Greetings, ronin and welcome to the first edition of ‘Watched This Month’. We’re starting off – sensibly so – with January. Just in case you have no idea what’s going on; this is a monthly blog post detailing every film and television show I have watched in the past four weeks, regardless of when theyContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: January 2016”
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Movie Review: The Little Prince
Title: The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) Director: Mark Osborne Screenplay: Irena Brignull, Bob Persichetti Starring: Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Riley Osborne, Mackenzie Foy Released: Jul 2015 (FR), Aug 2016 (US) Based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 novella, The Little Prince is one of the most significant and sincerely beautiful animated films I have seen inContinueContinue reading “Movie Review: The Little Prince”
‘Crashing’ First Impressions
Title: Crashing Creator: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Starring: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jonathan Bailey, Julie Dray, Damien Molony, Adrian Scarborough Network: Channel 4 Broadcast: 10pm on Monday’s from 11th January I’m on the fence when it comes to Channel 4; a lot of their programming leaves me exasperated, but they have put out some gems such as This isContinueContinue reading “‘Crashing’ First Impressions”
2016 Oscar Snubs
Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards are out (click here for the full list) and as usual, they’re an upset in one way or another. The Revenant leads the nominations with a total of twelve, followed closely by Mad Max: Fury Road, which has ten. The Martian has the third most nominations with seven andContinueContinue reading “2016 Oscar Snubs”
Movie Review: The Revenant
Title: The Revenant Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Screenplay: Mark L. Smith, Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson Released: Dec 2015 (US Limited), Jan 2016 (US & UK) Inspired by true events, The Revenant is a survival epic set during the 1820s in the American West. Leonardo DiCaprio plays HughContinueContinue reading “Movie Review: The Revenant”
Movie Review: The Hateful Eight
Title: The Hateful Eight Director: Quentin Tarantino Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth Released: Dec 2015 (US), Jan 2016 (UK) I must confess, I am not the biggest fan of Quentin Tarantino. I enjoyed Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, but I could never get intoContinueContinue reading “Movie Review: The Hateful Eight”
Watched This Year: 2015
Good day, everybody! If you’re like me, then you like to keep track of things. Notes, lists, drafts — they’re everywhere! In an effort to keep track of everything I watch, I am going to introduce a series of posts: Watched This Month and Watched This Year. The monthly version will list all movies andContinueContinue reading “Watched This Year: 2015”
Best Movies of 2015
It’s that time of the year again — list season! This post is going to be all about my favourite movies of 2015 and my have there been some fascinating contenders. Last year I did my top five, but this time I’m going a slightly different route with my top ten, because this year thereContinueContinue reading “Best Movies of 2015”
Movie Talk: Creed
Title: Creed Director: Ryan Coogler Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson Released: Nov 2015 (US), Jan 2016 (UK) I saw Creed today and wanted to offer some quick thoughts. As a Rocky fan, I would place it somewhere in the middle. It certainly has the Rocky feel, butContinueContinue reading “Movie Talk: Creed”
Favourites of 2015 – TV, Video Games and Music
Here we are, another year gone by. Getting older. Self-lacing shoes never happened. This year I learned that modern humans are in fact two-hundred-thousand years old. Anyway… End-of-year favourites rundown! This time around, I find myself in the odd position of actually being well informed enough to write about television and video games, so IContinueContinue reading “Favourites of 2015 – TV, Video Games and Music”
Morning, Roo 