christmas… Movie #99 2022: Spirited (2022) 7 Jan 20233 Jan 2023 Well, here we (finally) have it. The last of my First Watches of 2022. Is it mildly irritating that I only got to 99 films and not a well-rounded 100?…
Horror Movie #214 2021: Ma (2019) 2 Nov 202131 Oct 2021 You know when the key star of a movie just elevates the entire thing? It happens a lot when you think about it. You only have to look back to…
Family… Movie #93 2021: Roald Dahl’s The Witches (2020) 10 Apr 202124 Mar 2021 Meeeeeeeh another remake. Let’s all do a group groan. Sometimes though, reboots can be surprisingly decent, so let’s see how this one panned out. Roald Dahl’s The Witches is yet…
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,…
Drama… Movie #205 2020: Fruitvale Station (2013) 11 Jun 20209 Jun 2020 Perhaps one of the lesser known films regarding police brutality due to its low budget and indie status is Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station. Before you ask: yes, that's the guy…
Drama… Movie #154 2020: Hidden Figures (2016) 16 May 202012 May 2020 This is one of those movies that I really wanted to see when it came out, but not enough to force myself to get off my arse and go to…
Animation… Movie #87 2020: Onward (2020) 13 Apr 202013 Apr 2020 Pixar returns in 2020 with not one, but two full-length feature films. Coming soon is the highly anticipated Soul, which is said to have an Inside Out type of vibe.…
Comedy… Movie #76 2020: Instant Family (2018) 7 Apr 20206 Apr 2020 I can't tell you how many times my girlfriend and I browsed Sky Cinema and dismissed this movie as filler fodder. But then, every movie podcast left, right and centre…
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