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You already know what I’m going to say – I obviously couldn’t see every movie this year and so this is just a list of my least favourite movies, out of the ones that were at least initially appealing enough … Continued
I know, I say the same every year, but it’s been a great year for movies (and so much more than last year). I’ve had a genuine struggle knocking my list of 84 movies down to just the ten best, … Continued
These movies are like my babies now. They’re a part of me. I cared for them, spent valuable time and brain power on them, and as a new year prepares to dawn, I present them to you, in a neat … Continued
Apologies to Micheal Bay, but Zack Snyder has got to be the biggest rockstar director we have, right? He makes the scene with a young boy’s sex dream in Sucker Punch back in the day, and produces a near shot-for-shot … Continued
Maestro, please don’t be controversial. Since it’s the end of the year, I’ve got lots to do, so I don’t want this review to have to blow out to 2,500 words just to explain how and why it got under … Continued
The cinema’s choc-top range was all out of Snozzberry! 😱 Unscrupulous! 😄 I’ll be honest with you – as this year is closing down, and as I catch up with what I’ve missed, it occurred to me about a week … Continued
On a lovely day, and sickened by the stagnant public of her suburb, Amanda Sanford (Julia Roberts) books her family a weekend away in the countryside on a whim. Amanda got a nice price on a relaxing rental house, yet … Continued
What am I doing? I voted Trolls: World Tour my fifth least favourite movies of 2020, so why am I returning to this franchise? Take away the sugar-rich colour, the felty animation, and Anna Kendrick with Justin Timberlake repurposing funky … Continued
I’m not usually one to get excited by prequels and sequels many years after the fact, but I’m actually intrigued by this one, for this is a universe I’m happy to revisit. I also go in with the knowledge that … Continued
A good friend of mine moved away, which was good for me for the sole reason that I wouldn’t have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the cinema opening week for another lackluster experience, and I could view the … Continued