If you’ve even so much as vaguely read any of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five novels or perused an old and tattered copy of Boys’ Own magazine, you might be tempted to think that life for young boys is a gripping mash-up of dodging buffoonish anti-heroes, getting into trouble that resolves Continue Reading
Movies
Movie review: Selma
History is a crowded place, littered more often than not with recurrent and egregious examples of man’s inhumanity to man. But it is also, thankfully, marked by the brave examples of men and women, in great numbers and starkly alone, who, rather than remain complicit in a system that Continue Reading
There is nowhere else to go: Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror masterpiece Crimson Peak (trailer + poster)
SNAPSHOT “Legendary Pictures’ Crimson Peak, a co-production with Universal Pictures, is a haunting gothic horror story directed by the master of dark fairy tales, Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy series, Pacific Rim), written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins and starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Continue Reading
Santa Claus in Ethiopia: The fantastically quirky apocalyptic world of Crumbs (trailer)
Much like the apocalyptic world in which its off-kilter quirky story takes place, Crumbs by director Miguel Llanso, a Spain/Ethiopian/Finland co-production that premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam this year, appears to have been blasted so far out of “the box” that it occupies a realm few other sci-fi Continue Reading
My Fandom Valentine: Find out what your favourite pop culture characters think about love sweet love
You might think that pop culture characters, with an army of writers eager to craft their every move, would have love covered, their romantic lives are a place of perfect fulfilment (well, eventually after some trials and obstacles are dispensed with). But according to a delightful animation by Leigh Lahav, you would Continue Reading
It’s a case of true love interrupting life in Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck (trailer)
SNAPSHOT Trainwreck is directed by Judd Apatow from a script he co-wrote with comedian Amy Schumer. The film follows a complete basket case (Schumer) trying to rebuild her life with her new boyfriend (Bill Hader) best friend and parent in tow. The cast also includes Brie Larson, Mike Birbigla, Continue Reading
Movie review: Kingsman – The Secret Service
Depending on how you look at it, we live either in a cynical age stripped bare of boundless unquestioning faith in pretty much anything, or one in which everything is gloriously fair game, a postmodern scrambling of all that has gone before in which nothing can be viewed except through Continue Reading
Hello Scarlett Overkill: Sandra Bullock gets her own posse of Minions (trailer + photos)
SNAPSHOT The story of 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. After accidentally killing off so many of them—from T. Rex to Napoleon—the Minions find themselves without a master to serve and Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: Like Sunday, Like Rain (post #1500)
SNAPSHOT Surrounded by wealth and living with abundant resources in Manhattan, 12-year-old cello prodigy and all around genius Reggie (Julian Shatkin), lives a solitary, bookish life lacking only frequently absent parents and friends. Estranged from family, having slacker boyfriend troubles, and fired from her waitressing job, sometimes musician 23-year-old Continue Reading
I am Mr Tickle (d) pink! Mr Men and Little Miss to get a big screen adaptation
I have always love the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters of Roger Hargreaves (now drawn by his son Adam). Created in 1971 by the British author, whose first character Mr Tickle, my personal favourite, was inspired by his son asking him what a tickle would look like – Continue Reading