Animation… Movie #1 2021: Princess Mononoke (1997) 7 Jan 20214 Jan 2021 We're back to square one! The first movie of 2021; the first movie in a batch of first watches for me in a new year. To say I'm excited about…
Comedy… Movie #356 2020: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 21 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Couldn't resist. I loved Gremlins so much that I had to watch the sequel immediately afterwards. They're infectious!... in more ways than one. As this second instalment took six years…
christmas… Movie #346 2020: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) 11 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Another day, another Netflix original movie. Amirite? The speed at which they churn these things out is actually insane, but we all know that sometimes their pace means they skimp…
Animation… Movie #299 2020: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) 10 Nov 202011 Nov 2020 You know when a movie just takes you completely by surprise? I recorded Kubo and the Two Strings on a whim because I saw it was on Film4. What I…
Animation… Movie #288 2020: Abominable (2019) 2 Nov 202027 Oct 2020 Last year, I watched the poorly received Smallfoot; an animated funfest about a human meeting a yeti. Though many saw it as flawed, my girlfriend and I absolutely loved it...…
Cerebral… Movie #265 2020: The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992) 28 Sep 202022 Sep 2020 The Hand that Rocks the Cradle is one of those weird movies that I - along with most - have heard of, but never knew anything about it. It's really…
Animation… Movie #242 2020: Frozen II (2019) 6 Aug 202030 Jul 2020 Onto a sequel that people (many of them small people) actually wanted now... Frozen II is pretty self explanatory to be honest. I mean, at this point, who hasn't seen…
Animation… Movie #237 2020: Despicable Me (2010) 22 Jul 202015 Jul 2020 Surprise! I'd never seen this one before either. Look, I'm an adult. And as a kid, my VHS choices were pretty much limited to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves…
Action… Movie #235 2020: Labyrinth (1986) 16 Jul 202015 Jul 2020 Before we get on with Labyrinth, a.k.a. 'David Bowie's Crotch: The Movie', here's how it's gonna work round here from now on. With lockdown restrictions being gradually relaxed in the…
Action… Movie #214 2020: Artemis Fowl (2020) 16 Jun 202015 Jun 2020 Oh boy. Where to start with this one? Artemis Fowl is the long awaited Disney feature length movie, directed by Kenneth Branagh. Based on the series of fantasy novels of…
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