Drama… Movie #39 2020: The Handmaiden (2016) 13 Mar 20205 Sep 2022 Once again, I delve into the realm of World Cinema. I must stress that before Parasite, I was dead-set against subtitles just as so many English-speaking people are. Thankfully, I…
Coming of Age… Movie #38 2020: The Bling Ring (2013) 12 Mar 202011 Mar 2020 Since watching The Bling Ring, I was casually listening to a popular movie podcaswhen suddenly its host defended it. He said something along the lines of "I liked it when…
Drama… Movie #36 2020: Train to Busan (2016) 7 Mar 20205 Mar 2020 Two words: Fuck. Me. Not gonna lie to you here: I'd never even heard of this movie until this year. And you probably haven't heard of it either unless you're…
Comedy… Movie #35 2020: Don Jon (2013) 6 Mar 20205 Mar 2020 Would this movie be as entertaining without the all-star cast? Probably not. That's what you get when an actor directs a movie, I guess. However, I'd say it is still…
Drama Movie #34 2020: Room (2015) 5 Mar 2020 It is perhaps worth nothing that all I knew about this movie before coming into it was this: A little boy has lived with his Mother in one room since…
Drama… Movie #33 2020: Snowpiercer (2013) 4 Mar 20204 Mar 2020 Like many, I opted to watch this movie after jumping on the Bong Joon Ho bandwagon. Other than Okja, this was his only movie on Netflix UK (and has since…
Coming of Age… Movie #31 2020: Moonlight (2016) 3 Mar 2020 Well, this certainly took me too long to watch. You may remember Moonlight as being THAT MOVIE that La La Land beat at the Oscars. Well, if you remember it…
Action… Movie #30 2020: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) 3 Mar 2020 Here we are, back with our favourite soulful assassin John. The first sequel in the John Wick franchise, Chapter 2 actually manages to live up to it's predecessor. In fact,…
Drama… Movie #29 2020: Shoplifters (2018) 3 Mar 20203 Mar 2020 This is an ensemble movie many people in the Western world may not have heard of. I have to confess, after watching Parasite I made a point of watching more…
Action… Movie #28 2020: 1917 (2019) 2 Mar 20202 Mar 2020 There was a lot of buzz around this movie, particularly in the UK for understandable reasons. What can be said about it that hasn't already been? Not much. Is this…
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