Ask anyone who has ever fallen in love with the written word, and by fallen I mean with that desperate sense of urgency that says words and stories are life itself and their absence is a slow and lingering death, and they will testify with unbridled passion about the power Continue Reading
“He’s kinda bashful isn’t he momma?”: Bambi gets a little verve and quirkiness in a new animated recap
Disney is many things but the one thing you can definitely say it isn’t is subversive. That’s why we all need Cas van de Pol, an animator from the Netherlands who, in his own words (taken from his Patreon page; yes you can, and should, support this fantastically-talented artist), “creates Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Today and Tomorrow” (S5, E14 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SOLAR PANELS, CATS WITH BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES AND THE PATH OF TRUE LOVE NOT RUNNING SMOOTH Is there anything more creepy than someone you know, you just know, is inherently evil and up to the kind of no good that hardcore narratives are made of, acting like Continue Reading
“God’s Eye View Shots”: Looking over the quirky magic of Wes Anderson
SNAPSHOT…the overhead shot is Wes Anderson’s most distinctive shot and how unlike other directors, Wes uses it to create the most emotional moments in his filmography. (synopsis via Laughing Squid (c) Luis Azavedo, Beyond the Frame) The films of Wes Anderson are, by pretty much any measure, visual feasts. Part Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The sublimely-touching reminisces of Negative Space
SNAPSHOTNegative Space is a wonderful stop-motion cloth animation that features a son reminiscing about his relationship with his now-departed father through the act of packing a suitcase. The narration of the film comes directly from a Ron Koertge poem of the same name, while the characters and scenes were created Continue Reading
Book review: If You’re Reading This I’m Already Dead by Andrew Nicoll
At first gloriously silly glance, If You’re Reading This I’m Already Dead by Andrew Nicoll seems like a very silly novel. A riotously funny, over the top tale of a bunch of circus performers, then based in Germany, who decide to pull the grandest con of all by having one Continue Reading
One second hilarity: Montage of every Looney Tunes cartoon from 1929-1969
SNAPSHOTJust goes to show you how much animation can change in 40 years. …I don’t think I would’ve gotten into to researching old animation if it wasn’t for the Looney Tunes shorts. Shows like Toon Heads and the Bob Clampett Show that used to air on Cartoon Network we’re my Continue Reading
Life is full of ups … and downers: This Boy by Lauren Myracle
SNAPSHOTLauren Myracle brings her signature frank, funny, and insightful writing to this novel of a teenage boy’s coming-of-age. Paul Walden is not an alpha lobster, the king lobster who intimidates the other male lobsters, gets all the lady lobsters, and wins at life. At least not according to anyone in Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #15: Aisle, Jhay Cortez + KAROL G + Haze, Estherlivia, Whosah, Haute + Eurovision 2020 host city
We’re zipping around the world with this instalment of Songs, songs and more songs, racing from Denmark to Puerto Rico and Colombia back to Sweden before touching down in the USA and then France. Some serious figurative frequent flier miles clocking up there. One thing that becomes clear with all Continue Reading
What’s a “new normal” feel like? The Unicorn finds out
SNAPSHOTA recently widowed father with two daughters is encouraged by his friends to re-enter the dating scene. Surprisingly to both him and his friends, he becomes the most sought after single guy due to his description as an attractive working father. (synopsis via wikipedia (c) CBS) I love it when Continue Reading