Awards Season… Movie #5 2023: The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) 7 Feb 20236 Feb 2023 It's been a minute since I had any time to review anything here. Since I last posted, the full Oscars shortlist was announced, meaning - of course - that I…
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…
Action… Movie #64 2021: Wolfwalkers (2020) 12 Mar 202124 Feb 2021 You may not have heard of Wolfwalkers. You may not be interested in watching it because of that fact. Throw all of your expectations of modern day animation out of…
Action… Movie #11 2021: Calm With Horses (2019) 17 Jan 202112 Jan 2021 Fancy a punch in the gut? Look no further. Calm With Horses is the feature length directorial debut from Nick Rowland. Set in rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong (Cosmo…
Comedy… Movie #280 2020: What If (2013) 26 Oct 202019 Oct 2020 Why does this movie have a different title in some countries to others? To be honest, I assumed it was renamed because Gordon Ramsay said no. (It was originally called…
Comedy… Movie #240 2020: Dating Amber (2020) 31 Jul 202025 Jul 2020 Don't you just love that there are still new movies coming out even though (the majority of) cinemas are still closed? Don't you just love it when those movies are…
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?…
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