Drama… Movie #12 2021: The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) 18 Jan 202112 Jan 2021 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society. Try saying that ten times fast. Not to worry though, that’s actually good reason behind that mouthful of a film title. (I…
Action… Movie #10 2021: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 16 Jan 202112 Jan 2021 Surprise! I went back-to-back Indiana Jones on you. Although, I am yet to see The Last Crusade, so bear with me on that one... As with Raiders of the Lost…
Action… Movie #9 2021: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 15 Jan 202110 Jan 2021 Nope, I've never seen a single Indiana Jones movie before in my life. Don't be surprised though - I'd never seen a single Star Wars movie before 2016 either. (Don't…
crime… Movie #8 2021: Blue Velvet (1986) 14 Jan 20218 Jan 2021 Well. This was a fuckin' wild ride. Blue Velvet comes from the somewhat warped yet brilliant mind of David Lynch. Yes, the guy who created cult mystery TV series Twin…
Action… Movie #6 2021: The Long Goodbye (1973) 12 Jan 20216 Jan 2021 Robert Altman is a director that has so far eluded me. Whilst his 1975 musical comedy-drama Nashville is top of my watchlist, it never seems to be available anywhere, so…
Art House Movie #5 2021: Paterson (2016) 11 Jan 20216 Jan 2021 Jim Jarmusch is one of those directors you hear about a lot, but brush to one side because he's easily dismissible as a poncey auteurist. But there was something about…
Classics… Movie #367 2020: The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) 31 Dec 202030 Dec 2020 As we come to the end of the dreaded and not-so-fondly remembered 2020, it's really nice to see a movie that is just nice. It's polite. It's funny. And it…
Classics… Movie #354 2020: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 19 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 We've had an awful lot of reviews here for modern-day cinema lately, haven't we? So why not wind it all the way back to 1964 and take a look at…
Art House… Movie #350 2020: Her (2013) 15 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Her has been on my watch list for so long... and I finally got round to it! Maybe 2020 isn't so bad after all. Spike Jonze directs in this futuristic…
christmas… Movie #345 2020: Last Christmas (2019) 10 Dec 20204 Dec 2020 Maybe going immediately from the gayest holiday movie (Happiest Season) to the straightest holiday movie was a poor move on my behalf because let’s face it, there was no way…
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