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 #115 2021: Man of Steel (2013) 2 May 202124 Apr 2021 After the huge kerfuffle and outpouring of fan support for Zack Snyder’s Justice League recently, it was only a matter of time before I jumped on the DC bandwagon. I’ll…
Action… Movie #107 2021: Super (2010) 24 Apr 202111 Apr 2021 A superhero comedy movie with Dwight Schrute as the lead? Sounds ideal. Spoiler alert: it is far from it. Yes, I just finished my first ever full run through of The…
Action… Movie #100 2021: The Parallax View (1974) 17 Apr 202131 Mar 2021 It occurred to me that recently I’ve been reviewing a lot of new films and relatively few ‘old’ ones. What with the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and the Oscars, I’ve…
Drama… Movie #92 2021: There Will Be Blood (2007) 9 Apr 202123 Mar 2021 Upon reading the synopsis to this movie, I can’t say I was very interested in it. I mean, it’s basically a film about a family oil drilling business, which could…
Action… Movie #89 2021: Planet of the Apes (2001) 6 Apr 202117 Mar 2021 No, I didn’t watch the original 1968 Planet of the Apes movie. Whilst I’m sure that it’s brilliant and completely beyond its years, I’m not really sure why Tim Burton’s…
Drama… Movie #84 2021: Empire of the Sun (1987) 1 Apr 202111 Mar 2021 And so my attempt to watch more Spielberg continues! This time, I jumped back in time to 1987 to give one of his more ‘classic’ films a watch. Empire of…
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 #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…
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