adventure The Fall 31 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Are you trying to save my soul?" ★★★★ Tarsem Singh’s adventure/fantasy film The Fall (2006) is an ode to visual arts, colours and costumes, staying true to his debut The…
comedy The Lovebirds 29 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Look at your murderous beard, and your murderous brow" ★★ Having seen The Big Sick (2017), co-written by Kumail Nanjiani, I couldn't help but feel a jolt of excitement when…
comedy Death at a Funeral 27 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "We're all just thrown in here together, in a world full of chaos and confusion. A world full of questions and no answers." ★★★★ Contrary to lukewarm - or even…
animation Princes & Princesses 25 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Be brave" ★★★★★ Saturday afternoons should be officially dedicated to animation films. Drawn characters have more power over us – whether young or old – than any talented actor in…
comedy Mindhorn 23 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "This isn't the Bronx. This is the Isle of Man!" ★★★★★ I have never had a hard time rating a film before - then came Mindhorn. Not only was I…
romance Lady J 21 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "How is your heart?" ★★★★ Period films have a very specific aura about them - a degree of refinement that rarely transcends genres. Lady J (French: Mademoiselle de Joncquières) was,…
fantasy Paradise Hills 19 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "This place is a lie" ★★ Some people would argue that endings are far more important than beginnings. After all, it's the aftertaste that must make us crave the experience…
drama Jungle 17 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "The jungle shows us what we really are" ★★★★★ As impressive as the artistic performance was, witnessing Leonardo DiCaprio writhing around in The Revenant (2015) for three hours made me…
drama Ip Man 15 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "The virtue of martial arts is benevolence" ★★★★★ Chinese action drama Ip Man (2008), written by Edmond Wong, was meant to be the first of a successful film series starring…
drama Spinners 13 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "I'm a demon" ★★★★ Timothée Chalamet has received enough nods to become a household name, recognised by all as a gracefully budding actor. So when I came across his short…
animation Pachamama 12 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Mother Earth, the universe and all space and time" ★★★ The trailer for Netflix's 2018 Pachamama promised a rare glimpse into the culture surrounding Mother Cosmos, worshipped by the indigenous…
fantasy Code 8 11 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "If you see something that you want, take it" ★ Canadian mid-budget Code 8 (2019) has been on a steady rise in the Netflix Top 10 category for the past…
animation Sky Blue 9 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "They call us diggers, and they treat us like dirt" ★★★★★ It wasn't the ferociously grey setting of Sky Blue (alternative title: Wonderful Days) that still haunts me. It wasn't…
drama Handsome Devil 8 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "If you spend your whole life being someone else, who is going to be you?" ★★★ As an ardent fan of Father Ted, I knew I was in for a…
thriller The Man from Nowhere 7 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "The ones that live for tomorrow get f***** by the ones living for today" ★★★★★ Long before John Wick restored action films to their former glory in the West, The…
comedy Bad Seeds 6 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "A problem child is a child with problems" ★★★★★ In the depths of the quarantine, a French comedy seemed like an appropriate choice for a slow Friday night. With its…
thriller The Platform 5 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Hunger unleashes the madman in us" ★★★ Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s debut sci-fi horror The Platform was released on Netflix a few days before the quarantine started. Now, if this has been…
comedy Journey To Greenland 4 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "It's daylight all the time. It's an endless day." ★★★ The idea of fleeing a buzzing city lifestyle seems endlessly appealing to many of us. However, this escape is usually…
drama Like Father, Like Son 3 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Can you really love a child without your blood?" ★★★★★ Childhood seems to be a recurring theme of exploration for Japanese director and screenwriter Hirokazu Kore-eda [Nobody Knows, Still Walking].…
thriller The Son 2 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "I'm a stranger in my own house" ★★★★ Thrillers are spectacular at honing in on our fears, dissecting them before our eyes and serving up a steaming plate of digestible…
romance Swept Away 1 May 2020Dec 21, 2020 "All rich people are the same. They play funny little games." ★ Times of ongoing quarantine call for a film that serves as an entertaining adventure, light comedy/romance, and a…
