Film #8 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: Shaun of the Dead Shaun of the Dead (2004) is the first film in the Cornetto trilogy, a series of films directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. I have to admit I’m a little biased when it comes to Shaun and 2007’s […]
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Film #7 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: Snatch Snatch (2000) is Guy Ritchie’s second film following on from his hugely successful debut, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Critically, Snatch wasn’t quite as well-received as it’s predecessor, but the general movie-going public found it a lot more enjoyable, and personally, I agree with
Film #6 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: Airplane! Airplane! is a well-known comedy classic, but for me I’m ashamed to admit that aside from the infamous “Don’t call me Shirley” line, I could barely remember a thing about this film. Airplane! is undoubtedly the mother, and master, of all comedy spoof films. Written and
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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Film #4 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a bonafide cult classic and I doubt there is anyone who would disagree with this. It flopped on first release at the cinema but soon after gained a massive cult following and became a hugely interactive
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As I settled down to watch this sequel to the 2018 Netflix Christmas hit, I suddenly realised how very little I could actually remember about the first movie. I know that Kurt Russell starred as probably the coolest Santa I’d seen in a very long time, Christmas was in jeopardy and there was a brief
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Film #3 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: Mean Girls The third film on my 100 Movies Bucket List is Mean Girls, a film I’ve seen but never had any strong emotion for. Mean Girls stars Lindsay Lohan as Cady, who after living and being homeschooled in Africa for most of her life, must now
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Lost at Christmas is a Scottish romantic comedy following two strangers that team up to try and get home for Christmas after finding themselves stranded in the Scottish highlands on Christmas Eve. As a disclaimer, I am a major cynic when it comes to Christmas films and rarely ever find myself in getting into the
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Released as After Class in the US, Safe Spaces stars Justin Long (Dodgeball, Die Hard 4.0) as a New York City professor, who spends a week reconnecting with his family while defending his reputation over controversial behaviour at his college. It also stars Kate Berlant, Lynn Cohen, and is directed by Daniel Schechter. If you
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I have recently purchased a ‘100 Movies Bucket List’ scratch-off poster, with the intention of finally crossing off all of the classic films I’ve never seen before. However with the current and ongoing COVID lockdowns, now seemed like a perfect time to watch all of the 100 films on this list including those I know
Saint Frances follows Bridget, floundering in her thirties as she takes a summer job as nanny to Frances, whose parents are preparing for the imminent birth of a second child. Let me start by saying what a joyous and wonderful film this is. It was a pure pleasure to watch and just a brilliantly crafted
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Truth Seekers is the latest collaboration from Nick Frost and Simon Pegg and centres around employees of a network services provider who run a YouTube channel as amateur paranormal investigators. The series follows Gus Roberts (Nick Frost), the top installation engineer for network provider Smyle. He lives with his dad (Malcolm McDowell) and investigates paranormal
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In New Zealand comedy, Dead, Marbles (Thomas Sainsbury) can see ghosts, thanks to a purple solution made up of marijuana and neurological medication, which when injected, gives him approximately one hour of seeing them. He’s currently using this precious gift to help people who have lost friends and family, and opening scenes see Marbles acting
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan sees Borat return to the USA after the humiliation he caused his country in the first movie. This time Borat is returning to America to get “Mac”Donald Trump to acknowledge the Premier of Kazakhstan as his friend
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Released in UK cinemas tomorrow, The Climb follows the ups and downs of two lifelong best friends. Mike and Kyle have been friends for as long as they can remember, and almost nothing can come between them. Sowhen Mike decides to finally tell Kyle that he’s been sleeping with his fiancé, he makes sure to do
Coming to Disney+ on Christmas day, we got the opportunity to see Disney Pixar’s Soul a little bit earlier as part of London Film Festival 2020. Directed by Pete Docter (Monsters Inc., UP and Inside Out) and co-directed by Kemp Powers, Soul follows Joe Gardner, a middle school band teacher who dreams of one day
