Tag: Films
Review: The Accountant
There’s an apparent school of thought with Ben Affleck as an actor, as in one with talent not just a chiseled jaw-line. There’s his early…
Review: Bad Moms
Yes, let’s celebrate bad mothers. Scream it from the rooftops. Or at least at a PTA meeting. Not exactly liberating or female empowerment, but given…
Film Honors: 1980
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
50 Films For Christmas – Part 10 Of 10
Finally we arrive at the tenth and last part. Five more films for New Year’s Eve. And five pieces of crucial advice. Yeah right. Hope…
50 Films For Christmas – Part 9 Of 10
Talk about leaving it until the last minute. Here we are at New Year’s Eve, and as promised the final ten Films for Christmas / New…
Review: Nerve
The concept with the film of the same name, Nerve, is an online phenomenon described as Truth of Dare without the truth. Okay. Participants choose…
Film Honors: 1993
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Review: Mia Madre
Nanni Moretti’s family drama Mia Madre (My Mother) was talked about with high praise when it seen at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. And…
Review: The BFG
This first paragraph was spoken by a four year-old when asked about The BFG: The big giant, he was a big friendly giant. And there…
Film Honors: 2011
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
60 Kick-Ass Female Film Characters – Part X
At last we reach the final part of the 100 Kick-Ass Female Film Characters – the blame for the delay lies with me and my…
Film Honors: 2001
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Review: Suicide Squad
By The Greek Colourful, vibrant, flamboyant and… bad. I mean… Transformers bad. No, not even, since this had potential to boot. Jared Leto’s grinning face…
Review: Kubo and the Two Strings
There’s a split-second moment early in Kubo and the Two Strings, the young protagonist is scooping up pages from the ground – one takes a couple…