Top Ten: Films Of 2015

Well, as another year in cinema comes to a close, it’s once again to throw my list making two cents in to the hat and present you with my top ten movies of the year. It really feels as though 2015 has been a mega year for movies, with the return of some much loved…

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

As a nine year old Star Wars loving child sitting in the cinema, even I could sense the mess that was The Phantom Menace. It’s no cinematic secret that the prequels were a huge dissapointment and a severe dent in the reputation of the franchise, but when Disney removed the influence, by then misguided, of George Lucas…

Sisters (2015)

It’s been quite a while since I saw a female buddy movie that actually delivered in terms of real humour and enjoyable plot. In fact, I would perhaps go as far back as The Heat for a picture in the genre that truly left me satisfied and wanting more. Sisters, though, on the outset, looked…

Christmas Giveaway!

Happy Holidays fellow film fans! ‘Tis the season to be jolly, and to help all of my readers get even further in to the festive spirit, I have teamed up with Universal Music Group for a classy, musical Christmas gift giveaway! In my most recent review of romantic drama Carol, something that I failed to…

Carol (2015)

It feels like almost yesterday that Cate Blanchett picked up her second Academy Award for Blue Jasmine back in early 2014, but in fact it has been nearly two years filled with mixed success, in my opinion. Though I had some affection for The Monument’s Men, arguably the biggest picture for her in these two…

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

2015 marks the first time in history that animation powerhouse Pixar have chosen to release two feature length films in one year. It’s fair to say that that their first effort, Inside Out, achieved almost unprecedented success and acclaim for such an outside of the box premise, with the film about the living and talking…