christmas… Movie #234 2021: Trading Places (1983) 26 Dec 202125 Dec 2021 Trading Places. It may be the last Christmas movie released post-1980 that's always on all of those 'Best Christmas Movies Of All Time' lists that I haven't seen. Out of…
Comedy… Movie #200 2021: Freaky (2020) 13 Sep 202113 Sep 2021 I've always been a fan of horror comedy. Scream is one of my favourite movies, for instance, and though Wes Craven's self-aware classic isn't exactly a 'comedy', it's definitely a…
Action… Movie #199 2021: The Suicide Squad (2021) 6 Sep 20213 Sep 2021 You may remember that I did not enjoy 2016's Suicide Squad. I mean, did anyone? Aside from Margot Robbie becoming a fan favourite, that movie brought us literally nothing new.…
Action… Movie #197: Hellboy (2004) 2 Sep 20212 Sep 2021 Remember when I said I'd been challenged to watch every superhero movie ever made? Well, I'm not sure you can actually class Hellboy as a 'superhero' movie, per se. It's…
Comedy… Movie #195 2021: While We’re Young (2014) 28 Aug 202123 Aug 2021 It's been some time since I got stuck into a Noah Baumbach film. In fact, it's been over a year, which is actually quite strange for me because I've been…
Comedy… Movie #193 2021: A Simple Favor (2018) 24 Aug 202117 Aug 2021 Now this... This is right up my street. Black comedy, mystery, plot twists, femme fatales, murder, thriller; these are all elements of A Simple Favor that made it so appealing…
Horror… Movie #174 2021: A Quiet Place Part II (2020) 7 Jul 202125 Jun 2021 Yesssss, I finally got round to it! In fact, I chose A Quiet Place Part II as my birthday movie, as in, out of all the new releases, this is…
Action… Movie #173 2021: Justice League (2017) 6 Jul 202125 Jun 2021 Deary, deary me. I just let out an audible sigh. Alone, in my living room. That's how I feel about Justice League without even saying a single word. Unfortunately for…
Classics… Movie #169 2021: Back to the Future Part II (1989) 2 Jul 202121 Jun 2021 Yeeeeah so I liked Back to the Future (Part I) so much that I watched Part II back to back with it. Sequels in general have a reputation of not…
Classics… Movie #168 2021: Back to the Future (1985) 1 Jul 202121 Jun 2021 My girlfriend thought it was genuinely hilarious that I was reviewing Back to the Future (1985) in 2021. I mean, everyone's seen it, right? Well - surprise, surprise - I…
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