My Hero Academia is one of the most bizarre anime series I have ever seen. Not because it’s challenging, or intricate, or even that high concept, but because it lacks any semblance of logic. Now, that’s not to say I don’t like My Hero Academia. On the contrary, I watched both seasons with great enthusiasm,ContinueContinue reading “My Hero Academia and the Horrifying Nature of Quirks”
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Watched This Month: April 2016
Hello, Captain! Welcome to another edition of Watched This Month. After pretty much two solid months of television, I’m finally catching up on some movies! I also recently joined letterboxd, which is essentially a film-focused social network that enables you to track and rate everything you watch. Give me a follow if you’re also setContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: April 2016”
Watched This Month: March 2016
Hello again, wayfarer! Welcome to another addition of Watched This Month. We’re in March now and on time this month. I’m actually away for a couple of days come tomorrow, so I’m glad I could finish this first. I’ve gone and binged on a lot of television again, though I managed to fit a filmContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: March 2016”
Watched This Month: February 2016
Greetings, everybody! We’ve just snuck into March, which means we’re slightly overdue another addition of Watched This Month. February looked to be a slow month at first (after I devoured more than 35 hours of film and television in January), but then I got into a certain TV series, which has been eating away atContinueContinue reading “Watched This Month: February 2016”
Watched This Month: January 2016
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”
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”
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”
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