“I always knew I would die in an elevator!” Christmas Eve spent in very tight spaces (poster + trailer)

  SNAPSHOT When a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve, they find that laughter, romance, and a little holiday magic will get them through—and change their lives in unexpected ways. Starring Patrick Stewart, Jon Heder, James Roday, Cheryl Hines, Max Casella, Julianna Continue Reading

Movie review: Tanna

  It was Shakespeare, through the character Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, who eloquently observed that “The course of true love never did run smooth.” It’s a universal truth that resonates powerfully in Tanna, the first feature film by Australian documentary makers Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, which tells Continue Reading

“We’re just specks of dust in the pop culture universe”: The agonised anticipation of Waiting For That Movie

  We’ve all been there, especially in this information-rich, social media-drenched age. Word leaks that a movie, THE movie you have ALWAYS wanted to see, is finally in production! Hallelujah! Let the weeping angels rejoice! A release date is announced and all seems well with the world. Sure, it’s WAAAAY Continue Reading

Christmas comes early: Touching ad #TheManontheMoon reminds us everyone deserves some festive cheer

  I ordinarily don’t feature ads, no matter how creative they are, on this site. But there’s something so delightfully cinematic and heartwarming about the annual Christmas ads released by British department store John Lewis, which have become quite the festive institution in their homeland, and now worldwide, that they’re Continue Reading

Popped Culture: Dan LuVisi’s gloriously twisted take on pop culture icons

  SNAPSHOT POPPED CULTURE features 64 pages of Dan LuVisi’s bizarrely skewed takes on popular culture in one eye-popping book. Some of the images contain short stories, explaining the disturbing and/or sometimes thoughtful backstories behind the characters. The book also includes some amazing work from several guest artists: Chase Conley, Continue Reading