A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2020) - Movie Review

Within the first minute of Aardman’s latest feature, there is a shot featuring a shop named Milliway’s. Thirty seconds after that, a sign for H.G. Wheel’s Auto. This sets the pace for the 87 minutes to follow, as the studio’s usual penchant for visual gags, both foreground and background, takes on a rather niche dimension, filling pretty much every moment with some form of tribute or reference to the older sci-fi canon. This seriously makes Ready Player One look like amateur hour for films designed to make film nerds look through every frame with a fine-toothed comb, and it certainly got me more attentive than usual to spot as many as I could.

Ghost Stories (2018) - Movie Review

We tend to feel easier when we know what’s going on. As long as there’s something that resembles a rational explanation for the frequently chaotic nature of our existence, it makes the whole mess feel a little less daunting. Hell, my entire line of work relies on people wanting explanations for things, or at the very least, a perspective that could possibly give way to explanations. But when we can’t quite figure out what is happening around us, we tap into the one database we have permanent access to for answers: Our minds.