Watch, then read, unless you don't care about SPOILERS! I love to discuss character and story, which is often difficult to do without touching on specific scenes or a movie's ending.
Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) meets Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) when she is fifteen years old. They are both stationed in Germany together, while Elvis is fulfilling his years in the draft, and Priscilla is accompanying her mother and stepfather. Elvis … Continued
Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) is off to suburban Georgia, to study Gracie (Julianne Moore), who she will be playing in an upcoming movie based on her life. Gracie had an affair with a 13-year-old boy when she was 36, and after … Continued
Hey, look, it’s a musical version of that movie Elizabeth Banks couldn’t remember Steven Spielberg directed, when she tried to call him sexist – forgive mistakes but never forget. And you know what, for a movie released in 1985, if … Continued
Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is a self-conscious sleaze, and a college professor with tenor, who won’t stop rabbiting on about writing a book he hasn’t even started. Through a series of odd tidbits, the world, and Paul, discover that Paul … Continued
I’m starting to realise that January is always a blunder ☹ There’re countless award-contending movies I want to watch, but the weather is good, and the Australian Open tennis championships make for tantalizing TV, basically taking place in my own … Continued
You know, I think the premise for this one, is that a guy shows up at his old childhood home, and is welcomed inside by friendly impressions of his parents, when they would’ve been around his age, and it all … Continued
Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver) is the founder of the automotives company, Ferrari, in 1957. While some car manufacturers use racing cars to further the sale of their commercial vehicles, Ferrari is all about producing the fastest cars for racing as … Continued
“When you Wish upon a star… makes no difference who you are…” 🎶 This movie came out on Boxing Day in Australia, and I’m finally getting to watch Wish. I remember seeing the teaser trailer for Wish and thinking, “finally, … Continued
Seen The Lobster? I have not. Seen Killing of a Sacred Deer? Neither far-sighted nor near! But I have seen The Favourite, where I infamously (at least in my mind) overlooked Olivia Colman’s performance in lieu of Rachel Weisz and … Continued
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