Top 10 of 2018

So another year has gone and so it’s time to go over my top 10 films that were released this year. This year was more difficult than normal since, owing to me now having a Cineworld Unlimited card following my move to Cheltenham for my job, I have been to the cinema much more than…

Mary and the Witch’s Flower Review

One of the interesting trends I’ve seen in anime over the past few years has been the prominence of films based on British children’s stories. We’ve had adaptations of The Borrowers and When Marnie Was There and now the same director has done an adaptation of Mary Stewart’s The Little Broomstick with Mary and the…

2015 Oscar Predictions

Best Film  The Revenant Steve Jobs Bridge of Spies Spotlight Mad Max: Fury Road Room The Hateful Eight Carol The Martian Creed Best Director George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Tom McCarthy – Spotlight Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu – The Revenant Ridley Scott – The Martian Best Actor Michael Fassbender –…

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 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…

Cyrus Review

Of the many sub-genres of films to come out in recent years, one of the ones I’ve not been particularly fond of has been mumblecore. The ones I’ve seen have come across as really pretentious and self-indulgent. The only time where I’ve seen some artistic merit in mumblecore has been watching the Brows Held High…

The Social Network Review

Over the past few years on this blog I’ve made it clear on numerous occasions that I view Aaron Sorkin as the best writer currently working in film and TV. I’ve given heavy praise to his scripts for The West Wing, The American President and Charlie Wilson’s War and any time a project of his…

Spectre Review

As I’ve said before, this has been a really good year for Spy movies, we’ve already had Spy, Kingsman, The Man From UNCLE and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and now it feels like the British film industry wanted to mic drop all of them with Spectre. Since Skyfall, the expectations for Spectre have been through…

Suffragette Review

Over the past few years the rights of women have once again become a major issue on the world stage. From the battle for equal pay, the Republicans planning to cut access for women’s healthcare, the abuse women suffer online, this is a time when feminism is needed and I’m proud to say that I…