New Nostalgia in Over the Garden Wall
Humans are strange creatures. The adults of the species even more so. We spend our lives dipping into a state of fear; fear of the past, fear of the future, fear of the unknown. As children, these things pass us by. We are too busy…
REVIEW: Henchmen (2020)
It’s not an easy world for an animated film right now. Sure, they’re getting more respect than ever before, but that’s largely because the creative output in the field has arguably never been better, which means the bar is high. It’s easy for a film…
REVIEW: The SpongeBob Movie – Sponge on the Run (2020)
Ever since my school friend showed me Spongebob Squarepants when I was 12, I’ve always been a huge fan of the show. The silly and, at times, obscure humour was appealing to me since it matched my own sense of humour. And it continued to…
REVIEW: Over the Moon (2020)
Animated films are no strangers to death and how it affects people. It seems like every Disney protagonist has lost someone close to them, whether to accidents, incidents, or time. In many of these types of films, however, death is a mere plot device, used…
BLU-RAY REVIEW: Batman – Death in the Family (2020)
Everyone who’s into comic books surely knows about the classic story told within the pages of Batman comics back in 1988, which saw readers vote to kill off Batman’s newest ward, Jason Todd a.k.a the second Robin. The story of Jason’s demise and resurrection, which…
REVIEW: Soul (LFF 2020)
What is your life’s purpose? It’s a frighteningly loaded question, one that’s tiring to even think about, let alone answer. But in Soul, Pixar maestro Pete Docter tackles it head-on in what is undoubtedly his most existential, inspiring and life-affirming film to date. Joe Gardner…
REVIEW: Wolfwalkers (LFF 2020)
Kilkenny based animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, have quietly been making some of the best animated films over the last 10 years or so, and whilst this hasn’t gone unnoticed – with all three feature films they’ve released so far receiving Oscar nominations – they are…
REVIEW: Six Stand-Out Shorts (We Are One 2020)
We Are One – A Global Film Festival The We Are One festival, which took place online from May 29 to June 7 2020, was organised by YouTube to raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts around the world. Multiple international film festivals – such as…
REVIEW: Toy Story 4 (2019)
“I was made to help a child… I don’t remember it being this hard.” When I was a kid, I would sit on my grandmother’s couch for hours on end while a VHS copy of Toy Story played on the TV. When the tape ended,…
REVIEW: The Secret Life Of Pets 2 (2019)
Continuing the story of how the pets of a quiet New York suburb function when their owners aren’t even aware. Max (Oswalt) and Duke (Stonestreet) now have to contend with a toddler in their family apartment, and set off for a family countryside holiday where…
REVIEW: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
Closing a trilogy as strong as the How to Train Your Dragon one is no easy feat. After two films that took us on the journey of a boy becoming a man alongside his new found best friend, all the way through a brutal attack…
REVIEW: Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018)
After Wreck-It Ralph hit the big screen back in 2012 and introduced us to the arcade world of Ralph and Vanellope, we get the long-awaited sequel which transports our characters to the vast world of the internet. Fully equipped with its product placement, Disney nostalgia,…
REVIEW: Flavors of Youth (2018)
After devoting two films to the emotional agony of young love — specifically, an enrapturing story of how time changes people but not love — the tragic series continues with Haoling Li and Yoshitaka Takeuch’s directorial debut Flavors of Youth after Takeuch operated as chief…
