General articles and movie related discussion from the team
We had so much fun putting together the CineChat Halloween awards recently, we decided to do the same again for Christmas! Last year, we put 50 Christmas movies to the general public via a series of polls, whittling them down until only one winner was left standing… Love Actually! This time, it was up to …
There are scores that everyone knows and loves, and others that manage to slip under the radar for one reason or another. So, the CineChat team decided to each pick two scores that they felt deserved a little more love. Please do let us know your underrated favourites, either in the comments or on our …
For Halloween, we thought we’d try something a little different to our traditional top 10 posts. Instead, we decided to pick 10 horror categories and then nominate and vote on our favourite movies/scenes/characters in order to determine who should win a prestigious CineChat Halloween Award. There were surprises, and controversy, but here are the winners…
With London Film Festival coming to a close, we wanted to give a mention to some of the films we got the chance to see but weren’t able to fully review. Some of these will be available via cinemas and VOD over the coming weeks and months, so do check them out if you’re interested. Remember to …
Lockdown has eased considerably since we first started the Quaranstream Diary, but while cinemas remain closed (until next month!), streaming remains the second best option. My movie viewing is still fairly non-existent, but I’ve found myself catching up on a number of different shows with the rest of my family while we’re all stuck at …
Originally we’d planned to make this Father’s Day post a top 10 of movie dads. But what exactly makes a great movie dad? Is he the kind and caring parent who’s always there for his kids, whenever they need him? Is he the comedy dad, making us laugh with whatever dilemma or situation he finds …
Since entering lockdown back in March, my movie watching has taken a serious nosedive. I used to head off to my local cinema a few times a week and just switch off while watching the latest releases, before writing up my thoughts for CineChat. But remaining at home, trying to work, and just generally trying …
We Are One: A Global Film Festival is a free 10-day online festival, exclusively on YouTube, born out of the idea that the film community can come together in times of crises – both in celebration of films and in support by providing much needed relief for COVID-19 efforts. The 10-day online festival is from …
As we continue on in our strange new world, the internet and its various streaming services continue to provide us with welcome distractions to the outside world. Over the last 3 months I’ve found myself struggling to commit to shows and abandoning them sometimes mid episode. It struck me as first odd, and then very …
Pretty much wherever you are in the world, you’re spending far more time at home than ever before. Here in Kent, we’re on lockdown so I’ve been streaming up a storm the last 4 weeks. Here are my top picks for your continued quaran-stream’s, let us know what you’ve been watching too! Teen Spirit (2018) …
So, as Team CineChat try to keep their sanity intact during the current chaos, a bit of an impromptu Ari Aster roundtable formed on our group chat. It all started off with a simple question…
Director: Erwan Mainopoulous Stars: Eugene Simon, Scroobius Pip, Daz Black Kill Ben Lyk is a British-French independent film, co-written and directed by Erwan Marinopoulos and starring Eugene Simon, Simone Ashley and Scroobius Pip. The story follows a group of people with nothing in common but the same name, Ben Lyk. It’s unfortunate then that a …
In October 2019 Marielle Heller attended London Film Festival to premiere her new film A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood. I was lucky enough to attend the screening and following Q&A with Heller, which you can check out below. (Contains mild spoilers. Comments have been mildly edited for clarity.) What did Mr Rogers mean to you …
It’s our final end of year post and it’s the big one – our top movies of 2019. There are a few heavy hitting movies that we haven’t had chance to catch up on yet, but of the ones we have seen, these were our favourites. Lee’s Top 5 Movies 5: Crawl A real pleasant …
The second of our end of year reviews (check out the first, our 5 worst movies) is here and it’s our 5 favourite TV shows of 2019. With so many amazing new Netflix and Prime shows popping up regularly, this was a tough list to compile and went through a few changes! Lee’s Top 5 …
The first of our end of year review posts is here, our worst 5 movies of 2019. There are sure to be some controversial choices here, so apologies if we hate on one of your favourites! Just feel free to leave us a comment to tell us how wrong we are, but make sure you …
