Thriller Movie #142 2021: Run (2020) 29 May 202124 May 2021 When Run was released, it received pretty mixed reviews. Some dismissed it as a feeble attempt at a follow up to Aneesh Chaganty's previous movie, Searching, which was remarkably well-received…
Cerebral… Movie #140 2021: Things Heard & Seen (2021) 27 May 202123 May 2021 Here's something you already know: Netflix original films are generally not brilliant. Barring a few anomalies like The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Mitchells vs. the Machines, the streaming giant…
crime… Movie #129 2021: The Drop (2014) 16 May 202111 May 2021 Oh, James Gandolfini. Words cannot express how much I love you. Simply put, he left the world way too soon, and I just wish there were more post-Sopranos movies with…
politics… Movie #127 2021: State of Play (2009) 14 May 20215 May 2021 Yes, I accidentally watched two Kevin Macdonald movies in a row, but Good Lord, they could not be further apart in terms of quality and entertainment value. Once again, I…
Action… Movie #125 2021: Taken (2008) 12 May 20214 May 2021 Taken feels like one of those movies that every human of my generation has seen. Well guess what? Not me. What a surprise. So many people have seen this movie…
Art House… Movie #124 2021: Caché (2005) 11 May 20214 May 2021 After an onslaught of big blockbusters and sweet animated movies (with the exception of a little Danish gem), it was time to cleanse my palate with some poncey French filmmaking.…
Action… Movie #123 2021: Point Break (1991) 10 May 20213 May 2021 Surfing and undercover FBI agents? Count me the fuck in. Point Break is almost a cult favourite at this point, and was directed by Kathryn Bigelow way before she made…
Action… Movie #110 2021: In the Line of Fire (1993) 27 Apr 202115 Apr 2021 I’m not gonna lie to you here: I completely forgot I’d even watched In the Line of Fire. Safe to say, it’s not exactly the most memorable movie despite there…
Art House… Movie #101 2021: She Dies Tomorrow (2020) 18 Apr 202131 Mar 2021 I meaaaaaan... what the fuck was that? Am I too stupid to understand the point of this movie or is it just a massive load of nonsense? She Dies Tomorrow…
Art House… Movie #86 2021: Unsane (2018) 3 Apr 202112 Mar 2021 Well that was an extremely disturbing episode of The Office... Starring Her Majesty the Queen herself, Claire Foy, and directed by none other than Steven Soderbergh, Unsane is a pure, out…
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