There is an art to inspired mimicry. It’s not enough to sound like the character you’re impersonating, you must embody their mannerisms and personality too. Effectively, you have to become that character. It’s clearly not a lesson Brock Baker needs to learn. A talented impressionist, who bring a host Continue Reading
Everyone knows She’s Funny That Way (Poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT From renowned director Peter Bogdanovich, “She’s Funny That Way” is a screwball comedy featuring the interconnected personal lives of the cast and crew of a Broadway production. When established director Arnold Albertson (Owen Wilson) casts his call girl-turned-actress Isabella “Izzy” Patterson (Imogen Poots) in a new play to star Continue Reading
What Pet Should I Get? Dr Seuss has a new book worth a look!
This has surely got to rank as one of the best news stories of the year. 24 years after his death in 1991, Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, has not one but three new books ready to be published, discovered, according to The Hollywood Reporter, in Continue Reading
Attaboy, there’s a Good Dinosaur … trailer
There is no such thing as too many Pixar movies in one year. Especially after a year (2014) where there were no movies from the rightly acclaimed animation powerhouse at all. Hot, relative again to last year’s Pixar drought on the heels of the beyond superlative Inside Out, comes Continue Reading
Movie review: Last Cab to Darwin
A sense of belonging is an intrinsic part of the human experience. Not everyone wants to admit it of course with many people, for a variety of reasons, doing their best to keep the rest of humanity at bay by fair means and foul. One such person, Rex (Michael Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Muppets get their superhero apocalyptic vibe on thanks to JoopaDoops
As a life long Muppets fan, I am most definitely of the opinion that there is very little on this planet that can’t be improved by their presence. Among these many and varied things, are superhero and apocalyptic road movies, two themes that a very talented artist called Justin Continue Reading
Falling Skies: “Hatchlings” (S5, E3 review)
*SPOILERS … AND SKITTERS … AND LAST DITCH OVERLORDS AHEAD* There’s nothing like a walk in the countryside is there? All that fresh, bracing air, the inspiring views, the sense that you are away from everyone and everything … well, that is, unless, of course you’re Rage Tom Continue Reading
Little Golden Books go to a galaxy far, far away with their new Star Wars editions
Behold a most perfect together of pop culture wonderfulness! It has been announced, no doubt from an orbiting battle cruiser somewhere high above Tattoine that Little Golden Books, that bastion of imaginative childrens’ storytelling in very small packaging, will be soon be journeying to a galaxy far, far away, Continue Reading
Movie review: Hallå hallå
Disa (Maria Sid) is one very disappointed woman. Disappointed by life, by the way a resolute playing by the rules – husband TICK! Kids TICK! Job TICK! Compliant acquiescing to everything expected of her TICK! – seems to be have yielded her nothing but dashed hopes and dreams. Though Continue Reading
Blood red sky: Edvard Munch’s “Scream” comes to life in this brilliant short animated film
SNAPSHOT I was walking along a path with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city – my Continue Reading