Awards Season… Movie #34 2022: Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised (2021) 6 Apr 20224 Apr 2022 I really should watch more of the documentaries nominated at the Academy Awards. In general, the Academy do get at least that category correct, don't they? If Summer of Soul…
Biographical… Movie #33 2022: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) 4 Apr 20224 Apr 2022 Let's be real, I only watched this because Jessica Chastain was rumoured to be the frontrunner for Best Actress at the Oscars. And, well, it's a good job I did,…
Comedy… Movie #32 2022: The Fallout (2021) 1 Apr 202229 Mar 2022 Sometimes, a movie catches my eye for no apparent reason. The Fallout promised to be a coming-of-age movie with a difference, and with so many praising it online, I just…
Awards Season… Movie #31 2022: King Richard (2021) 30 Mar 202229 Mar 2022 Well. This is awkward, isn't it? Truth is, I watched King Richard before the Oscars ceremony, therefore I also saw it before... well, you know what. All I'll say is,…
Action… Movie #30 2022: The Batman (2022) 25 Mar 202223 Mar 2022 How many iterations of Batman have we had in movies at this point? I'll give you a clue: we've actually had 10 different actors play Batman since 1943, if we…
Awards Season… Movie #29 2022: The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) 24 Mar 202223 Mar 2022 There are many critics out there saying that it's probably time to stop adapting Shakespeare plays into movies. I'd say they're 80% right. We all know the stories, we've all…
Awards Season… Movie #28 2022: Belfast (2021) 23 Mar 202223 Mar 2022 Seven Oscar nominations. That's what this film has garnered so far. Alongside that, Belfast won Outstanding British Film and Best Supporting Actress (the inimitable Caitríona Balfe) at the BAFTAs last…
Awards Season… Movie #27 2022: Licorice Pizza (2021) 22 Mar 202222 Mar 2022 Back to the Oscars race now, with a film that I found rather bizarre. Being quite a fan of Phantom Thread and There Will Be Blood, I expected to like…
Animation… Movie #26 2022: Turning Red (2022) 18 Mar 202218 Mar 2022 Time for a little break from this year's Oscar nominations because... well, because Nightmare Alley has put me off. I'm not even kidding; everything about it was such an anti-climax…
Awards Season… Movie #25 2022: Nightmare Alley (2021) 16 Mar 202215 Mar 2022 With a director like Guillermo del Toro and an ensemble of such a high calibre attached to a film, you'd think that Nightmare Alley would be a runaway hit. Whilst…
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