Let's talk Oscars! The ceremony will be live (on ITV if you are in the UK like me) tonight and is set to be one of the more unpredictable years for some time. Just for some context here is who has won the big awards so far this year: Cannes - Palme d'Or - Anora … Continue reading Oscars 2025 Predictions
In 1961, a nineteen-year-old Bob Dylan (Timothee Chalamet) arrives in New York as a complete unknown. By 1965 he is the most famous musician in the world and about to deliver a groundbreaking electric performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. A Complete Unknown is a classic biopic that chooses to focus on a fixed … Continue reading A Complete Unknown
Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) receives a letter from the Reverend Mother (Olivia Colman) at the home for retired bears in Peru where his Aunt Lucy (voiced by Imelda Staunton) lives. The letter suggests that Aunt Lucy deeply misses him and needs his company, so he sets off with the Brown family in tow to … Continue reading Paddington In Peru
Having survived the annihilation of their House by the evil Harkonnen's, Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) and his mother Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) head further into the desert to live with the indigenous Fremen. As Paul becomes accepted into their ways some believe him to be a prophet sent to free them from their plight. Just over … Continue reading Dune: Part Two
Welcome to my review of film in 2023. If you want to see my top 30 films of the year and skip my other musings feel free to scroll down. As ever though I will share some stats about my year and some other thoughts. The Stats Personally I had a rollercoaster of a year … Continue reading 2023 – Year In Review – Film
Last year I went on record with what films I was most looking forward to seeing this year. It turned out to be a very popular article and I did quite well at predicting my preferences in my end of year lists. You can see quite how well on New Year's Eve when I post … Continue reading Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2024
Willy Wonka (Timothee Chalamet) dreams of becoming a chocolatier and after years of travelling the globe honing his recipes he arrives in the big city to open his own shop. However he finds himself blocked by the chocolate cartel, a trio of powerful shop owners by the names of Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Fickelgruber (Matthew Baynton) … Continue reading Wonka
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
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
Maren (Taylor Russell) has lived alone with her father (Andre Holland) since the age of three. Moving around from city to city hiding a secret in her nature. Maren has a compulsion to eat human flesh. At the age of eighteen following another incident her father abandons her with some money, her birth certificate and … Continue reading Bones And All
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