Kiki’s Delivery Service
Studio Ghibli films are a very special kind of magical, and Kiki’s Delivery Service is no exception. One of Hayao Miyazaki’s early films, it is very much the embodiment of the magical realism genre that so many of his films incorporate. In the world of this film, magic and witches exist. They are rare enough…
A Definitive Ranking of Every Star Wars Film
To celebrate Star Wars Day, here comes my ranking of every Star Wars film. The ones that matter anyway, all the live action ones. Funnily enough, the film version of The Clone Wars was actually the first film of the franchise that I ever watched. I was hardly off to a great start, was I?…
First Impressions – Fallout
Continuing my series of only looking at the first episode of a show, we move on now to Fallout, which came out just a few weeks ago. Based off the video game series of the same name (which I’ve never played), it’s very much a post-apocalyptic story that hearkens back to the old sci-fi traditions…
Lady Bird
No pressure, to myself that is, but I think this is probably my favourite film, so I really hope I do it justice. I remember taking my sister to watch this at the cinema all the way back in 2018 and when we came out, we both knew it was a special film. I love…
Romeo + Juliet
I used to hate this film. Hate, hate, hate it. Looking back, I couldn’t really tell you why, other than that I was a snobby purist who believed that adaptations had to be as close to 100% accurate to the source material as possible. Look at that, seems like I can tell you exactly why.…
First Impressions – 3 Body Problem
Third time’s the charm, or something like that. Anyway, I’m going to be trying something a little different today. This is the first instalment of a series I’m going to call ‘First Impressions’, where I will talk about the first episode of a given TV series. Only the first episode, mind you. Now the name…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
It was just over two years ago that I posted about the first Harry Potter film. Whoops. Lots has happened since then in the franchise – the critical and financial failure of the Fantastic Beasts films, leading to big question marks over their future and the announcement of a television remake of the books. There’s…
Oppenheimer
When looking up the book that Oppenheimer was based on (American Prometheus, by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin), there is a review from Thomas Powers which says ‘it is Oppenheimer the man, not general ideas about the nuclear age, that dominates these pages’. I have seen some pockets of criticism online that comment on…
The Flash
Right then, back with a bang. I had the honour? Privilege? Punishment? Of being able to watch this before it was released, so some scenes may have been edited slightly for the final film. However, unless said final edits were to change the entire film to something completely different, I’m fairly confident that I can…
First Impressions – Glee
I’m going to mix things up a little and try a series I’m going to dub First Impressions, giving you my thoughts on the first episode of a television series. Some will be things that I’ve watched before – like this one, Glee, and some will be brand new ones that I’ve never watched. Let’s…
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