Darkest Hour (2017) Directed by Joe Wright Starring: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn Plot Synopsis: (via Wikipedia) Darkest Hour stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and is a fictionalised account of his early days as Prime Minister, as Nazi Germany swept across Western Europe, threatening to defeat … Continue reading →
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Posted in Movies, Reviews
- Tagged 7.5/10, Ben Mendelsohn, Darkest Hour, Film, Gary Oldman, Joe Wright, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Oscars, Review, Reviews, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane, Winston Churchill, WWII
It’s almost time for the Oscars! I love/hate them so much!! 🙂 I’ve seen quite a few nominees, but have missed out on some that I do badly want to see. Oh I hate it when so few cinemas show the “worthy” or indie films! Of the nominees I’ve not managed to see yet, the … Continue reading →
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- Tagged 90th Annual Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Baby Driver, Beauty And The Beast, Blade Runner 2049, Coco, Darkest Hour, Film, Garden Party, Get Out, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, Heaven Is a Traffic Jam On The 405, Kong: Skull Island, Lady Bird, Logan, Lou, Movies, Mudbound, Nominations, Nominees, Oscars, Picks, Predictions, Review, Reviews, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Big Sick, The Boss Baby, The Greatest Showman, The Shape Of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Winners
This is my final 2018 Year End List. This one is really annoying as so many good 2017 US films got released in the UK in early 2018. But it’s a huge pain in the ass to try to adjust this list each year according to the US release dates so, once again, I’ve based … Continue reading →
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Posted in "My Top" Lists, Movies, Reviews
- Tagged 2018 Releases, A Quiet Place, A Star Is Born, Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Cinema, End Of Year, Film, I Tonya, List, Mandy, Movies, Nicolas Cage, Ranked, Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Star Wars, The Shape Of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Top Ten, UK Releases
The King’s Speech (2010) Directed by Tom Hooper Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon IMDB Top 250 Rank: 160 as of 01/01/13 Plot Synopsis: (via IMDb) The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in … Continue reading →
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Posted in IMDB Top 250, Movies, Reviews
- Tagged 7/10, Best Picture, Colin Firth, Derek Jacobi, Film, Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, IMDB Top 250, Jennifer Ehle, King George VI, Michael Gambon, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Oscars, Review, Reviews, The King's Speech, Timothy Spall, Tom Hooper
I seriously thought I’d quit this blogging thing once I hit my five year anniversary. Well, shit – I’m still lingering a year later. Sorry – I think you’re stuck with me! I enjoy this online movie diary. I may not post as many full-length reviews anymore but I’m obsessed with keeping lists so I’ll … Continue reading →
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- Tagged A Quiet Place, A Star Is Born, Anime, Anniversary, Bird Box, Birthday, Blind Spot, Blog, Blogging, Blogiversary, Books, Bruce Lee, Colossal, Daft Punk, Edgar Allan Poe, Eleanor & Park, Enter The Dragon, Favorites, Film, Ghastle And Yule, I Tonya, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Lists, Mary And The Witch's Flower, Metropolis, Monthly Recap, Movies, November, Posts, Rainbow Rowell, Ranked, Reviews, Six Years, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Splendor In The Grass, Stats, Strange Weather, The Masque Of The Red Death, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Top Ten Lists, Writing
I’m not finding much time for blogging at the moment but I’ll still try to do these monthly updates (over halfway through the next month!). I only managed to review one movie in July, although I did see quite a few in the cinema. I’ll try to review those over the next few weeks. And … Continue reading →
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- Tagged A Ghost Story, Adam Silvera, Adrienne Shelly, Amy Adams, Audrey Hepburn, Blogging, Books, Call Me By Your Name, Cary Grant, Charade, Dwayne Johnson, Elle, Film, Force Majeure, Happy Death Day, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me, Hotel Artemis, Incredibles 2, Isabelle Huppert, James Gunn, Joe Hill, July, Laggies, Loaded, Love My Way, Maurice Binder, Monthly Recap, Movies, Posts, Review, Reviews, Say When, Search Terms, Sharp Objects, Skyscraper, Snapshot, Stats, Strange Weather, Tag, The Emoji Movie, The First Purge, The Incredible Hulk, The Light Between Oceans, The Psychedelic Furs, The Secret Of Marrowbone, The Snowman, They Both Die At The End, Tooth Fairy, Troma, Tromeo & Juliet, TV, Writing
I, Tonya (2017) Directed by Craig Gillespie Starring: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson, Bobby Cannavale, Mckenna Grace Plot Synopsis: (via IMDb) Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes. My Opinion: … Continue reading →
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- Tagged 8/10, Allison Janney, Bobby Cannavale, Craig Gillespie, Figure Skating, Film, I Tonya, Julianne Nicholson, Margot Robbie, Mckenna Grace, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Nancy Kerrigan, Oksana Baiul, Olympics, Oscars, Review, Reviews, Sebastian Stan, Tonya Harding
Well, it’s now March and the Oscars were last night. I hope they announced the correct winners this year! (I have no idea since I’m writing this before the Oscars… I hope Blade Runner 2049 won some stuff). I hope something got fucked up, though. That wrong Best Picture announcement was hilarious. **Update to say … Continue reading →
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Posted in Books, Movies, Personal, Reviews, TV
- Tagged Black Panther, Blogging, Books, Darkest Hour, February, Film, Gleaming The Cube, Good Time, Jonathan Ames, Kong: Skull Island, Lady Bird, Monthly Recap, Movies, Posts, Review, Reviews, Search Terms, Stats, The Cloverfield Paradox, The Greatest Showman, The King's Speech, The Shape Of Water, TV, Writing, You Were Never Really Here
I have come here to hire billboards and kick ass… and I’m all out of billboards. Thanks to the hubby for the Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri & They Live mashup. He loves doing those. 🙂 I can’t think of a better quote to go with this one. Hmm… Well, the Oscars are on Sunday … Continue reading →
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- Tagged 90th Annual Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Baby Driver, Beauty And The Beast, Blade Runner 2049, Coco, Darkest Hour, Film, Garden Party, Get Out, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, Heaven Is a Traffic Jam On The 405, Kong: Skull Island, Lady Bird, Logan, Lou, Movies, Mudbound, Nominations, Nominees, Oscars, Picks, Predictions, Review, Reviews, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Big Sick, The Boss Baby, The Greatest Showman, The Shape Of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Winners
Two quickie reviews for two 2017 movies that I finally saw. Then I’m going to focus on reviewing movies with at least one Oscar nomination (Kong: Skull Island has one nomination so I guess I’m kind of starting today). Next week I’ll review The Shape Of Water, Darkest Hour, and hopefully both Lady Bird & … Continue reading →
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- Tagged 6/10, 7/10, Barkhad Abdi, Ben Safdie, Brie Larson, Buddy Duress, Corey Hawkins, Edgar Wallace, Film, Good Time, Indie, Jason Mitchell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jing Tian, John C Reilly, John Goodman, John Ortiz, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Josh Safdie, King Kong, Kong: Skull Island, Merian C. Cooper, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Music, Necro, Oneohtrix Point Never, Review, Reviews, Robert Pattinson, Ronald Bronstein, Safdie brothers, Samuel L Jackson, Score, Shea Whigham, Soundtrack, Taliah Webster, Terry Notary, Thomas Mann, Toby Kebbell, Tom Hiddleston, Vietnam
Happy February! YES, January is over!!! (I hate January). And since movies cheer me up, I watched quite a few during the darkest & dreariest month of the year. Here’s what I watched… MOVIES THIS MONTH MOVIES REVIEWED THIS MONTH (ranked best to worst): • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – My Rating: 8/10 • … Continue reading →
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Posted in Books, Movies, Personal, Reviews, TV
- Tagged Academy Awards, Black Mirror, Blogging, Books, Coco, Colossal, Film, Ghost In The Shell, Movies, Mudbound, Nymphomaniac, Oscars, Owen King, Posts, Recap, Review, Reviews, Search Terms, Sleeping Beauties, Stats, Stephen King, The Autopsy Of Jane Doe, The Big Sick, The Boss Baby, The Red Turtle, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, TV, Writing
I’ll be ranking all the movies I watch in 2018 in order from favorite to least favorite, just like I have for the films I’ve watched every year since 2012 (on separate blog pages). And if I’ve reviewed them, I’ll include the links to my reviews below. 🙂 **NEW ADDITIONS: 2018 Movies Seen After 2018** … Continue reading →
Happy birthday to Gary Oldman, who turns 59 today. I’m posting a Top Ten on a day other than Thursday! This is messing with my head. I think I’m actually just putting off reviewing that pointless remake of Beauty And The Beast… Anyway, back to Gary Oldman! I must admit that I never really noticed … Continue reading →
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Posted in "My Top" Lists, Movies
- Tagged Actor, Batman, Birthday, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Film, Gary Oldman, Harry Potter, JFK, Kung Fu Panda 2, Leon, List, Movies, Ranked, Sid And Nancy, The Fifth Element, Top Ten, True Romance
MOVIE REVIEWS A-Z: Numbers: 10 Cloverfield Lane 10 Things I Hate About You 13 Going On 30 1917 1922 20th Century Girl 20th Century Women 21 Jump Street 22 Jump Street 2:22 3 Idiots The 400 Blows 5 Centimetres Per Second 50 First Dates 9 A: Abominable About Fate About Time Absentia Ace In The … Continue reading →
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