This Top 10 again is published late because of U.K release delays but I have watched over 80 films in 2018, with the results posted in an incoming post after this. Reviews were missing this year but I have compiled miniature reviews of my Top 10 movies. The reviews will continue normally with the 2019…
For me 2017 was one of the worst years for cinema this side of 2000, with none of the films I saw scoring above an 8.5 for me. Hopefully, 2018 is shaping up to be a better year with the return of many great directors from Steve McQueen, Damien Chazelle, Scorcese and Alfonso Cuaron. …
A biologist’s husband disappears. She puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not find what she’s expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist. When it comes to the Science Fiction genre, Alex Garland is slowly creating…
TOP 10 FILMS OF 2017 This is the latest my Top 10 has been published with many releases in the U.K getting pushed back to late Feb but I made it just in time for the Oscars. 2017 was a dissapointing year for cinema in my opinion but it did give birth to alot of…
My blog has taken a back seat this year and for personal circumstances i’ve missed a lot of important reviews over 2017. From 2018 onwards the reviews will return as scheduled but here is an overview of the films I saw this year. This will be followed by my end of year list in the…
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been…
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. Over the years Christopher Nolan has become one of the most respected directors of his time. Starting off with smaller art house films and moving into the science fiction realm,…
After a disappointing 2016, 2017 looks to be a great year with the return of such classic directors such as Michael Haneke, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ridley Scott and hopefully Terrance Malick! It’s also the year of Sci-Fi with a lot of great Sci-Fi films coming out from the comic book adventures to sequels of our…
TOP 10 FILMS OF 2016 Again its been another slow year for movies with a terrible summer season. We had blockbusters that were enjoyable such as Civil War and Rogue One then we had complete disappointments such as Batman v Superman. Other big contenders for the years best films didn’t impress me as it did…
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot. The controversial director Mel Gibson returns to the big screen after a 10 year break since Apocalypto with Hacksaw…
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. Garth Davis brings us his debut feature film based on the book ‘A Long Way Home’ by…
An Uncle is obliged to return home to care for his nephew after his brother dies. Unknowing he is to be the guardian and struggles with the decision. Throughout the movie he recounts past memories that caused him to leave Manchester and distancing himself from his past. This was the big Oscar contender I wasn’t…
The story of two Catholic missionaries who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor – at a time when Catholicism was outlawed and their presence forbidden. In the past 6 years and throughout most of his career Martin Scorsese has juggled many different genres…
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese…
Jyn Erso, a Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience her biggest challenge yet when Mon Mothma sets her out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. With help from the Rebels, a master swordsman, and non-allied forces, Jyn will be in for something bigger than she thinks. We all…
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