We’ve seen a teaser for the film featuring Dwayne Johnson’s Maui, but this new international teaser features an adorable look at our main character, Maona. Moana is directed by directed by Ron Clements and John Musker and stars Johnson, Auli’i Cravalho as Princess Moana Waialiki, Alan Tudyk, and Phillipa Soo and is set for a November 23, 2016 release. Read more here …
A few years ago, the film-maker Adam Curtis unearthed two alternately bleak and inadvertently hilarious BBC documentaries about Hells Angels. One was a 1973 film positing them as a terrifying threat to Britain, a sentiment slightly undercut as the film progresses by the discovery that their vice-president “Mad” John and his sergeant-at-arms, cross-eyed Karl, can’t even successfully organise a weekend break on a barge near Aylesbury, let alone the destruction of society as we know it. Read more here …
Henry has been a nursing home resident for about ten years. He isn’t able to say his daughter’s name when she asks him who she is. His caregiver explains that Henry tends to sit around with his head down, not talking. Then, as she hands Henry an iPod with his favorite music and puts headphones on him, there’s a transformation. His face lights up, his eyes open wide, he moves his arms and sings along. Afterward, he is able to answer questions and share memories about his youth. Read more here …