Animation… Movie #11 2023: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) 24 Feb 202323 Feb 2023 You may have noticed I've been waxing lyrical about the high quality of the Best Animated Film nominations at this year's Oscars. Well, in an unlikely twist of 'WTF', that's…
Animation… Movie #2 2022: Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021) 6 Jan 20226 Jan 2022 What's that? I've inadvertently made my first two films of the year both Olivia Colman movies? Whoops. I promise I will watch movies from outside of Colman's filmography at some…
Awards Season… Movie #1 2022: The Lost Daughter (2021) 3 Jan 2022 Well, here we are again... Happy New Year! Back to movie #1. This is officially the third year I've been writing here, and to be honest, I'm still not fussed…
Animation… Movie #143 2021: The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021) 30 May 202127 May 2021 Did I expect The Mitchells vs the Machines to be the best movie of the year so far? Not at all. But listen to me when I say: this is…
Cerebral… Movie #135 2021: The Father (2020) 22 May 202119 May 2021 After the whole Best Actor debacle at the Oscars this year, I've seen people change their rating of The Father from five stars to one. I kid you not. PSA:…
Animation… Movie #24 2021: The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) 30 Jan 202122 Jan 2021 Two Studio Ghibli movies in one month? What a treat! Perhaps slightly less lauded than Princess Mononoke is The Secret World of Arrietty, which is also known as simply Arrietty…
Drama Movie #294 2020: Murder on the Orient Express (2017) 6 Nov 20205 Nov 2020 Phwoar. What a cast! So many Oscar winners in one photo it's ridiculous. And everyone loves a bit of Agatha Christie, don't they? With the amount of countless adaptations -…
Action… Movie #151 2020: Hot Fuzz (2007) 15 May 202011 May 2020 Now that's more like it. If you read my Shaun of the Dead review, you'll notice I gave it a very average rating of 3 Qs. Well, Hot Fuzz distinctively…
Comedy… Movie #22 2020: The Favourite (2018) 26 Feb 2020 Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill, Lady Marlborough, and Olivia Colman as Queen Anne Boy oh boy did it take me too long to watch this or what? At the time…
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