Awards Season… Movie #35 2022: Drive My Car (2021) 8 Apr 20224 Apr 2022 Drive My Car is a tough one for me to review. There's a lot going on within it... but also seemingly very little? In fact, I'm not entirely sure what…
Cerebral… Movie #216 2021: The Wailing (2016) 6 Nov 20216 Nov 2021 Everyone's obsessed with Squid Game, aren't they? Don't know if you've noticed. I get it: it's pretty good. But something tells me that most of the people who are really…
Animation… Movie #167 2021: Your Name. (2016) 30 Jun 202120 Jun 2021 In the western world, Studio Ghibli is by far and away the most famous name in Japanese animation. Unless you count Pokémon, of course. Enter new kid on the block,…
Drama… Movie #84 2021: Empire of the Sun (1987) 1 Apr 202111 Mar 2021 And so my attempt to watch more Spielberg continues! This time, I jumped back in time to 1987 to give one of his more ‘classic’ films a watch. Empire of…
Animation… Movie #36 2021: Castle in the Sky (1986) 11 Feb 20211 Feb 2021 Yeah, I watched two animated films in a row. And what? To be fair to my choices, this could not be more different to Balto, so pipe down. Castle in…
Drama… Movie #28 2021: Still Walking (2008) 3 Feb 202126 Jan 2021 Here’s the truth: I loved Like Father, Like Son so much that I couldn’t wait to watch another one of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s other films. And so I came to this…
Drama… Movie #26 2021: Like Father, Like Son (2013) 1 Feb 202125 Jan 2021 You know when some directors just hit different? That’s Hirokazu Kore-eda. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter if he speaks a different language linguistically, because the language he speaks spiritually is universal.…
Action… Movie #164 2020: Alita: Battle Angel (2019) 21 May 202018 May 2020 She's beauty, she's grace, she'll kick you in the face, it's Alita! (Hope you liked my theme tune, I'll be here all month.) Alita: Battle Angel is one of those…
Drama… Movie #161 2020: Audition (1999) 20 May 20201 Nov 2021 Before going into this, I was under the assumption that it was a horror film. Well, this ain't a horror, this is a weird, psycho-thriller with a horrific ending. Audition…
Drama… Movie #71 2020: I Wish (2011) 5 Apr 20203 Apr 2020 Hooray, another international film for you to sink your teeth into! For real though, if you're still stuck and unable to hurdle the 'one inch barrier', a.k.a. the subtitles, I…
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