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News broke last night that Disney and Marvel have cut ties with writer/ director James Gunn, responsible for the massively popular Guardians of the Galaxy franchise after controversial old tweets of his rose up. The things that Gunn shared on his twitter are inexcusable; jokes about rape and paedophilia and many others that are just in […]
Read More THE MESSY JAMES GUNN SITUATIONWe’re into week twenty nine of my 2018 film challenge and I have to say, this week was probably one of the hardest yet. The theme was… A cartoon/ animated film I have a seen a LOT of animated films – I’m pretty up to date with Disney, Pixar, Studio Ghibli and others so it […]
Read More THE SWORD IN THE STONE : 2018 FILM CHALLENGEWe’re in a bit of an epidemic, film wise. Week after week after week, and it’s just getting worse – if we were to name our current era of filmmaking, it would be the Reboot Era. Today Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again is released – last week it was Incredibles 2, the week before […]
Read More SEQUELS AREN’T EXCITING ANYMORETonight is the night: the night I’ve finally, finally got round to seeing one of the most famed films of all time. Week twenty eight’s theme is… A film you never finished I’ll be honest – there aren’t many films I start and don’t finish. I am absolutely NOT that type of person who will […]
Read More PULP FICTION: 2018 FILM CHALLENGEYesterday, Thursday 12th July, President of the United States Donald Trump was two miles from my home. Trump is visiting the United Kingdom for the first time in his presidency to meet Prime Minister Teresa May amongst other things. Last night, he ended his first day in Oxfordshire, attending a dinner at Blenheim Palace. Which […]
Read More TRUMP IN THE UKIt’s Week 27 of my 2018 film challenge, and this week is… A movie from before you were born Which was REALLY tough because what films were even made before 1997? (that was a joke). Anyways, I got the chance to watch a film older than twenty one years on the big screen, with Yellow Submarine […]
Read More YELLOW SUBMARINE: 2018 FILM CHALLENGEToday marks seventy years of the National Health Service in the UK, and I’m going to step out of my comfort zone and talk about what my life would be like without it. I have been in and out of doctor’s surgeries, clinics and hospitals my whole life for a bunch of different injuries, problems […]
Read More THE NHS vs WORLDWIDE HEALTH CAREI saw this film eight hours ago and keep finding myself coming back to it in my busy mind. Released in the UK at the tail end of last month, Adrift is a film about a couple, lost at sea after a hurricane wrecks their boat whilst sailing across the Pacific Ocean. It could perhaps […]
Read More ADRIFTAnother slow month at the cinema for me, again account of my being the Busiest Lady on Earth™️. But, despite my schedule and despite the weather being anything but cinema weather, I managed to make it to three films. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM Dir. J. A. Bayona The first half an hour is pretty […]
Read More JUNE FILM ROUND UPIt is week twenty six of my 2018 film challenge, which is the exact halfway point! I’ve actually made it six months! To celebrate halfway through, this week’s theme was…. A scary film I did watch Hereditary this week which was scary as hell, but I want to stick to my challenge of ticking off […]
Read More CARRIE : 2018 FILM CHALLENGE
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