Action… Movie #207 2020: The Lego Batman Movie (2017) 12 Jun 202010 Jun 2020 You know what? I had high expectations for this movie. People tend to talk about it so fondly that I didn't understand how they could possibly love an animated Lego…
Comedy… Movie #206 2020: The Edge of Seventeen (2016) 12 Jun 202010 Jun 2020 Ah, the coming of age movie. Everyone loves them, but of course some are better than others. There seems to be a similar sort of tone attached to coming of…
Comedy… Movie #202 2020: The High Note (2020) 10 Jun 20208 Jun 2020 Woo! New movies! That's right, somehow there are still new movies coming out in the age of COVID and closed cinemas, and we are so grateful. The High Note is…
Action… Movie #201 2020: Kick-Ass (2010) 9 Jun 20207 Jun 2020 A breather! Time for some escapism now (briefly), with 2010's blockbuster Kick-Ass; the superhero movie that no one saw coming. Chiefly, the plot entails average white boy nerd Dave Lizewski…
Animation… Movie #199 2020: The Addams Family (2019) 8 Jun 20206 Jun 2020 Did we need an animated version of The Addams Family? No. Will anything ever top the perfection that is Addams Family Values? Also no. But people led me to believe…
Comedy… Movie #198 2020: Definitely, Maybe (2008) 8 Jun 20206 Jun 2020 You know those movies that you finish and then just think 'there is no reason for this movie to exist?' That's Definitely, Maybe. Based around the story of single father,…
Animation… Movie #192 2020: ParaNorman (2012) 5 Jun 20203 Jun 2020 From the animation studio who brought you Missing Link and Coraline comes ParaNorman, a sci-fi, fantasy children's animated thriller... oh, and there's some comedy too. Basically, Laika Studios look like…
Comedy… Movie #191 2020: Always Be My Maybe (2019) 4 Jun 20202 Jun 2020 Thank goodness for Netflix. Still bringing out new content when there's no cinemas? Not all heroes wear capes. For an bit of added lightness in the current climate, we are…
Classics… Movie #190 2020: The King of Comedy (1982) 4 Jun 20204 Jun 2020 Before joining the Letterboxd community, I'd never heard of The King of Comedy, and I bet a lot of you haven't either. Imagine my surprise when I realised it was…
Action… Movie #188 2020: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) 3 Jun 202031 May 2020 HURRAH! The last Fast movie until F9! Actually, hurrah isn't the right word here as it would suggest some sort of relief. But I've actually had a ridiculously fun time…
The Quayside Review 