Awards Season… Movie #60 2022: Elvis (2022) 10 Jul 20228 Jul 2022 Doesn't it seem like there have been an unusual amount of music biopics recently? From Rocket Man to Bohemian Rhapsody and from Respect to Judy, the 21st century - particularly…
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…
Documentary… Movie #96 2021: The Reagan Show (2017) 13 Apr 202128 Mar 2021 Right, listen. I watched this purely because I’m a nerd. No other reason. Alas, I vowed to review every first watch I undertake, and this is no difference. Not interested…
crime… Movie #94 2021: Time (2020) 11 Apr 202126 Mar 2021 Phew. When I watched this, I had no idea that it would become part of the Oscars conversation or that it would indeed be nominated. Rather, I was simply looking…
Drama… Movie #85 2021: The Founder (2016) 2 Apr 202112 Mar 2021 Michael Keaton, Laura Dern and Nick Offerman? Yep, I’m in. Would I have watched a movie about the founding of McDonald’s if it didn’t come with some of my favourite actors? Probably not.…
Awards Season… Movie #74 2021: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) 22 Mar 20211 Mar 2021 With it being one of the only true classic “Hollywood” style blockbusters coming out in 2020, The Trial of the Chicago 7 needs fairly little introduction at this point. It…
Documentary… Movie #38 2021: The Final Year (2017) 13 Feb 20213 Feb 2021 Documentary time! (Documentaries are lowkey one of my favourite genres because I’m a slut for non-fiction both in movies and in books. It just so happens that US Politics is…
Drama… Movie #13 2021: Rocks (2019) 19 Jan 202113 Jan 2021 Listen. Expect to be wowed by how solid a movie this is. From director Sarah Gavron (Suffragette) comes Rocks; a movie about a teenage girl living in London in the…
christmas… Movie #363 2020: A Christmas Gift From Bob (2020) 29 Dec 202029 Dec 2020 Here's the 411: this movie is a sequel. Have I seen its predecessor? No. Basically all you need to know that A Street Cat Named Bob (the first film) is…
Drama Movie #262 2020: Tully (2018) 22 Sep 202016 Sep 2020 You have to admit, Charlize Theron is one talented badass bitch. Watching literally any movie with her as the lead is a pretty safe bet. Going into this, I literally…
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