Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love. ~ IMDb Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Gina Montana Director: Benh Zeitlin I'm not sure where to start on this one. It's the kind… Continue reading Beasts Of The Southern Wild (2012)
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Watch this space: 105 Must See Films
One of my new years resolutions is to watch a bunch of those films that I've been meaning to watch for years. As someone who's studied film for years and who watches a lot of films, it's downright embarrassing some of the classic films that I haven't seen! So, I created a list of 105… Continue reading Watch this space: 105 Must See Films
Dreamcatcher (2003): one of the oddest films I’ve seen in a while…
OK, so at first this is a film about four friends who have special psychic abilities, so it's like Stand By Me, but then they go to a cabin in the woods, so it's a "cabin in the woods" movie, but then the army arrives and there's aliens, and it becomes a bodysnatcher movie... But… Continue reading Dreamcatcher (2003): one of the oddest films I’ve seen in a while…
The Visit (2015)
Two kids find something very wrong when they go to stay with grandparents they've never met. Starring: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie Director: M Night Shyamalan Oh, Shyamalan... Your name should be a verb for failed promise and unexpected hilarity... This film is kind of awful and kind of great. In… Continue reading The Visit (2015)
Goosebumps (2015)
When two teens unwittingly unleash the monsters from reclusive R L Stine's famous book they must team up with the reclusive writer and his daughter to return them to their books and save the town. Starring: Jack Black, Dylan Minette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee Director: Rob Letterman This might seem like an odd movie for… Continue reading Goosebumps (2015)
Black Mass (2015)
The true crime story of the South Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, who used the FBI to expand his turf by informing on the local Italian mafia. Starring: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Kevin Bacon. Director: Scott Cooper A long overdue return to form for Johnny Depp, and possibly the best gangster film of the… Continue reading Black Mass (2015)
Preview: Daddy’s Home (2015)
All Brad has ever wanted was to be a Dad, and he works hard to be accepted by his two stepchildren. Just as he feels like they're starting to accept him, their motorbike riding, special ops father returns with designs on taking back his family. Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini Director: Sean Anders… Continue reading Preview: Daddy’s Home (2015)
Ava DuVernay Barbie doll… Interesting.
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Krampus (2015)
Every year, Max's grandmother encourages him to write to Santa, but this year, as the family all gathers, the Christmas spirit seems lost. When Max tears up his letter, he brings down a malevolent Christmas spirit who terrorises his family. Starring: Toni Collette, Adam Scott, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, Conchata Ferrell, Emjay Anthony. Director: Michael… Continue reading Krampus (2015)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
In the mid eighties, a man who contracts HIV takes on the FDA when he creates a buyers club for medications that truly help sufferers. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto Director: Jean-Marc Valee I've wanted to see this film for a long time, but I was hesitant to watch something sad. This is… Continue reading Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
