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.
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
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
Good movies come and go, but I can’t forget the most biting directorial debut from Emerald Fennell in 2021: Promising Young Woman. So, what does Fennell do with her follow-up, but pair with perhaps the most vicious villainous performer of … Continued
Right, my turn to moan. I don’t like going into a sequel without at least the option of catching up on what has come before. Captain Marvel is easy, and necessary, since I remember it being one of my least … Continued
It’s a-me, super late with Mario! If MFs out there want to tell me that Bowser sings a song to rival Barbie’s ‘I’m Just Ken’ for the best musical moment of 2023, then I’ll need to check it out. Oh, … Continued
Okay, so Dumb Money is directed by Aussie Craig Gillespie – he’s the guy responsible for that wonderful biopic, I, Tonya, from a few years ago, that saw Margot Robbie and Alison Janney absolutely excel. Here, I would also like … Continued
“Everything went from wrong to right, and the stars came out and filled up the sky. The music you were playing really blew my mind; it was love at first sight” – Kylie Minogue. Oh, if Haley Lu Richardson was … Continued