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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. […]
Read More GOODBYE 2018It’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 […]
Read More MY TOP 20 FILMS OF 2018This 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 […]
Read More TELEVISION, BOOKS AND THEATRE OF 2018We’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 […]
Read More EVERY FILM I WATCHED IN 2018We are finally here. It is the final week of my 2018 film challenge: week fifty two. Can I first say, I am so proud that I am here at the end of this challenge, and that I have fully completed it. It was a big goal to set myself at the start of the […]
Read More THE TRUMAN SHOW: THE END OF MY 2018 FILM CHALLENGEIt’s the penultimate week of my 2018 film challenge! This week’s theme is… A film with an animal in the title This was a tough one – I’ve seen most of the only ones I could think of and had to spend a good time thinking something up that fit the theme and that I […]
Read More SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN | 2018 FILM CHALLENGEBack 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 […]
Read More RON HOWARD’S #20MOVIECHALLENGELast 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 […]
Read More WHICH CHRISTMAS SONGS ARE ACTUALLY GOOD?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 […]
Read More GIFTS I’D BUY FOR CHARACTERSDrum roll please – it is week fifty of my 2018 film challenge! I can’t believe how close I am to nailing this challenge. It’s been a whole year almost, and I’ve done it! This week’s theme was… A film about magicians Anyone else think this is oddly specific one for the end of the […]
Read More THE PRESTIGE: 2018 FILM CHALLENGE
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