crime… Movie #94 2021: Time (2020) 11 Apr 202126 Mar 2021 Phew. When I watched this, I had no idea that it would become part of the Oscars conversation or that it would indeed be nominated. Rather, I was simply looking…
Drama… Movie #85 2021: The Founder (2016) 2 Apr 202112 Mar 2021 Michael Keaton, Laura Dern and Nick Offerman? Yep, I’m in. Would I have watched a movie about the founding of McDonald’s if it didn’t come with some of my favourite actors? Probably not.…
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…
Awards Season… Movie #74 2021: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) 22 Mar 20211 Mar 2021 With it being one of the only true classic “Hollywood” style blockbusters coming out in 2020, The Trial of the Chicago 7 needs fairly little introduction at this point. It…
Documentary… Movie #60 2021: Framing Britney Spears (2021) 8 Mar 202122 Feb 2021 Here it is: the documentary that everyone’s been talking about. Whether you’re a fan of Britney Spears or not, this is something you should take note of. Framing Britney Spears…
Awards Season… Movie #58 2021: Hillbilly Elegy (2020) 6 Mar 202119 Feb 2021 Hillbilly Elegy has received quite a lot of criticism since its arrival on Netflix, so I thought I’d give it a go. Do I understand the hate for it after…
Drama… Movie #50 2021: Dark Waters (2019) 25 Feb 202112 Feb 2021 I’m not entirely sure how this ended up on my watch list, quite frankly. Do I regret it being on there? Let’s see... Dark Waters is the 2019 effort from…
Animation… Movie #35 2021: Balto (1995) 10 Feb 20211 Feb 2021 Did you know that Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment once had an animated branch known as ‘Amblimation’? Me neither, until now. See, Amblimation only survived three feature films and two animated…
Drama… Movie #34 2021: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) 9 Feb 20211 Feb 2021 Movies adapted from plays seem like all the rage right now, don’t they? To be fair, when they’re as good as One Night In Miami..., who am I to complain?…
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