Top 10 Films of 2015

So here we are, my top 10 films of 2015. Overall, I think this has been a better year than a lot of people are claiming it is. Sure there were a lot of crap films but by and large I avoided them, I also found there a lot more films that were, in the…

Top 10 Scenes of 2015

So it’s that time of the year again. Time to do my end of the year retrospective. I have to say, I think I’ve found 2015 to be a better year in film than a lot of people and there were a lot of great scenes this year. Even some more mediocre films have had…

Top 10 Female Performances of 2015

Next up in my year end lists are my top 10 performances by an actress this year. This was probably the hardest list to cut down to 10 because there were so many great performances. In any other year my honourable mentions would have made up a really strong list. In accordance with my rules…

Top 10 Male Performances of 2015

This was another really hard list to write up. There were a lot of great male performances this year and, like with the actresses, another equally valid top 10 could have been made from my honourable mentions. Once again, my rule of 1 performance per film is in effect and 1 performance per actor, which…

2016 Blind Spots

It’s been going on for a few years now but I haven’t really been paying attention to the Blind Spot series over at The Matinee. The idea has always intrigued me but I haven’t really had the motivation to take part in it. This year though, the number of Blind Spots I have has gotten…

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review (Spoiler Warning)

So here it is. The film that has received the most hype of any film since at least The Avengers. The return to one of the most popular series in cinema history Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This film had almost impossible expectations to meet. Not only was it expected to be a worthy successor…

The Lady in the Van Review

Of the most prominent British writers, one of the ones I’m not as familiar with as I probably should be is Alan Bennett. I’ve not seen any of his plays but, based on their descriptions, I’m sure I would like them. One of his plays was The Lady in the Van, adapted from his memoir…

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Review

Ever since the joint success of Iron Man and Tropic Thunder in 2008, Robert Downey Jr has become one of the biggest actors in the industry but whilst those films were great and provided a good comeback, his comeback should have happened three years previously with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. All the tropes we now…

Bridge of Spies Review

Since it was first announced a film I’ve had extremely high hopes for has been Bridge of Spies. I’m a sucker for any iukind of Cold War political thriller and the prospect of one centred partly on the U2 Spy Plane Scandal directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written by the Coen Brothers felt right up…

The Good Dinosaur Review

For the past few years, one of the films that has made me the most apprehensive about its success was Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur. The idea sounded great but the behind the scenes turmoil with the film, including original director Bob Peterson being forced out and virtually the entire voice cast being replaced at the…