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…
Documentary… Movie #7 2021: Get Me Roger Stone (2017) 13 Jan 20217 Jan 2021 This is terrifying. Get Me Roger Stone is a political documentary that was commissioned by Netflix in 2017, shortly after the election of a certain Donald. Rather than focusing on…
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…
Animation… Movie #4 2021: Brave (2012) 10 Jan 20215 Jan 2021 Onto the second animated 'first watch' of 2021. It feels as though there's no better time to start catching up on animated films I may have missed along the way,…
Action… Movie #3 2021: Carlito’s Way (1993) 9 Jan 20215 Jan 2021 One day, I will have watched every single Al Pacino film. There's no secret that he's one of my favourite actors of all time, and I gain yet another knot…
Drama Movie #2 2021: A Dog’s Journey (2019) 8 Jan 20214 Jan 2021 Bear with me here. Because I was pleasantly surprised by this average, low budget dog movie. Firstly, this movie is a sequel to 2017's A Dog's Purpose, which I have…
Animation… Movie #1 2021: Princess Mononoke (1997) 7 Jan 20214 Jan 2021 We're back to square one! The first movie of 2021; the first movie in a batch of first watches for me in a new year. To say I'm excited 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…
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