2020 Reviews – The Witches
Permit me to reveal my inner-self, as if I were Nikki Glaser, and confess – I remember when I watched the 1990 version of The Witches, when I was about 10, I found the scene where the group of women … Continued
2020 Reviews – Fatman
Listen, Santa has been used in comedies, family dramas and horror films for years – why not an action movie? Mel Gibson’s Santa Claus looks like a mean motherfucker, and I believe a man who can achieve the feats that … Continued
2020 Reviews – Black Beauty
Count your lucky stars! With so many movies coming out in 2020 based off classic children’s literature I have been repetitive in saying, ‘The Call of the Wild; the book is better.’ ‘The Secret Garden; the book is better.’ Well, … Continued
2020 Reviews – Godmothered
Phew! Well after Mank, I need a palate cleanser; fairy Godmothers on Disney+ should do the trick. Eleanor Bloomingbottom (Jillian Bell) is the youngest fairy Godmother in the Motherland, the place where Godmothers live. Although she is not yet fully … Continued
2020 Reviews – Mank
What the hell, Netflix! Mank comes out and it doesn’t come up as a featured new release? Mank is directed by David Fincher, one of the best directors going around. It also stars the third most recent Best Actor Oscar … Continued
2020 Reviews – A Sunburnt Christmas
I think it was Australia’s Dorothea Mackellar, and her famous poem, My Country, that starts with the lines; ‘I love a sunburnt Santa. A sleigh of flaking paint. Of sweaty reindeer herd. Of hot, and bothered strain.’ Or at least … Continued
2020 Reviews – Antebellum
For the number of movies I see, there aren’t many trailers that make me audibly exasperate, ‘Oh c’mon on!’ The trailer for Antebellum promises a premise of a young successful black mother living in the modern day, thrust back into … Continued
2020 Reviews – Mulan
I must’ve been seven-years-old when I told my Mum we could skip the newest Disney release these school holidays, because it didn’t interest me. But a friend of mine was having his birthday at the cinemas, and had decided to … Continued
2020 Reviews – Misbehaviour
Set in 1970, Misbehaviour tells the story of the feminist protests surrounding the annual Miss World Championship, and the inside machinations of the televised tournament. Sally Alexander (Keira Knightly) and Jo Robinson (Jessie Buckley) are anti-patriarchal activists, who bond over … Continued
2020 Reviews – Happiest Season
A Christmas slice of Stewart. Brie is a bonus. Plus, Plaza is perfection! You know what, drizzle some Davis on there as well. Merry Steenburgen! Harper (Mackenzie Davis) is returning home for the holidays, and impulsively invites her girlfriend to … Continued