Weekend pop art: Pixar is wonderful … and you can quote me, or rather Risa Rodil, on that!

  The films of Pixar, from their debut feature film Toy Story (1995) through to their latest release Monsters University (2013), have always inspired a tremendous amount of devotion from their legion of fans (and anticipation with the excitement about next year’s releases Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur reaching Continue Reading

Animal-themed rock songs roar to life with artist Tracy Worral/Dorothy’s Rock and Roll Zoo

  Animals, in all their multitudinous variety and multi-faceted expression, have always made for some pretty potent imagery. Snakes have long been associated with either potently eternal evil (Judeo-Christian) or “gracious morality and great wisdom” (Chinese Zodiac), lions with nobility and bravery, and elephants with mindfulness and the power of memory. Continue Reading

Trailers, teasers and posters galore: Minions, Chappie, Into the Woods

  MINIONS SNAPSHOT The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters–from T. rex to Napoleon–the Minions find themselves without someone Continue Reading

Whether you’re Darth Vader or a Stormtrooper, you know it’s All About That Base (Star Wars parody)

  Regardless of whether you’re a music obsessive like I am, or a casual radio listener or streamer who has music playing in the background, there’s a way better than average chance that you’ve heard Meghan Trainor’s catchiest-as-all-hell breakout hit “All About That Bass”. The debut single by the Massachusetts-raised Continue Reading