Awards Season… Movie #28 2022: Belfast (2021) 23 Mar 202223 Mar 2022 Seven Oscar nominations. That's what this film has garnered so far. Alongside that, Belfast won Outstanding British Film and Best Supporting Actress (the inimitable Caitríona Balfe) at the BAFTAs last…
Awards Season… Movie #27 2022: Licorice Pizza (2021) 22 Mar 202222 Mar 2022 Back to the Oscars race now, with a film that I found rather bizarre. Being quite a fan of Phantom Thread and There Will Be Blood, I expected to like…
Awards Season… Movie #25 2022: Nightmare Alley (2021) 16 Mar 202215 Mar 2022 With a director like Guillermo del Toro and an ensemble of such a high calibre attached to a film, you'd think that Nightmare Alley would be a runaway hit. Whilst…
adventure… Movie #24 2022: Dune (2021) 14 Mar 202211 Mar 2022 Most remakes never needed to be remade. I think we can all agree on that. The weird thing about Dune is that the original 1984 film was almost universally panned…
Awards Season… Movie #23 2022: West Side Story (2021) 12 Mar 202211 Mar 2022 Musicals have always been a part of my life. Not only do I simply love them, but I've been in a lot of them. Training in musical theatre for twelve…
Drama… Movie #22 2022: The Power of the Dog (2021) 7 Mar 20225 Mar 2022 Can you tell I'm finally making an attempt at seeing some of this year's Oscar nominated films? The Power of the Dog is usually something I wouldn't even look twice…
Drama… Movie #21 2022: CODA (2021) 5 Mar 20225 Mar 2022 I'm not going to beat around the bush here: this movie absolutely destroyed me. I already had a feeling that I was going to like it, but I didn't think…
Art House… Movie #20 2022: Petite Maman (2021) 1 Mar 202219 Feb 2022 Ahhhh, that's better. After a slew of 3 Q films, I've finally come across something exceptional. Of course, I'd expect no less of Céline Sciamma, who completely floored me when…
Classics… Movie #18 2022: Father of the Bride (1991) 25 Feb 202219 Feb 2022 Quite clearly, I was too often at dance classes to watch any movies in the nineties. There are many so-called classics that I missed out on due to that (for…
Biographical… Movie #12 2022: JFK (1991) 8 Feb 20226 Feb 2022 Blimey. I was speechless by the end of this one. It's actually quite surprising that the title of this movie is JFK, since it all takes place after he was…
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