The Blu Spot

The Show: Back in 2014, a small, curious animated outing called "Over the Garden Wall" appeared on Cartoon Network from creator Patrick McHale ("Adventure Time") that utilized the rather simple premise of two young brothers trying to get home in order to take the viewer on quite a strange adventure. Told in ten episodes of about 11 minutes each, the miniseries was not only popular with audiences, but was a major critical success as well, a wave that it rode all the way to the

The Film: Making a film that takes place in real time is always a remarkably delicate tightrope walk. Not only does the continuity have to be strictly on point, but before you even get there, you have to make sure that the story itself is one that can withstand the pressure of being told in such a specific fashion. That is to ask, is it engaging & compelling enough to keep the audience's attention or will seeing every detail across every minute of its telling merely bore them

The Film: Just four years ago, director Oliver Hermanus did the near-impossible by delivering an astounding remake of the Akira Kurosawa masterpiece "Ikiru" entitled "Living," an incredible accomplishment that featured both an Oscar-nominated, career-best performance from the great Bill Nighy, and an Oscar-nominated screenplay from Kazuo Ishiguro. After taking a small break to direct a few episodes of the miniseries "Mary & George," he made his return to the big screen last y