Best Movies of 2017

It’s that time of the year again: the end. My arbitrary goal from last year was to watch over one hundred movies, and — somehow — I ended up watching two hundred. Of those some four hundred hours spent watching films, much time was dedicated to the motion pictures of this year. I feel it’sContinueContinue reading “Best Movies of 2017”

Alita: Battle Angel — Trailer Impressions

I am currently swamped with deadlines, fighting off procrastination, and trying to whip up thousands of words a day before I succumb to the indolence of the Christmas period, but I had to give myself a break, for something momentous has occurred. The first trailer for the live-action adaptation of Battle Angel Alita has arrived.ContinueContinue reading “Alita: Battle Angel — Trailer Impressions”

Movie Review: Death Note (2017)

Title: Death Note Director: Adam Wingard Screenplay: Charles Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater Starring: Nat Wolff, Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham, Paul Nakauchi, Willem Dafoe Released: 25ᵗʰ August 2017 In the process of adapting a book or television show to film, there are undoubtedly numerous considerations. However, before deciding what material to exclude, whatContinueContinue reading “Movie Review: Death Note (2017)”

Top 10 Japanese Movies

Greetings, perusers. I’m taking a short break from Watched This Month as I have been quite preoccupied recently, but wanted to take this leisurely day to instead write about some of my favourite Japanese films. If you know me — which you probably don’t — then you’ll know I adore Japanese cinema, which has aContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Japanese Movies”

Watched This Month: April 2017

Hello there. Welcome to Watched This Month. May is just around the corner, which means some of the years most anticipated movies are edging ever closer, although May itself doesn’t have too much to offer besides Alien: Covenant. But it’s difficult to gauge a real overview of the year, since there are so many worthwhileContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: April 2017”

Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell

Title: Ghost in the Shell Director: Rupert Sanders Screenplay: Jamie Moss, William Wheeler Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Pilou Asbæk, Michael Pitt Released: Mar 2017 (US & UK) Well, what do you know. They’ve only gone and made a live-action version of Ghost in the Shell. This would have been a dream come true forContinueContinue reading “Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell”

Watched This Month: March 2017

Good day to you, wherever you may be. Welcome to Watched This Month. You may have noticed that I have been much more restrained with these posts lately. This is to make them a lot more readable and accessible. When I started Watched This Month over a year go, it was supposed to be conciseContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: March 2017”

Movie Review: 20th Century Women

Title: 20th Century Women Director: Mike Mills Screenplay: Mike Mills Starring: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, Billy Crudup Released: Dec 2016 (US), Feb 2017 (UK) “My mom was born in 1924. When she was my age, people drove in sad cars to sad houses, with old phones, no money or foodContinueContinue reading “Movie Review: 20th Century Women”

Watched This Month: February 2017

Hello, friends. Welcome to Watched This Month! I managed to be punctual and get through another large and varied assemblage of movies this time. I’ve now accumulated over 20,000 words, writing about more than 140 movies over the course of fourteen months in my Watched This Month logs. I hope you’ve found at least aContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: February 2017”

Watched This Month: January 2017

Annyeonghaseyo! Welcome to the first Watched This Month of 2017. Apologies for being a week or so behind. You know my punctuality isn’t too great, but I watched more movies than there are days in January, so there was a lot to cover. I tried to cut down on the word count to avoid anContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: January 2017”