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Category: One-Offs and Shorts
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A Jurassic Park Short: Battle at Big Rock (YES, it’s canon)
If you haven’t yet, watch the canon Jurassic World short: Battle at Big Rock. The main thing to understand is that this takes place officially and immediately after the end of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and before Jurassic World Dominion. SPOILERS: Don’t read any further if you have not seen JW2: Fallen Kingdom, or don’t…
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Indie Movie Review – An Exquisite Meal
Talk about going in cold! Usually there is a bit of blurb or a summary on IMDb to get an idea of what Iโm about to see. But, for An Exquisite Meal, this time there was nothing other than the genre boxes which said โComedyโ and โThrillerโ. As the running time is only an hour…
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Vintage Christmas Film Short – Scrooge: Marley’s Ghost (1901)
Let’s start at the very beginning. A very good place to startโฆ Before I get going, hereโs a thought for a series of articles. How about first-time viewings of wildly popular films that I havenโt seen? I say this because Iโve never actually seen The Sound Of Music, Saturday Night Fever, or Citizen Kane. Anyway,…
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Groundhog Day Themed Mouse Movie – Mickeyโs Once Upon A Christmas
Mickeyโs Once Upon A Christmas is three short animated films, stacked together to make a slightly longer shortโฆ one hour and six minutes. The first part is the one weโre mainly interested in, features Donald Duck and family, and is called Donald Duck: Stuck On Christmas. The second stars Goofy and family in A Very…
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Groundhog Day Themed Film Short –ย 12:01 PM
Itโs always nice to be able to tick off a few categories in one go. Short feature – tick,ย Groundhog Dayย theme – tick, another chance to watch the awesome Kurtwood Smith – tick, tick, tick!ย ย 12:01 PMย ticks all the boxes. Wellโฆ sort of. The โsort ofโ comes from the fact thatย 12:01 PMย was made in 1990 andย Groundhog Dayย came…
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Groundhog Day Themed Movie Short Review – Two Distant Strangers
Well, what a GHD fuelled day this has turned out to be! While reading up aboutย Groundhog Day For A Black Manย I came across claims that the idea was stolen and turned intoย Two Distant Strangers. Always being able to find half an hour for a short film — and having a Netflix subscription — I hit…
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My Favorite YouTube Channels About Movies
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Pop Culture Detective Description: A series of video essays looking at media through a critical lens with an emphasis on the intersections of politics, masculinity and entertainment. Hosted by Jonathan McIntosh. Pop Culture Detectiveย is hands down my favorite movie related YouTube channel. His videos aren’t short. Most of them run in the 20-30 minute range.…
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Indie Short Review – Dear Guest
Dear Guest is a thriller for our times. At least I think it isโฆ Iโm a bit old and befuddled by a lot of these modern ways of doing things, but it seems to be aimed at putting the wind up the Airbnb users out there. We startย Dear Guest as Maria (Ashley Bell) and Jules…