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Documentary…

Movie #136 2021: My Octopus Teacher (2020)

23 May 202123 May 2021
Can you tell that I was cramming in a few Oscar nominated films before the awards this year? I'll be honest, I watched My Octopus Teacher over every other film…
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…
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 #79 2021: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

27 Mar 20214 Mar 2021
When Daniel Kaluuya won his Golden Globe for Judas and the Black Messiah, my girlfriend and I cheered the house down because he so deserved it. Weirdly though, it wasn’t…
Drama…

Movie #78 2021: Amistad (1997)

26 Mar 20213 Mar 2021
You may recall that I recently reviewed Minority Report and vowed to watch more Spielberg films. Well, guess what? I immediately forgot I said that as soon as I finished…
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…
Drama…

Movie #50 2021: Dark Waters (2019)

25 Feb 202112 Feb 2021
I’m not entirely sure how this ended up on my watch list, quite frankly. Do I regret it being on there? Let’s see... Dark Waters is the 2019 effort from…
Animation…

Movie #35 2021: Balto (1995)

10 Feb 20211 Feb 2021
Did you know that Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment once had an animated branch known as ‘Amblimation’? Me neither, until now. See, Amblimation only survived three feature films and two animated…
Drama…

Movie #34 2021: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)

9 Feb 20211 Feb 2021
Movies adapted from plays seem like all the rage right now, don’t they? To be fair, when they’re as good as One Night In Miami..., who am I to complain?…
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…

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