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Movies about grief and loss often seem to exist in an entirely different plane of existence to everyday life – part of it but set apart, always feeling like they are a captured moment in time, a still life of sadness that will never rejoin the ebb and flow that Continue Reading

Old friends, new friends and stories that change you: New Toy Story 4 trailer + poster

SNAPSHOT Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) has always been confident about his place in the world, and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. So when Bonnie’s beloved new craft-project-turned-toy, Forky (voice of Tony Hale), declares himself as “trash” and not a toy, Continue Reading

Star Wars original trilogy – aliens everywhere you look

Think there aren’t many aliens in the original Star Wars trilogy? It’s an easy mistake to make since it’s the human beings who are front and centre most of the time; but as this brilliantly-playful video from Star Wars Kids make informatively-plain, there are way more aliens in the three Continue Reading

Star Trek Discovery: “Project Daedalus” (S2, E9 review)

SPOILERS AHEAD … AND GREAT LOSS AND THE SLIGHT HOPE OF SOMETHING TO BE GAINED … It’s tempting to think of any great ideal of having few to no rough edges; after all, what is the point of all their bright, shiny goodness if ideals are shown to be just Continue Reading

Outer space in 2D: The Orville gets its very own comic book

SNAPSHOT The first of these “episodes” starts with The Orville #1: New Beginnings Part 1 (of two). On their way to a fleet conference, Ed and Gordon investigate a distress signal from a century-old buoy belonging to a Union ship. Back on the Orville, Kelly tries to mediate when Bortus Continue Reading

Goodbye clouds: New Sesame Street book Sunny Day celebrates the show’s iconic song

SNAPSHOT Inspired by the lines of the song written by Joe Raposo with Bruce Hart and Jon Stone, Sunny Day features the artwork of award-winning picture-book illustrators. Each spread features a different artist’s interpretation of the lyrics, resulting in a unique tribute to Sesame Street and the generations of children Continue Reading

Book review: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Washington Black by Canadian writer Esi Eugyan is, quite simply one of the most exquisitely, beautifully well-written books you will ever read about one of the most horrifying things imaginable. A recounting of one remarkable young man’s journey from the sweat-and-toil cane fields of Barbados, rife with aristocratic indulgence and Continue Reading

It’s Late Night with Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson

SNAPSHOT The film centers on Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) a pioneer and legendary host on the late-night talk-show circuit. After she’s accused of being a “woman who hates women,” she hires Molly (Mindy Kaling), the one woman in Katherine’s all-male writers’ room. However, Molly might be too little too late, Continue Reading

Glowing up ain’t easy: Thoughts on Insecure S3

In a very real sense, Insecure, the creation of multi-talented actress/writer/producer/director Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore, has been “glowing up” since the moment of its creation. Beginning life as highly-acclaimed web series, The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl, affectionately referred to by most people as Awkward Black Girl, the series, Continue Reading

Hot Dog Girl – can a princess, a pirate, a hot dog, and a carousel operator find love?

SNAPSHOTElouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way: She’s landed a job at Magic Castle Playland . . . as a giant dancing hot dog. Her crush, the dreamy Diving Pirate Continue Reading

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