Tempting though it might be to dismiss an entire movie told via emoji you should open your mind to the wonder and delight that is Star Wars: The Force Awakens rendered in galactically-approved ideograms. Created by Disney, this 3 minute re-telling of last year’s supremely successful newest instalment in Continue Reading
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May the 4th Be With You: TIE Fighter tells Star Wars story from the Empire’s side
You know how they always say they’re always two sides to every story? While we’re not supposed to think in those terms in regards to classic good vs evil films like Star Wars where there’s a glossy, shiny good protagonist/s we should unreservedly cheer and champion (the Rebel Alliance Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Blood in the Streets” (S2, E4 review)
*SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SURPRISING, AND ALAS NOT-SO-SURPRISING REVELATIONS* So it turns that Victor Strand (Colman Domingo) has a beating heart after all. True it’s a little twisted and self-serving and gruff and … but it’s THERE people and beating furiously for his one true love Tom Abigail (Dougray Continue Reading
Hunt for the Wilderpeople: NZ comedy with heart and a sense of fun
SNAPSHOT Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Drewbacca, pun-laden illustrations of Chewbacca
With May the Fourth Be With You only days away, and many a “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” pun readied in anticipation, talented artist Joe Stone has created a delightful series of drawings that make merry with plays on Chewbacca’s name. And they are Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 5 – FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
It’s coming soon sweetie darling! Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (full trailer)
SNAPSHOT Appropriate for their big screen debut, Edina and Patsy (Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley) are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch Continue Reading
The Simpsons go Disney in latest hilarious couch gag
The Simpsons couch gags are damn near legendary. For 27 seasons, the show hailed by The A. V. Club as “television’s crowning achievement regardless of format”, has begun each episode with a humorous depiction of the show’s titular working class family settling into their living room ready to watch TV. Continue Reading
Scrappy Little Nobody: Anna Kendrick has an amusing essay collection in the works
Next to the superlative Sandra Bullock of which no ill can ever be said, the delightful Anna Kendrick, who is well known for her sparklingly funny, self-deprecating Twitter account, is one of my favourite actresses. She has starred in a range of impressively good movies such as Up in Continue Reading
Independence Day: Resurgence – Another battle we cannot win … or can we?
SNAPSHOT We always knew they were coming back. After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can Continue Reading