I’ve been bad I know. In fact I’ve been terrible. My AWOL situation is inexcusable. Well actually I have a pretty good excuse. I’ve been exceptionally busy with film festival work. As a peace offering I will be putting my two cents worth of reviews for the upcoming BFI London Film Festival which kicks off … Continue reading
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It’s That Time of the Year Again…Sheffield Doc Fest 2014 Roundup
Am I living an episode of Quantum Leap? How has a year passed so quickly? Well a year has passed and with it have been some major changes. The Sheffield Doc Fest 2014 has grown exponentially, in size and in content. For this reason, I was busier than last year and will have to rely … Continue reading
Eccentricity Is The Future – Blue Ruin
I’m writing this in semi-outrage. Every regular haunt I have frequented where I like to do my writing has been hijacked by a corporate event of some kind. Why can’t they have their office parties in the office like how I envisioned boring office parties to be and has been so effortlessly articulated in Peep Show. … Continue reading
New Feature: Blast From The Past…Join me as I Retrofy!
Much of what I review touches upon just a tiny portion of the surfeit of cinema I consume. In my attempts to cover newer independent releases, I find myself regretting not including some really marvellous filmmaking forgotten to the ages. So here is a new, hopefully regular feature, Blast From The Past that will look at more classic film that I champion. I implore … Continue reading
The Grand Budapest Hotel & The Past
The Grand Budapest Hotel Ah Wes Anderson. A thoroughly well turned out pleasant gentlemen who still succeeds in leaving me extremely divided about his body of work. Through the years I’ve veered as erractically as some his edit cuts from near loathing (I cannot for the life of me get behind Rushmore), to … Continue reading
The Wolf Of Wall Street & Inside Lleywn Davis
My feelings towards this first offer is twofold. It is perhaps the most flashy advert to greed and consumerism, a glorious ode to the church of unregulated capitalism. It is also an example of a well made film steadfast in its commitment to it’s original source. Therein lies the problem. Scorsese is a virtuoso, and … Continue reading
The Day After The Night Before…
I had planned to repeat last year’s prediction and results analysis of the Oscars. But because life just…is, I haven’t had the time to write a long-winded dissection about how ultimately pointless and yet bewitching the whole Oscars charade is. So I thought it would work if I combined the two processes and discuss the … Continue reading
12 Years A Slave: A Revolutionary Masterpiece?
In some ways I can see why 12 Years A Slave is viewed as ‘revolutionary’ by critics and audiences alike but in all honesty I don’t think I’m ready to jump on the bandwagon. The film is being lauded and praised for a variety of reasons; it’s a beautifully visceral drama wonderfully directed by Steve … Continue reading
A Year in Film…Best of 2013 PART 2
This post is a milestone post of sorts. This post not only celebrates its first year anniversary (many happy returns to readers who have been with me from the beginning) it also is the 30th, not that significant while I think about it but it’s a nice round number. I’m so happy that I come … Continue reading
A Year In Film…The Best of 2013 PART 1
So here it is! My top films of 2013, something that I felt was like an arduous journey to compile. This was a year of film binging to the extreme. The consequence of this was that I couldn’t always remember if I’d seen a film and whether or not it qualified for the 2013 timespan. … Continue reading