Awards Season… Movie #24 2023: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) 26 Mar 202322 Mar 2023 Google 'Best War Movies'. Nine times out of ten, you'll see classics like Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, The Thin Red Line and others of a similar…
Action… Movie #4 2023: The Northman (2022) 22 Jan 202319 Jan 2023 God, Anya Taylor-Joy really is in every fuckin' movie right now, isn't she? I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I just think it's worth noting that she's literally everywhere…
Awards Season… Movie #29 2022: The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) 24 Mar 202223 Mar 2022 There are many critics out there saying that it's probably time to stop adapting Shakespeare plays into movies. I'd say they're 80% right. We all know the stories, we've all…
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…
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…
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…
Historical… Movie #185 2021: Fear Street: 1666 (2021) 8 Aug 20216 Aug 2021 Okay, listen. The Fear Street trilogy hasn't exactly been a whirlwind of brilliant films. They've been good. They've been (mostly) entertaining. The format was original, interesting and I wouldn't be…
Drama… Movie #92 2021: There Will Be Blood (2007) 9 Apr 202123 Mar 2021 Upon reading the synopsis to this movie, I can’t say I was very interested in it. I mean, it’s basically a film about a family oil drilling business, which could…
Awards Season… Movie #79 2021: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) 27 Mar 20214 Mar 2021 When Daniel Kaluuya won his Golden Globe for Judas and the Black Messiah, my girlfriend and I cheered the house down because he so deserved it. Weirdly though, it wasn’t…
Drama… Movie #78 2021: Amistad (1997) 26 Mar 20213 Mar 2021 You may recall that I recently reviewed Minority Report and vowed to watch more Spielberg films. Well, guess what? I immediately forgot I said that as soon as I finished…
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