January 2, 2013 | 30 Comments
Another year and another 100 movies challenge that I set myself, has ended. How did I do? Well, sadly I didn’t hit my target of 100 films in the year. Managed to fit in 90 new-to-me films. That’s not a … Continue reading
December 31, 2012 | 14 Comments
The Gods Must Be Crazy (28/12/12) A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries. The Gods Must Be Crazy has a solid score of … Continue reading
December 27, 2012 | 7 Comments
It’s a Wonderful Life (24/12/12) An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed. It’s Christmas Eve and there’s nothing on TV. No films that remind me of … Continue reading
December 26, 2012 | 4 Comments
Midnight in Paris (22/12/12) While on a trip to Paris with his fiancé’s family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight. Woody Allen films aren’t a group of films I have seen … Continue reading
December 14, 2012 | 26 Comments
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (13/12/12) A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. The Hobbit was one of my most … Continue reading