Ex Machina Review

Over the past few years, some of the best British sci-fi films have been written by Alex Garland. Between 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Dredd, I’ve always been impressed by Garland’s output and when I found out that he would be making his directorial debut, I was excited. This excitement grew after I saw the…

Whiplash Review

Since I first heard about it after last years Sundance, I’ve been interested in watching Whiplash. Whilst I’m not really a fan of Miles Teller, I am a fan of JK Simmons and seeing so much acclaim for his performance, with an Oscar win likely, made me really excited to see this film. After watching…

Foxcatcher Review

Ever since it was announced, I have been intrigued by Foxcatcher. Having not heard the story of John DuPont and the Schultz brothers before watching, I was intrigued as to what parts of the story merited it being turned into a film. Along with this, the casting of Steve Carell in a non-comedic role was…

Birdman Review

Out of all the films getting major attention for the current awards season, Birdman has been the one I’ve been looking forward to most. Whilst I’m not familiar with the filmography of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, the idea of the film looked really interesting and I’m a fan of Michael Keaton, with him putting in entertaining…

Top 10 Films of 2014

So here it is, my top 10 films of 2014. On a whole, despite there being some really bad films this year, on a whole this has been one of the best years in film for a long time. Whilst the bad films were really bad, the good films were really good, I’ve probably given…

Top 10 Male Performances of 2014

Following on from yesterdays list of my 10 favourite female performances of 2014, today’s list comprises my top 10 favourite male performances of 2014. The same rules as yesterday apply (any film released in 2014 in the UK can be included and I will only put one performance per film on here). This has been…

Top 10 Female Performances of 2014

For this year, I’ve decided to do something long overdue for my best performances list and have split it in two, one for male performances and one for female performances. As stated yesterday, the rules of this list are that only one performance per film can be included and any film released in 2014 is…

Top 10 Film Scenes of 2014

So it’s that time of the year again for the end of year lists. Once again, my rule for these lists is that any film released in the UK in 2014 can be counted. This means that films released in 2013 in America like 12 Years a Slave, Fruitvale Station and The Wolf of Wall…