Drama… Movie #40 2021: Moon (2009) 15 Feb 20217 Feb 2021 I know what you’re thinking. “Not another average movie about a lone male being trapped in outer space and slowly becoming mentally unhinged!” I mean, that’s not an entirely incorrect…
Drama… Movie #39 2021: The Devil’s Advocate (1997) 14 Feb 20215 Feb 2021 You may recall me lauding Viola Davis as my favourite actress in the review for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Well, if Davis is my favourite actress, then Mr. Al Pacino…
Comedy… Movie #37 2021: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) 12 Feb 20212 Feb 2021 Some film critics are so snobbish that they would look at a movie like this, not pay attention to 80% of it because their noses were already turned up at…
Drama… Movie #34 2021: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) 9 Feb 20211 Feb 2021 Movies adapted from plays seem like all the rage right now, don’t they? To be fair, when they’re as good as One Night In Miami..., who am I to complain?…
Classics… Movie #33 2021: Easy Rider (1969) 8 Feb 202129 Jan 2021 On paper, watching two long-haired men ride motorbikes across the south of the USA sounds boring as sin. But for many, this film is considered an American classic. Easy Rider…
Drama… Movie #32 2021: What They Had (2018) 7 Feb 202128 Jan 2021 Here’s the truth: it took me two attempts to watch this film. Find out why by reading the whole review. What They Had is the first directorial feature film by…
crime… Movie #29 2021: Taking Lives (2004) 4 Feb 202127 Jan 2021 Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie. A murder mystery. Sounds great, right? Taking Lives is the 2004 effort from director D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, I Am Number Four), and is basically your…
Drama… Movie #28 2021: Still Walking (2008) 3 Feb 202126 Jan 2021 Here’s the truth: I loved Like Father, Like Son so much that I couldn’t wait to watch another one of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s other films. And so I came to this…
Classics… Movie #27 2021: A Little Princess (1995) 2 Feb 202126 Jan 2021 Okay, okay. I’m cheating a little bit with this one. This entire blog is supposed to be filled with reviews of films I’ve never seen before... I’ve actually seen A…
Drama… Movie #26 2021: Like Father, Like Son (2013) 1 Feb 202125 Jan 2021 You know when some directors just hit different? That’s Hirokazu Kore-eda. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter if he speaks a different language linguistically, because the language he speaks spiritually is universal.…
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