We’re finally here at the last day of the year, and my God what a year it has been. I’ve said it many times over the past few months, but if you had told me half the stuff I would experience in 2018 at the start of the year, I would have lost my shit.  […]

It’s the penultimate day of the year, so it’s time to finally gather up all the new releases I’ve seen this year and pit them against each other. I managed an all time best of sixty one new releases watched this year, which I was pretty proud of before seeing some of my friends on […]

This whole year, I have been keeping track of every single thing I have watched and read. That means every episode, every season, every chapter, every act and every film – the latter of which I just posted about separately. (Is this excessive? Probably, but I apparently don’t have have anything better to do with […]

We’re at the end of the year, and I’ve finally accepted I’m not really going to tick off many more films in these last couple of days, if any – I mean, I’m posting this from a wedding so it’s not like I’m not busy. Since January, I have been diligently recording every single film […]

Back in September, legendary filmmaker and all round cool guy Ron Howard announced a little challenge on his twitter: Twenty films, twenty days, no comment. I’ve spent the first twenty days of December doing just that: so here they are in total. How many of these films had an impact on you? Let me know […]

Last week I published a piece categorising classic Christmas films, asking how good these much loved cinematic greats actually were.  This week, it’s time for the sequel nobody asked for – I’m going to do the exact same thing with Christmas songs!  HERE WE GO: Hell Tier Mistletoe – Justin Bieber Tango With an Eskimo […]

In case you haven’t realised, tomorrow is one week until Christmas. Which means that this week will be full of what our nation does best: last minute Christmas shopping. And because I only have a mind for film, television and theatre evidently, I’ve been entertaining myself by thinking about the gifts I would be buying […]