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…
Drama… Movie #154 2020: Hidden Figures (2016) 16 May 202012 May 2020 This is one of those movies that I really wanted to see when it came out, but not enough to force myself to get off my arse and go to…
Action… Movie #153 2020: Furious 7 (2015) 16 May 202012 May 2020 Come on now, you didn't think I'd forgotten about these guys, did you? After thoroughly enjoying Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6, sadly I come to you with bad…
Comedy… Movie #152 2020: The World’s End (2013) 15 May 202012 May 2020 We end our whistle stop tour of the Cornetto Trilogy with its thrilling conclusion: The World's End. Perhaps the most 'British' of the trilogy, (yes, they're all very British, but…
Coming of Age… Movie #148 2020: Mustang (2015) 13 May 202010 May 2020 MUBI strikes once again. I enjoyed Bacurau so much that I thought I'd give MUBI another chance to impress me with an international movie. And boy, did they succeed. Mustang…
Classics… Movie #147 2020: A Few Good Men (1992) 13 May 20209 May 2020 There are a few quotes in movies that almost everyone has heard. This movie has one of them. In a climactic courtroom scene, Jack Nicholson's Colonel Jessop is at a…
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