It’s easy to get caught in the spectacle of The Floating Castle. This comedy-drama retelling of the 1590 Siege of Oshi—in which a small force of some 3,000 soldiers, mostly peasants, held off repeated attacks by an army numbering more than 20,000—has no shortage of action, excitement, and comical banter. …
After four great seasons, We Bare Bears has finally come to an end. For many people, the well-loved series is a great pick-me-up during bad days. The fun adventures of a grizzly bear, panda, and polar bear are so comedic that it gives viewers comfort and a warm hug. By …
We need more Māori stories in the mainstream. We need more Māori films, Māori video games, Māori books, Māori comics, Māori TV shows. There’s so much untapped potential in Māori history, culture, and folklore for stories across all media and spanning all sorts of genres, and The Dead Lands is …
As much as I love Melissa McCarthy, I’d not have seen Spy if it weren’t for the recommendation of a friend. In the lead up to the film’s release, I was bombarded with an atrocious trailer that made it look like some sort of gross, fatphobic disaster, and not being …
There’s a new Beetlejuice film in the works. It’s been rumoured for a while, but now it’s real, true, confirmed by Winona Ryder on Late Night with Seth Meyers. “I think I can confirm it, because Tim Burton did this interview,” Ryder told Meyers. “It was very hush hush, top secret. And …
Drop what you’re doing and go see Magic Mike XXL right now. There it is. That’s my review. Okay, that’s not the whole review, but it’s the most important part, because it’s kind of hard to do the film justice with words alone. Before seeing it I heard so many good …
