Action… Movie #48 2020: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) 26 Mar 202026 Mar 2020 What's more unrealistic than an average white guy randomly gaining super fighting skills and being tasked with physically taking out his girlfriend's exes? Michael Cera ever having a chance with…
Art House… Movie #40 2020: Raw (2016) 18 Mar 2020 What can I say except what the fuck? On my current binge of World Cinema, I stumbled across this absolute mind fuck of a movie. It centres on a young…
Drama… Movie #39 2020: The Handmaiden (2016) 13 Mar 20205 Sep 2022 Once again, I delve into the realm of World Cinema. I must stress that before Parasite, I was dead-set against subtitles just as so many English-speaking people are. Thankfully, I…
Coming of Age… Movie #38 2020: The Bling Ring (2013) 12 Mar 202011 Mar 2020 Since watching The Bling Ring, I was casually listening to a popular movie podcaswhen suddenly its host defended it. He said something along the lines of "I liked it when…
Biographical… Movie #37 2020: The Death of Stalin (2017) 11 Mar 2020 First off, there is nothing funnier than straight white dudes making fun of straight white dudes. The self-awareness amongst this cast is clever, hilarious, and so very appreciated. On the…
Drama… Movie #36 2020: Train to Busan (2016) 7 Mar 20205 Mar 2020 Two words: Fuck. Me. Not gonna lie to you here: I'd never even heard of this movie until this year. And you probably haven't heard of it either unless you're…
Comedy… Movie #35 2020: Don Jon (2013) 6 Mar 20205 Mar 2020 Would this movie be as entertaining without the all-star cast? Probably not. That's what you get when an actor directs a movie, I guess. However, I'd say it is still…
Drama Movie #34 2020: Room (2015) 5 Mar 2020 It is perhaps worth nothing that all I knew about this movie before coming into it was this: A little boy has lived with his Mother in one room since…
Drama… Movie #33 2020: Snowpiercer (2013) 4 Mar 20204 Mar 2020 Like many, I opted to watch this movie after jumping on the Bong Joon Ho bandwagon. Other than Okja, this was his only movie on Netflix UK (and has since…
Action… Movie #32 2020: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) 3 Mar 20203 Mar 2020 Hoorah! The first 2020 release on TQR! How I felt before seeing this movie: Oh God. What if this is an utter shower of shit? Everyone will say it's because…
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