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…
Uncategorized 2021: Happy New Year! 1 Jan 2021 Happy New Year! 2020 is over! Hurrah! Somehow, I managed to watch 367 movies that I'd not seen previously last year. Can I beat that number? Absolutely not. I won't…
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…
Action… Movie #366 2020: Tenet (2020) 31 Dec 202030 Dec 2020 Here it is: the only blockbuster of the entire year to be released in cinemas. And what a risk that was. Although it only made a 'modest' $162 million in…
Animation… Movie #365 2020: Soul (2020) 30 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Huzzah! This is officially the 365th 'First Watch' of the year. That means I've watched one movie that I've never seen before for each day in 2020. How did I…
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