What a goofy-serious-’70s Scooby Doo-esque joy to be back with Wilder, Macy, Dot, Karma and Ed in Cannon Cove! After having a scarily-fun time of it with the witty aspirant teenagers in Misfit City Vol. 1 in which treasure maps were found, villains appeared and boring small town life Continue Reading
You’re a musical one Mr Grinch! First Tylor the Creator soundtrack song released
SNAPSHOT For their eighth fully animated feature, Illumination and Universal Pictures present “The Grinch,” based on Dr. Seuss’ beloved holiday classic. The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: CTRL Z and the messy art of life do-overs
SNAPSHOT A Science Fiction Romantic Comedy. An adventure through time begins in a greasy Manchester cafe, when Ed; a hopeless in love inventor, creates a device that allows him to undo time. With unlimited chances he has hopes of impressing the girl of his dreams, but that’s not as Continue Reading
Book review: What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra
When there are teddy bears involved, going out in the woods today, or any day for that matter, sounds like an altogether delightful undertaking. Not so though if you’re Hayden Bellatrix Holland, possessor of a kickass creative middle name, a distinct lack of warm-and-fuzzy teddies, a fabulously cool housemate Continue Reading
Trust us, and Busy Philipps – This Will Only Hurt a Little
I am not quite sure how I managed, given her luminously fun and comedically-intelligent personality, to miss Busy Philipps bright and shining presence in our world before I encountered her on Cougar Town, but miss her I did. Not really being into Freaks and Greeks during its brief run Continue Reading
Now this is music #115: Aurora, Jodie Abacus, Pool, Rebecca & Fiona, Amanda Tenfjord
Life, love and all those less than ideal messy bits in-between. We all live them, struggle or dance through them and come to our own accommodation with them but sometimes it can feel like we’re the only ones caught in the midst of all the emotional back-and-forth. Not so, Continue Reading
Don’t look now: Bird Box charts a chillingly-blind path through the apocalypse
SNAPSHOT When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous Continue Reading
Retro movie review: The NeverEnding Story
The imagination is a powerful thing. It can take us take us to places we would never otherwise see, either beyond they simply don’t exist or are beyond our reach, conjure us beings and worlds without measure and limit, and send us journeys that never have to end. Every Continue Reading
Read me a vivid picture: Books as arrestingly beautiful art
There is a poetry and beauty to books and bookreading – every single novel you dive into is a journey into new worlds, a meeting with new people and a rush into hitherto-unheard stories, all shaped by the artistry of the author’s words. “Bookstagrammer” Elizabeth Sagan, has given this Continue Reading
Book review: Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Which came first? The book or the film? It might look like the easiest of questions to answer since the book almost always precedes the movie (except in major franchise tie-ins but that is a different kettle of promotional and artistic fish entirely); but as with the much-discussed chicken Continue Reading