Once again it is that time of year when we start to reflect; on what we’ve achieved, what we’ve not gotten around to and importantly, what we have watched. This year as with every year has felt incredibly quick but when I have looked back at the films I have watched, those in the beginning […]
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Another year has passed me by, I blinked and I missed it, and once again I have been defeated by the sheer amount of movies and the time I have (or rather have not) to spend on them. So yet again I have seen far too few of what looked to be fantastic movies, and
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Favourite of the year Jungle Cruise (2021) I knew when I watched the trailer this was going to be for me and it did not disappoint. Emily Blunt was at her absolute comedy best in this, the character of Dr Lily Houghton was made for her. Dwayne Johnson’s Frank Wolff is a dad joke telling grumpy
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Judy Garland is without a doubt my favourite entertainer, I have been drawn to her performances and her music since I was a teenager. She has a magnetism and charisma that made her one of Hollywood’s greatest stars and the biggest talent of the Golden Era Musicals. Garland is still considered a superstar for performances
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We decided to split our year-end roundup into individual posts this year, with each of the team providing their own personal take on the entertainment that helped us get through this crazy year. This time round, it’s the turn of Mary – let us know if you agree or disagree with any of her choices
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Happiest Season is one of this year’s attempts to create a new seasonal classic, and for many this might be just that. Kristen Stewart plays Abby, who dislikes Christmas but is in a relationship she wants to take to the next level, so when Mackenzie Davis’ Harper asks her to come and spend Christmas with her family,
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So I heard going in that this was like Ghost but with kids. I suppose you could sort of say that, but without the feeling, the nuance or the humour. Alexandra Shipp plays Riley, a young girl about to go off to college to study Law. She is head over heels in love with Chris, your
There are many things that make All About Eve stand out in cinematic history; having the most actresses nominated for an Academy Award (Davis, Baxter, Holm and Thelma Ritter were all nominated in both Best Actress and Supporting Actress categories). It is the first of only 2 films to ever be nominated for 14 Oscars
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Christmas is nearing once again and with it comes yet another Christmas Carol reimagining. However, this is no normal adaptation, this is an extremely unconventional telling; we open with a Victorian family sitting to hear the story of A Christmas Carol with the grandmother reading from the text (she is also our narrator) and the
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Halloween has become one of the most famous and beloved horror films of all time. But how did a small independent picture with hardly any budget grow into one of the most popular films in its genre? Early in 1978 the young, little known director John Carpenter was hired to make a small independent movie
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I have been a fan of Deborah Kerr for many years, I greatly admire her work and The Innocents has long been one of my favourite in her catalogue of stunning performances (Kerr also regarded it as her finest performance). I had the pleasure to re-watch this film and enjoy again the superb acting, lighting,
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For as long as I can remember Ghost has been a special film. I have fond memories of watching it repeatedly, though I was drastically too young to see the film, but now I can look back and laugh at the years of nightmares its antagonists gave me. Ghost is considered a chick flick; one
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Hammer, the studio synonymous with Horror in the 1950s and ’60s with classics like The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Horror of Dracula (1958) and countless more opened its doors again to terrify a whole new generation of audiences. Its chosen subject; The Woman in Black a popular horror novella written by author Susan Hill in
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For whatever reason, Baby Boom was always on TV during the holidays when I was a kid, whether it be Easter or a bank holiday, it would be on and I always watched it, every time. So you could say I grew up with this film, it is my idea of a perfect cosy Sunday
When Harry Met Sally is in my top 3 all-time favourite movies. I could watch this film at any time of any day over and over on a loop. It never gets old, and never loses its charm. This is due to one woman and one woman only; Nora Ephron. One of the best women
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This review was first published in February 2014 I have always dreamt of visiting Ireland, it is on the top of my list and this year I will get there. I think one of the most prominent reasons for my love of anything Irish is John Ford’s The Quiet Man. John Ford was one of
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