The 2023 psychological drama, May December, sparked some attention when its trailer first released, not just because it had Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore playing against each other, but for its controversial subject matter and the real-world incident that inspired… Continue reading "May December"
Christmas films can be a dime-a-dozen and sometimes only exist to create some harmless festive cheer and spout an obvious message. While that could be seen as pandering and very limiting (which it is in some respects), a good handling… Continue reading "A Boy Called Christmas"
Would a film version of Wicked still turn heads in 2024? That was the question that clouded people’s minds when they heard that one of their favorite musicals which told an alternate perspective of one of the most timeless stories… Continue reading "Wicked"
The 1999 action film phenomenon, The Matrix, was able to impress audiences and critics with its ideas, visuals and action set pieces, and even though people are now willing to acknowledge its soulless characters, overwritten dialogue and very pretentious vibe,… Continue reading "The Matrix Reloaded"
The Christmas Truce was a series of unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western front during World War I around Christmas of 1914. Being a war that with the passage of time, has been viewed as a horribly pointless… Continue reading "Joyeux Noël"
Hayao Miyazaki is arguably one of the world’s greatest filmmakers, and his prolific work within Studio Ghibli has resulted in what many consider some of the greatest animated movies ever conceived. Much like other famous artists, he seems unable to… Continue reading "The Boy and the Heron"
The 1947 Christmas comedy, Miracle on 34th Street, stands as one of the most beloved Christmas classics of all time. With a premise centred around a man who genuinely seems to believe he is Santa Clause warming the hearts of… Continue reading "Miracle on 34th Street"
Very few movies can claim they held the world in a vice grip the same way that Disney’s 2013 animated feature, Frozen, did. There have been plenty of films that dominated pop culture and have helped shape how entertainment has… Continue reading "Frozen"
The work of Dr Seuss may be helmed as classic children’s literature that has lasted the test of time for their creative quaintness and quiet poignancy, but any attempts at adapting said stories into a film format have usually blossomed… Continue reading "Horton Hears a Who!"
