Tag: Movies

Okay, so these are not predictions, not me trying to be clever, just merely an attempt to throw a huge “what if” out there regarding…

With the Academy Awards only 2 weeks from today, I have the music of La La Land still on my mind, and I thought it…

Wherein I analyse my own choices ahead of Sunday’s big announcements. Check out the Film Honors 2016 Nominees in full, or go straight on ahead:…

One Day in April sets off as it means to go on, a steady pedal towards a chunk of local glory in Indiana, often dashing…

Companionship derived through pure love is tough at the best of times, but for the likes of Richard and Mildred Loving their struggles were not…

Forget about what you expect going into Na Hong-jin’s extraordinary The Wailing, a shape-shifter of a film, part detective story, part mystery, part thriller, part…

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…

The time is now upon us to crown a new champion in the National Football League. Today is the Superbowl, and millions of people will…

It is not always enough to say we enjoyed the motion pictures that slipped under the viewing net, because we loved them so. The wife…

Headed by two beloved acting forces Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt, with a well-established film-maker of the last 30 years Robert Zemeckis, a critically acclaimed…

Here I am, about to disagree with the popular view again. Watching this did not make me think Shyamalan is “back”, or has vastly improved…

It’s time for me to look back on the year in movies that was for 2016, and rank my top 10 favorites of the year….

2016. The movies took us to some great places and times. Some not so memorable, some disappointing, some ruined somewhat by hype. A lot of…

It starts off great; clever writing, beautiful cinematography, likable characters, witty, off-beat humour. It strongly reminded me of a more adult, ‘WesAndersony’ version of Pixar’s…