Comedy… Movie #251 2020: Good Boys (2019) 31 Aug 202018 Aug 2020 Coming of age movies are really making a comeback recently. Weirdly, you'll notice that the majority of them are catered more towards young girls. (Lady Bird, The Edge of Seventeen,…
Cerebral… Movie #250 2020: Buried (2010) 29 Aug 202018 Aug 2020 So this is it. My 250th 'first watch' movie of 2020. You may already know that I originally aimed for 100 movies this year, and then I upped my target…
Action… Movie #249 2020: Insurgent (2015) 27 Aug 202013 Aug 2020 Back we go now to the fabled trilogy. You'll recall that I wasn't exactly overwhelmed by the first film in the Divergent series and it was nothing but average. So,…
Comedy Movie #247 2020: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) 21 Aug 202010 Aug 2020 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. Is it just me, or do movies with titles that describes exactly what it says on the tin always end up being either average…
Comedy… Movie #244 2020: My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) 12 Aug 20204 Aug 2020 As far as forgettable rom-coms go, this one isn't half best! My Best Friend's Wedding is the glaringly nineties classic that stars the ever popular Julia Roberts as bitchy, brash…
Drama… Movie #243 2020: Hamilton (2020) 9 Aug 20202 Aug 2020 Phew. Where to start?! Unless you've been living under a rock the size of the Taj Mahal for the past two years, you've heard of Hamilton. Though you may not…
Animation… Movie #242 2020: Frozen II (2019) 6 Aug 202030 Jul 2020 Onto a sequel that people (many of them small people) actually wanted now... Frozen II is pretty self explanatory to be honest. I mean, at this point, who hasn't seen…
Comedy… Movie #241 2020: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) 3 Aug 202027 Jul 2020 The thing about sequels is that they're rarely necessary (the obvious aside, e.g. The Godfather 2.) Saying that, even some of the unnecessary ones are brilliant (e.g. Toy Story 2.)…
Action… Movie #233 2020: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 9 Jul 20206 Jul 2020 I'll start this off with a disclaimer: I'm not a massive Lord of the Rings fan. I appreciate how masterfully made they are - that's indisputable. But for my tastes?…
Classics… Movie #229 2020: Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 1 Jul 202027 Jun 2020 More rom-coms means more rom-coms, so don't expect me to just forget about them here! Clearly what makes the most sense to follow up Notting Hill with is this one…
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