Awards Season… Movie #24 2023: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) 26 Mar 202322 Mar 2023 Google 'Best War Movies'. Nine times out of ten, you'll see classics like Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, The Thin Red Line and others of a similar…
adventure… Movie #20 2023: The Sea Beast (2022) 14 Mar 20238 Mar 2023 Okay, I'll let (all two of) you into a little secret: I'm writing this a few days before the Oscars ceremony. So I have no idea who got the nod…
Art House… Movie #19 2023: Causeway (2022) 12 Mar 20238 Mar 2023 Today's the day: it's the evening of the 95th Academy Awards. Whilst ultimately awards ceremonies mean very little in the grand scheme of things, there's no doubt that the majority…
Art House… Movie #14 2023: Aftersun (2022) 2 Mar 202328 Feb 2023 Aftersun is a special movie. I won't beat around the bush here. It was one of those rarities in that at first, I had no idea what I was watching.…
Art House… Movie #13 2023: TÁR (2022) 28 Feb 202327 Feb 2023 Some loved it, some hated it. I'm actually going to side with the former on this occasion in that Tár is probably one of my favourite 'First Watches' of the…
Awards Season… Movie #12 2023: Fire of Love (2022) 26 Feb 202323 Feb 2023 I truly love a documentary. Especially when they focus on a topic I'm absolutely not fussed about and it makes me care about it by the end. Sadly, this year's…
Animation… Movie #11 2023: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) 24 Feb 202323 Feb 2023 You may have noticed I've been waxing lyrical about the high quality of the Best Animated Film nominations at this year's Oscars. Well, in an unlikely twist of 'WTF', that's…
Animation… Movie #7 2023: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) 15 Feb 202315 Feb 2023 Here's what I've learned so far in regards to the Oscar nominations: I might be in love with every single nominee in the Best Animated Feature Film category. So I've…
Awards Season… Movie #5 2023: The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) 7 Feb 20236 Feb 2023 It's been a minute since I had any time to review anything here. Since I last posted, the full Oscars shortlist was announced, meaning - of course - that I…
Awards Season… Movie #60 2022: Elvis (2022) 10 Jul 20228 Jul 2022 Doesn't it seem like there have been an unusual amount of music biopics recently? From Rocket Man to Bohemian Rhapsody and from Respect to Judy, the 21st century - particularly…
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