Animation… Movie #63 2021: The Croods (2013) 11 Mar 202123 Feb 2021 Let’s be real here: I only put myself through this in order to see The Croods 2: A New Age before the Golden Globes... and my God, it’s never taken…
Classics… Movie #47 2021: Big (1988) 22 Feb 202110 Feb 2021 Statistically, I’ve only seen 14% of Tom Hanks’ movies. In fairness, that’s 19 films. He’s in a lot of shit, you guys. In total, he’s in 127 films including shorts…
Comedy… Movie #44 2021: Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) 19 Feb 20219 Feb 2021 Look, I paid for a year’s worth of Disney+, so I’m getting the most out of it. I realise that this sequel has pretty poor reviews, and to that, I…
Animation… Movie #24 2021: The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) 30 Jan 202122 Jan 2021 Two Studio Ghibli movies in one month? What a treat! Perhaps slightly less lauded than Princess Mononoke is The Secret World of Arrietty, which is also known as simply Arrietty…
Action… Movie #361 2020: Now You See Me (2013) 27 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 I suppose you could label this movie 'Films to Watch Over Christmas With Your Teenage Kids'. It's not 'childish' enough for them to not want to watch it, and it's…
christmas… Movie #357 2020: Christmas With the Kranks (2004) 22 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 This movie has a poor reputation in that the majority of reviews give it superlatives such as 'WORST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER', so obviously I was expecting very little. Well, maybe…
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…
Animation… Movie #351 2020: The Grinch (2018) 16 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Remakes. Who needs 'em? Actually, some are warranted, aren't they? Specifically, I'm thinking of Ocean's Eleven. But did we need another Grinch? The Grinch is a well-known and pretty iconic…
Family… Movie #330 2020: Stardust (2007) 26 Nov 202024 Nov 2020 Stardust isn't exactly a Christmas film, but there's something innately Christmassy about fantasy family movies, isn't there? This one was ladies' choice, as in, it was my girlfriend's turn to…
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…
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