My 10 Favourite Movies of 2023
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
2023 Index: An A to Z for 2023!
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
2023 Reviews – Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
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
2023 Reviews – Maestro
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
2023 Reviews – Wonka
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
2023 Reviews – Leave the World Behind
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
2023 Reviews – Trolls Band Together
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
2023 Reviews: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
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
2023 Reviews – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
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
2023 Reviews – The Killer
We are so lucky this year. New movies have come from David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, James Gunn… Need I say more? I wouldn’t say I have a favourite director, but … Continued