Guess who’s upped her film count in a matter of days? This person. You know how you make time to clean the house or plan your weekend. Well, I’ve made time for some film watching and it reminded me that it’s something I need. I […]
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Film Review: Nightcrawler
In Nightcrawler we’re introduced to Lou Bloom, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. A one time petty theft, he falls into a new career. That of a Nightcrawler – a cameraman who spends his nights looking for the most gruesome and grisly of murders, thefts and other […]
Film Review: Gone Girl
David Fincher’s Gone Girl was probably one of my most anticipated films of 2014. Even though I wasn’t a fan of the book. Sadly, I wasn’t able to see Gone Girl in 2014 for fear of seeing some mutated censored version of the film. After […]
100 movies: Argo
Argo (07/11/12) A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. I tip my hat off to you, Ben Affleck. I more than tip my hat off to you. Never have I been so […]
100 movies: Skyfall
Skyfall (26/10/12) Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. A lot is riding on Skyfall. Quantum of Solace wasn’t […]
100 movies: Take Shelter
Take Shelter (15/09/12) Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself. If you were having wicked crazy dreams of the mother of all storms, would you go and […]
100 movies: The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy (13/08/12) An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum’s novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films. This is one of those films that inspires neither strong outrage nor strong joy. […]
100 movies: We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin (07/07/12) Kevin’s mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined. If […]
100 movies: A Lonely Place to Die
A Lonely Place to Die 26/06/12) A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse. I’d be lying if I said that this film was totally not what […]