Top Ten: Films Of 2014

Well, here we are! Another year gone and another batch of films to wade through and pick out my Top Ten of the last twelve months. It’s been something of a record breaking year for me and the cinema, having seen a total of seventy new releases between January and December. As always, my list…

Annie (2014)

I first heard about this year’s remake of Annie when it was bizarrely suggested that Emma Thompson was to be the pen behind the screenplay. In the intervening months it seems as though this rumour remained just that, but my interest in the updated version of the classic musical stayed intact due to casting, the…

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014)

So here we are, the end of 2014 and most probably the end of cinema’s romance with the multiple goings on in middle earth. My relationship with Peter Jackson and his thirteen year long imaginings of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional creations can very much be split in to a tale of two trilogies. The director’s Lord…

Christmas Competition Time!

Can You Solve This Ultimate Christmas Film Puzzle? Oh! That Film Blog has teamed up with Simoney Badge’s to give all of you lucky readers the chance to win a limited edition Christmas poster fit for any film fan! See if you can spot every film reference in Simoney Badge’s Christmas film-inspired illustration below. Reckon…

St. Vincent (2014)

Have you noticed that my recent reviews have all suddenly become much more positive? This is not a coincidence, it is my favourite time of year in which the majority of the year’s best films are unleashed upon the world in hope of picking up a few prizes in the next few months. Whilst the…

Paddington (2014)

My initial response to the prospect of a reimagining of the much loved Peruvian favourite Paddington Bear was one of great apprehension. The film industry, over the years, has taken great pleasure in ruining the childhoods of so many by producing below par, off message episodes of beloved fictional characters that individuals and sometimes entire…