Life, complicated though it is, is one of those things that every adult on the planet is supposed to have totally figured out. Because we’re, you know, adults, and that’s what we’re expected to do. The truth is, all appearances aside, many of us don’t and it’s this subversively Continue Reading
Movies
The Gravity of life in space: new photos released from the movie
We human beings are a funny lot. We crave the certainty of routine – our regular train, our favourite restaurant with the chilli chicken dish we love so much, a morning greeting from the hunky barista – relishing the sense that everything will be just as we left it Continue Reading
Galactic love true love: Star Wars goes speed dating
Everyone, and I mean everyone wants to experience what the befuddled priest in The Princess Bride called “wuv, tru wuv, [that] will fowow you foweva …” Yes even Boba Fett. And the Emperor (who apparently is into S&M, which entirely makes sense). Just how into finding the right person Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: A. C. O. D. (Adult Children of Divorce)
SNAPSHOT The satirical comedy tentatively titled “A.C.O.D.” (Adult Children of Divorce) is the story of a grown man still caught in the crossfire of his parents’ 15-year-old divorce. The lead character discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children. He’s enlisted in a follow-up years later Continue Reading
A marvelous massing of movie trailers: How I Live Now, Captain Phillips, Saving Mr Banks, The Monuments Men, CBGB
Much like the swallows arriving back en masse at Capistrano, movie trailers keep flocking to my inbox in numbers unseen since the last time they did so. Which was, you know, yesterday. And the day before and … I need to release a few every now and then, or Continue Reading
Movie review: “Elysium”
Elysium, Neil Blomkamp’s follow up to his critically and commercially successful 2009 debut, District 9, is that rare Hollywood beast – an epic, action-packed blockbuster with the intelligence and heart-and-soul of an indie darling. Set in 2154 on an Earth so ravaged by over population, resource depletion and societal Continue Reading
Star Wars medley: The musical Force is strong with Lindsey Stirling and Peter Hollens
Ever since Zja, a friend in my writing group, a woman of expansive, adventurous and impeccable musical taste introduced me to the amazing talents of violinist Lindsey Stirling, I have been hooked. The music that this talented independent American artist (who is also a dancer, composer and performance artist Continue Reading
Films lost and found: Movies by Buster Keaton and Orson Welles see the light of day
Unless you’re an archeologist in the German state of Brandeburg with a badger accidentally uncovering 12th century burial finds for you, finding anything long lost can be a long and time-consuming ordeal. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the arts where paintings, sculptures, and most pertinently to this Continue Reading
Movie review: “The World’s End”
There is nothing certain but death and taxes is one of those awkwardly cliched readily-accepted truisms that is trotted out whenever people are struggling to make informed comment on an unexpected turn of events. To this much-over used phrase you could well have added “… and any film by Continue Reading
Movie review: “Behind the Candelabra”
Appearances are everything in the glittering world of the Steven Soderbergh-directed Liberace biopic Behind the Candelebra. From the extravagant multi-layered crystal-studded costumes that Liberace, masterfully played by Michael Douglas, wore at his twice nightly Las Vegas shows to the self-described “palatial kitsch” of his homes and apartments and even Continue Reading