Here’s my top 10 films of 2018. These are not in order of how I rated the script, acting or direction, rather in order of how much I enjoyed watching them. I’ll keep the actual reviews pretty short as I’ve probably posted about them in more detail throughout the year. I've seen 163 new films … Continue reading Top Ten of 2018 →

Aquaman 2018 Directed by James Wan, who has an impressive collection of directorial credits with a huge range of budgets - from Saw's $1.2m to Fast and Furious 7's $190m. "Arthur Curry, the ‘Aquaman’, is the heir to the throne of the underwater city of Atlantis. Now, he’s forced to step forward and become the … Continue reading Aquaman →

Widows 2018 Directed by Steve McQueen, who brought us Hunger, Shame and more famously (Academy Award winning) 12 Years a Slave. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Gillian Flynn, the author of Gone Girl. This film is based on a 1983 four part mini series of the same name that was written by Lynda La … Continue reading Widows →

Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 Directed by Bryan Singer (4 of the X-Men franchise, Apt Pupil and one of my favourite films The Usual Suspects), at least until he was fired and replaced in the last few weeks of filming by Dexter Fletcher. Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music. We start in 1970 … Continue reading Bohemian Rhapsody →

The Hate U Give (2018) Director George Tillman Jr, who directed Men Of Honour and Notorious and also produced Mudbound, was in charge for this drama based on a book by Angie Thomas that debuted at number one on The New York Times young adult best-seller list, where it remained for fifty weeks. Sixteen year … Continue reading The Hate U Give →

A Star Is Born (2018) Bradley Cooper takes the helm here in his directorial debut, he also co-produced and co-wrote the screenplay. This is the third rendition of the original 1937 film. It was adapted into a 1954 musical (starring Judy Garland and James Mason) and remade as a 1976 rock musical with Barbra Streisand … Continue reading A Star Is Born →

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Directed by Ang Lee who has shown us quite a bit of diversity in his directorial career with films such as Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain, Hulk and Sense and Sensibility. A famous Fighter Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-fat) has decided to retire after failing to catch his master's killer. … Continue reading Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Part of my reviews for the 2001 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees →

Traffic (2000) Steven Soderbergh (who happens to have 2 films in the 2001 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees bracket) directs this crime drama. Some of his other directorial work includes Magic Mike, Logan Lucky and The Informant. This multi-character drama explores the effects of international drug trafficking from source to users. There are essentially three … Continue reading Traffic, Part of my reviews for the 2001 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees →

Alien 1979 Directed by Ridley Scott. The man who was in charge of Prometheus, Matchstick men and The Martian to name a few brought us this film nearly 40 years ago now. Feeling old yet? After a certain little film by George Lucas in 1977, science fiction became the hot property in Hollywood. 20th Century … Continue reading Alien 1979 →

      Gladiator (2000) Gladiator is directed by Ridley Scott who has directed 47 movies and TV shows in his 53 year career, and produced almost 3 times that many pieces of work. That in itself is an amazing accomplishment, but when you add the scale of some of these movies: Blade Runner, Black … Continue reading Gladiator, Part of my reviews for the 2001 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees →