Fuck me gently with a chainsaw, why is the film and television industry hellbent on destroying everything I care about in the world? Wednesday the 16th of March, 2016, started off like any other day. The weather; reasonably alright and not shite, St. Patrick's Day preparations were well underway, and I logged on to Twitter to news that I've been dreading for a...
First things first, I should state that I was ridiculously hyped for this film. Ridiculously hyped. As in, so hyped that even if it had so much as one line of dodgy dialogue, I was going to be upset and probably lose my faith in the film industry and potentially give up on my dreams. Seeing as I am still currently a film...
The Danish Girl, Tom Hooper's latest exploit, tells the tale of Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of gender reassignment surgery, and her wife, Gerda Wegener. While based on the lives of two very real women, The Danish Girl sacrifices actual truth for drama, and while Hooper presents us with an absolutely stunning film, filled with colourful and lavish characters, it...
Regardless of the fact that I haven't touched this blog in almost two months, I felt that I couldn't end 2015 without doing a quick post on my favourite films of the year. Thankfully, I had a fairly wide selection to choose from, with the majority of films released this year, with the exception of the god-awful Sicario and Legend, being really, really...
I didn't expect to like Crimson Peak as much as I did, but I honestly thought it was great. Guillermo del Toro's gothic romance is everything I expected it to be, but better. The film is incredibly creepy when it needs to be, with ghosts that are much scarier than they are in the trailer and genuinely leave you with your hair standing...
It could have been great, it had Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro, Rodger Deakins was the cinematographer, heck, it even had a cool score. "Sicario" could have been great, but it wasn't, and no, it wasn't the story, even though it didn't particularly grab me and it wasn't even the pacing, even though it was a bit off. The major issue with...
It's finally that time of year again. Plastic spiders and skulls are freely available to buy in all discount stores, everything has artificial pumpkin flavoring added, and I'm able to go outside without melting into a pool of sweat and anger. Yes, October, beautiful, beautiful October is back and with that, comes a plethora of amazing films just waiting to be watched. Now...
