Action… Movie #100 2021: The Parallax View (1974) 17 Apr 202131 Mar 2021 It occurred to me that recently I’ve been reviewing a lot of new films and relatively few ‘old’ ones. What with the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and the Oscars, I’ve…
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…
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…
Action… Movie #21 2021: Air Force One (1997) 27 Jan 202121 Jan 2021 I watched this film on the day that President Joe Biden was inaugurated. It just felt so apt to watch something so ‘’God Bless America’ on that day, and I…
Drama… Movie #19 2021: All the Presidents Men (1976) 25 Jan 202119 Jan 2021 A movie about the Watergate Scandal that was released only two years after Nixon resigned? I don’t know about you, but that is fascinating to me. Maybe that’s just me…
Drama… Movie #200 2020: Selma (2014) 9 Jun 20209 Jun 2020 I have to start this review with this: This 👏🏻 should 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 be 👏🏻 happening 👏🏻 today. It's maddening and anger-inducing that this sort of thing is what…
Drama… Movie #197 2020: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 7 Jun 20205 Jun 2020 A step back from documentaries now to look at a gorgeous movie that not only stars a chiefly African American cast, but is also directed by the wonderful Barry Jenkins,…
Documentary… Movie #195 2020: Knock Down the House (2019) 6 Jun 20204 Jun 2020 Now for something that isn't explicitly linked to the Black Lives Matter protests, but something that is absolutely relevant when you connect the dots. Knock Down the House is the…
Documentary… Movie #194 2020: 13th (2016) 6 Jun 20204 Jun 2020 Black Lives Matter. It's the phrase on everyone's lips, on everyone's Twitter feed, in everyone's protest. But how many of you are actively trying to educate yourself on the history…
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