Action… Movie #164 2020: Alita: Battle Angel (2019) 21 May 202018 May 2020 She's beauty, she's grace, she'll kick you in the face, it's Alita! (Hope you liked my theme tune, I'll be here all month.) Alita: Battle Angel is one of those…
Classics… Movie #163 2020: Do The Right Thing (1989) 21 May 202018 May 2020 After having a very average reaction to BlacKkKlansman, I wondered what the fascination with Spike Lee was. It appeared, after some research, that the movie that really kick-started his career…
Cerebral… Movie #162 2020: Under the Skin (2013) 20 May 202017 May 2020 Who the hell thought of this? Whoever it was, I found it more interesting that I could ever have expected to. Under the Skin marks Jonathan Glazer's third full length…
Drama… Movie #161 2020: Audition (1999) 20 May 20201 Nov 2021 Before going into this, I was under the assumption that it was a horror film. Well, this ain't a horror, this is a weird, psycho-thriller with a horrific ending. Audition…
Cerebral… Movie #160 2020: Match Point (2005) 19 May 202015 May 2020 Imagine me thinking that this was a movie about tennis. I mean it, I basically thought this was basically another Wimbledon (2004), except with Scarlett Johansson instead of the woman…
Cerebral… Movie #159 2020: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) 19 May 202015 May 2020 Theme of the week is trilogies, apparently. Off the back of finishing the trio of movies in the Cornetto Trilogy, I begin with a new one. Aptly named 'The Vengeance…
Classics… Movie #158 2020: Chinatown (1974) 18 May 202014 May 2020 The weirdest thing about this movie is that I distinctly remember quite enjoying it at the time. What I can't remember distinctly is what the hell it was all about.…
Drama… Movie #157 2020: Hunt For The Wilderpeople (2016) 18 May 202014 May 2020 Taika Waititi is quickly becoming one of the world's best current directors, and that's a fact. Before the phenomenal Hollywood success of his blockbusters Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit came…
Classics… Movie #156 2020: Clue (1985) 17 May 202013 May 2020 We all know the board game. (Fun fact: It's actually named Cluedo in the UK, no idea why). We all know the characters. We know the murder weapons, the rooms…
Coming of Age… Movie #155 2020: The Half of It (2020) 17 May 202013 May 2020 The Half Of It is doing relatively well on Netflix and in critics' circles currently. Why? Because we are all starved of new content, obviously. No cinemas, no new production…
The Quayside Review 