Oh how I love someone who thinks creatively out of the box. In this case, it’s immensely clever artist Alex Solis who wondered what really lay behind the faces of some of animation’s most recognisable faces. His artistic musings resulted in Icons Unmasked, which pulls back the veneer to Continue Reading
Happy birthday *and* Merry Christmas Charlie Brown: USPS honours Peanuts with new stamps series
One very good thing about a lifetime spent with Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang is that you have a treasure house of special memories stored away. Without much effort, I can recall how I used to gather up pecan nuts from across the street in my primary school Continue Reading
Darth Vader and Frodo: Star Wars vs. Lord of the Rings fan-made teaser trailer
If you think Frodo had his hands full with Sauron and his black power-obsessed minions, then ponder how busy he, Aragorn, Legolas, Gandalf and assorted other Hobbits might have been if Darth Vader had decided to invade the fair lands of The Shire and its neighbours? Might have been Continue Reading
Movie review: The Diary of a Teenage Girl
It doesn’t take long to realise that The Diary of a Teenage Girl, written and directed with a playful yet dark intensity by Marielle Heller, is not your typical quirky indie teenage drama. Granted, the 1976-set film, based on the book The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Continue Reading
Call me! A whole lot of movie phone calls in one glorious mash-up
Phone calls – we either love ’em or hate ’em. Waiting for a good friend to confirm the details of your all expenses paid, big birthday dinner at the best restaurant in town? LOVE ‘EM. Boss calling at 11.24pm to check why you use a comma instead of a dash Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Cobalt” (S1, E5 review)
* SPOILERS … AND AN ARENA OF ANXIOUS-TO-GET-OUT WALKERS AWAIT * Ah humanity, when the chips are down, you either cover yourself in glory, self-sacrificially stepping forward to make lives better for others in times horrifically extraordinary, or you look out for number 1, making sure you’re OK Continue Reading
Life always surprises you: The Good Dinosaur (international trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT The Good Dinosaur asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a Continue Reading
Book review: You’re Never Weird On the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
If there’s one thing you discover pretty quickly in life, it’s that acting like everyone else generally gets you more approval than doing your own highly-idiosyncratic thing. It doesn’t matter whether you’re at school, or in a church, soccer club or bee fancier society, people like their fellow human beings Continue Reading
Still Please Like Me: Season 3 trailer reminds us Josh is still trying to figure things out
SNAPSHOT of seasons 1 & 2 Season one saw Josh come to terms with the multiple changes in his life (his girlfriend had dumped him, he’d gained and lost a boyfriend, come out to his parents, lost his eccentric great aunt, and moved back in to live with his Continue Reading
Movie review: Grandma
“Time passes. That’s for sure.” (Eileen Myles) Elle Reid (Lily Tomlin) is not having a good day. With her past coming up to meet her, as it always does, to remind her things aren’t as good as they once were, and her present taking the turn for the unexpected Continue Reading