Welcome to my review of film in 2022. If you want to see my top 30 films of the year you can quickly scroll down, otherwise I was just going to share a few thoughts first. Personally I have found the year to be rather middling in quality. The opening and closing months included the … Continue reading 2022 – Year In Review – Film
Controversial statement - Was TV better than Cinema this year? One thing I am constantly amazed at is the sheer volume of terrific TV available to us now. Every time I have a conversation with someone about what they watched this year it almost goes without saying they will name a minimum of two shows … Continue reading 2022 – Year In Review – Television
Guessing what films are going to be the best any given year is an inherently dumb thing to do. Firstly, we are only ever aware of films with big names or big budgets and have no idea about those hidden gems that come out of left field. Secondly, as I have witnessed many times before … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2023
Jaeger Clade (Dennis Quaid) is a legendary explorer whose lifelong quest is to see what is beyond the mountains of Avalonia. His son Searcher (Jake Gyllenhaal) does not share his father’s exploring aspirations though and when they have a difference of opinion whilst on an expedition they go their separate ways. Jaeger disappears in search … Continue reading Strange World
When the youngest of four brothers dies in what appears to be a case of police brutality the lives of the remaining three are thrown into turmoil and the Athena neighbourhood in France becomes a war zone. Athena opens with an utterly brilliant and exhilarating twelve minute shot that succeeds in being technically stunning whilst … Continue reading Athena
The classic story of Pinocchio brought to you from the mind of Guillermo del Toro via gorgeous stop motion animation. Opening with a moving prologue where we see Geppetto (David Bradley) and his son Carlo (Gregory Mann) going about their daily life we see the tragedy of Carlo’s death as a result of a WW1 … Continue reading Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) invites a group of his closest friends and fellow “disrupters” to his private island for a murder mystery party. Mysteriously though, the world famous detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is also a recipient of an invite and finds himself in amongst a group of people who all have reason … Continue reading Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Towards the end of the First World War a naive group of young Germans, stirred up by patriotism join their nation's army. Paul (Felix Kammerer) has to forge his father’s signature on his papers to join up but is certain that in a few weeks they will be marching on Paris and bring glory to … Continue reading All Quiet On The Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)
Nurse Elizabeth Wright (Florence Pugh) has been offered a job in Ireland to act as one half of a watch on a young girl who claims she no longer needs to eat as she is sustained by the Lord. Young Anna (Kila Lord Cassidy) has not eaten for four months as she believes that she … Continue reading The Wonder
Detective Hae-joon (Park Hae-il) lives and works in Busan during the week and returns to Ipo on weekends to be with his wife Jeong-ahn (Lee Jung-hyun). Hae-joon is incredibly focused on his cases to the extent that he struggles to sleep to the point of being an insomniac. His latest case involves the death of … Continue reading Decision To Leave
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