In the fictional country of Freedonia, a political coup takes places when a new, incompetent ruler is elected. Hilarity ensues. Starring: The Marx brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo) Director: Leo McCarey Quite a short film, really, at only just over an hour, this film attempts to lampoon the politics of the day with it's satire… Continue reading 105 Must See Movies: Duck Soup (1933)
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105 Must Watch Films: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1987)
A washed up Hollywood detective must get over his hatred of toons when a cartoon rabbit is framed for murder. Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd Director: Robert Zemeckis I love the idea that just over the fence from a studio lot in Hollywood, there's a place called Toontown. Frankly, the toons are often kinda scary,… Continue reading 105 Must Watch Films: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1987)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
After a bounty hunter captures his quarry, he gets holed up and snowed in with some disreputable men in a Wyoming cabin. Starring: Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth, Samuel L Jackson, Michael Madsen Director: Quentin Tarantino Ugh. Tarantino. I mean he's so... self-aware. You know? He wants everyone to know it's a Tarantino… Continue reading The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Imitation Game (2014)
The true story of an awkward mathematical genius during WW1, who worked to create a machine that could crack the Nazi codes, but whose personal life would cost him everything. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightly, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance Director: Morten Tyldum Oddly, what struck me first about this film was how it never… Continue reading The Imitation Game (2014)
105 Must Watch: Strictly Ballroom (1992)
The first film on my watch list for the year, and a total cheat because I have seen it before. The first film in Baz Luhrmans Red Curtain Trilogy (the others being Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge), the film follows the story of a ballroom dancing star, Scott, who wants to dance his own… Continue reading 105 Must Watch: Strictly Ballroom (1992)
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)
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