Drama… Movie #13 2021: Rocks (2019) 19 Jan 202113 Jan 2021 Listen. Expect to be wowed by how solid a movie this is. From director Sarah Gavron (Suffragette) comes Rocks; a movie about a teenage girl living in London in the…
Drama… Movie #12 2021: The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) 18 Jan 202112 Jan 2021 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society. Try saying that ten times fast. Not to worry though, that’s actually good reason behind that mouthful of a film title. (I…
Action… Movie #11 2021: Calm With Horses (2019) 17 Jan 202112 Jan 2021 Fancy a punch in the gut? Look no further. Calm With Horses is the feature length directorial debut from Nick Rowland. Set in rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong (Cosmo…
Action… Movie #10 2021: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 16 Jan 202112 Jan 2021 Surprise! I went back-to-back Indiana Jones on you. Although, I am yet to see The Last Crusade, so bear with me on that one... As with Raiders of the Lost…
Action… Movie #9 2021: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 15 Jan 202110 Jan 2021 Nope, I've never seen a single Indiana Jones movie before in my life. Don't be surprised though - I'd never seen a single Star Wars movie before 2016 either. (Don't…
crime… Movie #8 2021: Blue Velvet (1986) 14 Jan 20218 Jan 2021 Well. This was a fuckin' wild ride. Blue Velvet comes from the somewhat warped yet brilliant mind of David Lynch. Yes, the guy who created cult mystery TV series Twin…
Documentary… Movie #7 2021: Get Me Roger Stone (2017) 13 Jan 20217 Jan 2021 This is terrifying. Get Me Roger Stone is a political documentary that was commissioned by Netflix in 2017, shortly after the election of a certain Donald. Rather than focusing on…
Action… Movie #6 2021: The Long Goodbye (1973) 12 Jan 20216 Jan 2021 Robert Altman is a director that has so far eluded me. Whilst his 1975 musical comedy-drama Nashville is top of my watchlist, it never seems to be available anywhere, so…
Art House Movie #5 2021: Paterson (2016) 11 Jan 20216 Jan 2021 Jim Jarmusch is one of those directors you hear about a lot, but brush to one side because he's easily dismissible as a poncey auteurist. But there was something about…
Animation… Movie #4 2021: Brave (2012) 10 Jan 20215 Jan 2021 Onto the second animated 'first watch' of 2021. It feels as though there's no better time to start catching up on animated films I may have missed along the way,…
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