christmas… Movie #231 2021: Last Train To Christmas (2021) 23 Dec 202123 Dec 2021 Bloody hell, here we go again. Yet another Sky Original. Why do I keep doing this to myself? In my defence, Michael Sheen was on the roster so I simply…
Drama… Movie #14 2021: Babyteeth (2019) 20 Jan 202113 Jan 2021 2019 and 2020 really were great for good-looking indie films, weren’t they? Well, here’s another addition to that list. Directed by Shannon Murphy, who has directed a series of short…
Drama… Movie #13 2021: Rocks (2019) 19 Jan 202113 Jan 2021 Listen. Expect to be wowed by how solid a movie this is. From director Sarah Gavron (Suffragette) comes Rocks; a movie about a teenage girl living in London in the…
christmas… Movie #325 2020: Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012) 23 Nov 202022 Nov 2020 A Christmas... sequel?! Yep, joining the likes of Home Alone and The Santa Clause with their ongoing list of follow-up films comes Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger. British as…
Action… Movie #320 2020: Attack the Block (2011) 21 Nov 202020 Nov 2020 We're almost done with Halloween. I promise. But first, a movie that is without doubt one of the better fantasy horrors reviewed here this year. Attack the Block is the…
Comedy… Movie #276 2020: Man Up (2015) 20 Oct 202012 Oct 2020 God, some movies just have really shit titles, don't they? 'Man Up'? Come on. Terrible. But, put that to one side for just a sec. Man Up is a British…
Classics… Movie #229 2020: Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 1 Jul 202027 Jun 2020 More rom-coms means more rom-coms, so don't expect me to just forget about them here! Clearly what makes the most sense to follow up Notting Hill with is this one…
Action… Movie #176 2020: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) 28 May 202025 May 2020 Time for another one of those movies that completely passed me by when it was released. Despite having an all-star cast, Kingsman: The Secret Service falls safely into that category.…
Cerebral… Movie #162 2020: Under the Skin (2013) 20 May 202017 May 2020 Who the hell thought of this? Whoever it was, I found it more interesting that I could ever have expected to. Under the Skin marks Jonathan Glazer's third full length…
Comedy… Movie #152 2020: The World’s End (2013) 15 May 202012 May 2020 We end our whistle stop tour of the Cornetto Trilogy with its thrilling conclusion: The World's End. Perhaps the most 'British' of the trilogy, (yes, they're all very British, but…
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