Art House… Movie #19 2023: Causeway (2022) 12 Mar 20238 Mar 2023 Today's the day: it's the evening of the 95th Academy Awards. Whilst ultimately awards ceremonies mean very little in the grand scheme of things, there's no doubt that the majority…
Comedy… Movie #4 2022: Don’t Look Up (2021) 10 Jan 2022 Adam McKay is a bit of an anomaly really, isn't he? On the one hand, he directed out-and-out comedies such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Step Brothers,…
Action… Movie #149 2021: Dark Phoenix (2019) 5 Jun 20212 Jun 2021 As you may have noticed, I have a love/hate relationship with the X-Men franchise in that I love some of the movies (Logan, Days of Future Past) and despise others…
Action… Movie #138 2021: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) 25 May 202123 May 2021 What's that? I got through all of the X-Men ensemble movies? Eureka! Alas, Apocalypse seems to be the most hated of all of the franchise according to most people. But…
crime… Movie #134 2021: American Hustle (2013) 21 May 202119 May 2021 Anyone my age with some sort of awareness of the world of cinema will remember the hype that surrounded this movie back in 2013. Nominated for a monstrous ten Oscars…
Action… Movie #104 2021: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) 21 Apr 20212 Apr 2021 Time to continue my first ever watch of all of the X-Men franchise now, and I am super pleased to report that this was the best one so far! Big…
Drama… Movie #82 2021: Winter’s Bone (2010) 30 Mar 20211 Apr 2021 Winter’s Bone. The movie that first garnered attention for the now instantly recognisable Jennifer Lawrence. Can you blame me for being interested? Winter’s Bone is an American drama film set…
Action… Movie #72 2021: X-Men: First Class (2011) 20 Mar 202128 Feb 2021 Taking a break from the Golden Globe nominees to watch an old X-Men movie seems like something I would do. And that’s exactly what I did! After seeing the first…
Cerebral… Movie #343 2020: mother! (2017) 8 Dec 20204 Dec 2020 Darren Aronofsky! Requiem For A Dream is one of my favourite films, and Black Swan was pretty great. So this must be pretty similar, right?........ Right?! This movie has excellent performances, a chilling score,…
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