Rating 10/10 Plot Based on a sadly true story… It’s 2001 and the Boston Globe’s ‘Spotlight’ team of investigative reporters, ‘Robby’ Robinson (Michael Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams), and Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) are on … Continue reading Best Picture | 88
9/10 Plot It’s 1939 and Stan Carlisle (Cooper) runs away and joins the carnival, as you do, after watching a geek show where a crazy man eats a live chicken… good times! Here he meets Zeena (Toni Collette) and Pete … Continue reading Best Picture Nominee | 2022
9/10 Plot The story begins with a young couple, Pedro and Alma Madrigal, fleeing their home, clutching their newborn triplets Bruno, Julieta, and Pepa. Pedro then sacrifices himself to protect his family, Titanic-style (why, Pedro, why?) and Alma is left … Continue reading Best Animated Feature | 2022
Rating 7/10 Plot It seems like the planet is doomed, but no one cares. Michigan State University Ph.D. candidate, Kate Dibiasky (Lawrence), discovers a comet hurtling towards earth and alerts her supervisor, Dr. Randall Mindy (DiCaprio) who joins her on … Continue reading Best Picture Nominee | 2022
Rating 6/10 Plot Two brothers, Phil (Cumberbatch) and George (Jesse Plemons) are rich, single owners of a ranch in Montana. On a trip into town, George meets Rose (Dunst) and her rather unusual son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee). After a few … Continue reading Best Picture Nominee | 2022
Rating 8/10 Plot Nine year old Buddy (Jude Hill) lives fairly happily with his Protestant family in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1960s. One day the ‘troubles’ (conflict between Catholic and Protestant gangsters from 1960s-1998) comes home to his street … Continue reading Best Picture Nominee | 2022
Rating 3/10 Plot Washed-up actor, Riggan Thomson (Keaton), is trying to hold on to what is left of his faded career. Famous for his depiction of superhero, Birdman in the 1990s, Thomson, is desperate to leave that soulless character behind. … Continue reading Best Picture | 87
Oh yes, I love romantic comedies and sometimes even romantic dramas. I love a good cry, sigh and kissy-kiss scene – it warms my heart. And while I know that real life ain’t always as romantic as those fluffy rom-coms … Continue reading Top 10 Valentine’s Day Films
Rating 9/10 Like most true stories, this film was difficult to watch, but it is a tale that is agonizingly beautiful and worth a view. Plot 12 Years a Slave tells the true story of Solomon Northup (Ejiofor), an African … Continue reading Best Picture | 86
I love the open road; windows down, stereo blasting my favourite tune and my hair blowing in the wind. No deadlines, no real destination, just the road, the car and heaps of snacks to keep you going. When you’re on … Continue reading Top 10 road trip films
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