Continue Reading

  Grief is a most peculiar thing. While its effects are reasonably universal no matter who you are, how it manifests itself is a different as each person cursed to live through its torturous, soul-eviscerating cycle of loss, sadness, regret and loneliness, an unpalatable reality of being that Belgian director Vincent Lannoo captures in a charmingly Continue Reading

  Time is a cruel mistress/master/old man with a scythe and not much in the way of new opportunities past a certain point, an often less than palatable fact of life that formed the centrepiece of the charming British comedy with a message The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012). In Continue Reading

  It will come as no surprise to anyone that movies often significantly depart from the books upon which they are based. That doesn’t necessarily mean they are a diminished form of the story; simply different. Some authors, however such as J. D. Salinger and Roald Dahl, most certainly thought the movie adaptations Continue Reading

  Food, water and shelter aside, one of the most basic needs a person can have is the one to belong. Whether we are conscious of it or not, or even admit to its existence,  all of us are looking for a group of likeminded people we can call family, Continue Reading