Animation… Movie #237 2020: Despicable Me (2010) 22 Jul 202015 Jul 2020 Surprise! I'd never seen this one before either. Look, I'm an adult. And as a kid, my VHS choices were pretty much limited to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves…
Classics… Movie #236 2020: Halloweentown (1998) 19 Jul 202015 Jul 2020 Some movies just feel like a warm hug and a big mug of hot chocolate, don't they? One might argue that Halloweentown is one of those movies. Set primarily in…
Action… Movie #235 2020: Labyrinth (1986) 16 Jul 202015 Jul 2020 Before we get on with Labyrinth, a.k.a. 'David Bowie's Crotch: The Movie', here's how it's gonna work round here from now on. With lockdown restrictions being gradually relaxed in the…
Comedy… Movie #234 2020: Sing Street (2016) 11 Jul 20206 Jul 2020 Moving on from the effing and blinding I did in my post about The Hobbit, we'll move on to a film set in Ireland... Because Irish people never swear, right?…
Action… Movie #233 2020: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 9 Jul 20206 Jul 2020 I'll start this off with a disclaimer: I'm not a massive Lord of the Rings fan. I appreciate how masterfully made they are - that's indisputable. But for my tastes?…
Documentary Movie #232 2020: Disclosure (2020) 7 Jul 20201 Jul 2020 Though Pride Month was slightly muted this year - and rightly so - by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, I felt as though I should educate…
Action… Movie #231 2020: The Nice Guys (2016) 5 Jul 20201 Jul 2020 Comedy! Without romance! Yes, it's time to break out of the Richard Curtis cycle... for now. The Nice Guys is a 2016 private detective action comedy from director Shane Black…
Comedy… Movie #230 2020: About Time (2013) 3 Jul 20201 Jul 2020 Yeah, I know what you're thinking: ''What is this? Richard Curtis week?'' Well, the answer is an inadvertent yes. Am I sorry? No. The only movie of his I'd seen…
Classics… Movie #229 2020: Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 1 Jul 202027 Jun 2020 More rom-coms means more rom-coms, so don't expect me to just forget about them here! Clearly what makes the most sense to follow up Notting Hill with is this one…
Action… Movie #228 2020: Casino Royale (2006) 30 Jun 202027 Jun 2020 After a short week long birthday break, The Quayside Review is back! Wahoo! And what better way to kick off the return with my first ever James Bond movie? Yes,…
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