What do most of us want in life? A chance at love? A second chance at love? A little money to keep us going? A purpose to our existence? Welcome to Wallis Island, where these four longings are played out in the most charming...
Shelley McVea
Posts by Shelley McVea:
Touch: Fighting for Lost Love
It’s a familiar story. Lost love. Is it worth pursuing? Touch answers that question for us. “Kristofer, in situations like yours, people often seize the opportunity to take care of unfinished business”. Facing death before we’re ready,...
Something You Said Last Night: Family Fireworks
“We’re all going on a summer holiday”. Much as this old song might tempt us to think that this is what we want, award-winning director Luis De Filippis’s first feature-length film reminds us that those family holidays aren’t always filled with happiness and...
Human Rights Watch Fest ’23: Uyra – The Rising Forest
Three years with very little travelling. What better way to end this hiatus than to take a trip to the Amazon. Our guide will be non-binary Emerson, or his alter-ego Uyra, an environmentalist and performance artist. Uyra: The Rising Forest is his gorgeous...
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Big Movies Aren’t Always Great Movies
Six Grammys. Two Emmys. 16 Billboard Music awards. 28 Guinness World records ? and a string of other awards that would fill pages. When you are considered the greatest voice of your generation, you deserve a big movie. This is a big...
She Said: Investigating What’s Important
Unless you?have?been on another planet for the last five years, you know the story of Harvey Weinstein,?his?trial for rape and sexual assault, and his subsequent conviction. These allegations and this trial helped to fuel the #MeToo movement.?Based on the Pulitzer...
TIFF ’22: Something You Said Last Night
?We?re all going on a summer holiday?. Much as this old song might tempt us to think that this is what we want, award winning director Luis De Filippis?s first feature length film reminds us that those family holidays aren?t always filled with happiness and...
National Champions: Lost at the Goal Line
Thunder Road Pictures was probably hoping to score a touchdown with National Champions. Although baseball is officially America?s national sport, football is its favourite. This movie should be a winner. It is based on an Adam...
West Side Story: Spielberg’s Update Dances into our Hearts
When I heard that a new West Side Story was due to premiere, I was sceptical. Did I really want to see a remake of one of my favourite movies? When I heard that Steven Spielberg was directing, and that he had wanted to make this...