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. Every ounce of me wanted to love this film. Wanted to get taken away […]
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100 movies: It’s a Wonderful Life
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 my Christmases gone past. Not […]
100 movies: Midnight in Paris
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 many of. In fact, I […]
100 movies: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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 anticipated films of the year […]
100 movies: Snow White and the Huntsman
Every year I set myself a target, usually of about 100, of films to watch. These are new films. Not new, new films. But films that are new to me. Any time I’ve seen a new one, I post a bit of a brain dump […]
100 movies: The Lovely Bones
Every year I set myself a target, usually of about 100, of films to watch. These are new films. Not new, new films. But films that are new to me. Any time I’ve seen a new one, I post a bit of a brain dump […]
100 movies: Red Riding Hood
Every year I set myself a target, usually of about 100, of films to watch. These are new films. Not new, new films. But films that are new to me. Any time I’ve seen a new one, I post a bit of a brain dump […]
120+ Movies: TrollHunter
TrollHunter (09/09/11) A group of students investigate a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter. At the end of this film […]
120+ Movies: Legion
Legion (27/08/11) A group of strangers fight for the welfare of humanity. All I can think is Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany – WTF?! I am lost with this film and just how boring it was. Think of it as the last season of Supernatural. […]