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…
Action… Movie #125 2021: Taken (2008) 12 May 20214 May 2021 Taken feels like one of those movies that every human of my generation has seen. Well guess what? Not me. What a surprise. So many people have seen this movie…
Art House… Movie #124 2021: Caché (2005) 11 May 20214 May 2021 After an onslaught of big blockbusters and sweet animated movies (with the exception of a little Danish gem), it was time to cleanse my palate with some poncey French filmmaking.…
Action… Movie #123 2021: Point Break (1991) 10 May 20213 May 2021 Surfing and undercover FBI agents? Count me the fuck in. Point Break is almost a cult favourite at this point, and was directed by Kathryn Bigelow way before she made…
Cerebral… Movie #122 2021: The Hunt (2012) 9 May 20213 May 2021 Whatever you do, don’t confuse this movie with the Craig Zobel movie The Hunt from 2020, because it could not be more different. This is not an American dystopian action…
Animation… Movie #120 2021: Cars 3 (2017) 7 May 20211 May 2021 To recap: Cars 2 was an absolute train wreck. Just awful. Nonsense. So why even bother with Cars 3, you ask? I enjoyed the original, okay?! I could not accept…
Animation… Movie #119 2021: Madagascar (2005) 6 May 202130 Apr 2021 There’s just something about DreamWorks’ animated features that make me feel disinterested. Not only have Pixar conquered the (non-musical) animated movie world to near perfection, but smaller studios - such…
Drama… Movie #118 2021: Quiz Show (1994) 5 May 202129 Apr 2021 As a fan of quiz shows (literally any quiz show - I’m the world’s biggest trivia nerd), this movie was on my watchlist for a long time. Alas, I couldn’t…
Animation… Movie #117 2021: Cars 2 (2011) 4 May 202128 Apr 2021 Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! On this lovely May the 4th I bring you... Cars 2. Could anything be further away from Star Wars in general? Probably not, I won’t…
crime… Movie #116 2021: Assassins (2020) 3 May 202124 Apr 2021 Good. God. I can’t recall the last time I was so shocked by a documentary. This is a story that you have to see to really believe. And even then,…
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