Drama… Movie #64 2022: Death on the Nile (2022) 29 Jul 202222 Jul 2022 Similar to The Addams Family, I may be one of the very few people who rather enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express. For me, its cast was outstanding and it…
Awards Season… Movie #1 2022: The Lost Daughter (2021) 3 Jan 2022 Well, here we are again... Happy New Year! Back to movie #1. This is officially the third year I've been writing here, and to be honest, I'm still not fussed…
Horror… Movie #208 2021: Doctor Sleep (2019) 20 Oct 202120 Oct 2021 Honestly, I'm fuming. I'm fuming that I haven't been able to properly celebrate spooky season (so far) with film. I'm fuming that my posts are becoming so sporadic because I…
Drama… Movie #150 2021: Love, Simon (2018) 6 Jun 20212 Jun 2021 I was well aware that Love, Simon was a bit of a phenomenon, but the truth is... I rarely like LGBTQ+ movies. Unless they're as beautiful as Portrait of a…
Cerebral… Movie #140 2021: Things Heard & Seen (2021) 27 May 202123 May 2021 Here's something you already know: Netflix original films are generally not brilliant. Barring a few anomalies like The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Mitchells vs. the Machines, the streaming giant…
Awards Season… Movie #126 2021: The Mauritanian (2021) 13 May 20214 May 2021 Most people were extremely 'meh' in their reactions to The Mauritanian, so I completely expected to feel similarly about it. Weirdly, it seems as though I enjoyed this movie much…
Family… Movie #93 2021: Roald Dahl’s The Witches (2020) 10 Apr 202124 Mar 2021 Meeeeeeeh another remake. Let’s all do a group groan. Sometimes though, reboots can be surprisingly decent, so let’s see how this one panned out. Roald Dahl’s The Witches is yet…
Comedy… Movie #88 2021: Moxie (2021) 5 Apr 202115 Mar 2021 Remember when Saturday Night Live and Parks & Recreation legend Amy Poehler directed a movie called ‘Wine Country’ and everyone pretty much slated it because it wasn’t funny enough? I…
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…
Comedy… Movie #57 2021: To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020) 5 Mar 202118 Feb 2021 I’m really burning through some franchises this year, am I not? First X-Men, then National Treasure and now To All the Boys. I mean, why not? There’s always room for…
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