For the first time, I managed to get tickets to the BFI London Film Festival. I wanted to see many of the movies, but in the end, we picked two,one based on each of our interests. Their Finest was my choice because of the impressive cast. The movie, based on the novel Their Finest Hour … Continue reading
Category Archives: Movies/TV
Me Before You
I didn’t read Me Before You by Jojo Moyes when the book first came out in 2012, even though everyone was talking about it. When rumours started to arise that it was being made into a film, my flatmate was ecstatic. Soon, news of the cast started to filter through, and it was shortly after … Continue reading
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Presents Film Music Gala
Every now and then, I actually go and do something a bit more high brow, like seeing a play, or, in this case, attending a concert at the Royal Albert Hall by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The point of this particular concert is that it combines the classy with the nerdy: your favourite soundtracks as … Continue reading
Sing Street
As a kid, my parents showed me The Commitments. I didn’t get the plot much at first, but the songs – oh the songs. Later, as I watched it again and again, I discovered little things I didn’t see before. And the movie remains to this day, in my eyes, a perfect example of a … Continue reading
Captain America: Civil War
You know me, I’m a bit of a nerd. So obviously, I was going to go see the latest Captain America the day it came out. With fellow nerds. In appropriate attire (that’s Captain America and Iron Man T-shirts, duh). The film was obviously massively hyped, heralded “the best Avengers movie yet”, but I tried … Continue reading
Zootropolis
Y’all know I love a good Disney movie. So obviously, I was super excited for Zootropolis. Which, by the way, should totally have stayed Zootopia (the original title). Trailers kept trickling in, veeeery slowly, and as the first reviews showed up online, I started to see that Disney had apparently made an animated movie just … Continue reading
Eddie The Eagle
I love an underdog. Someone who’s been knocked down too many times yet still gets up and gears up for a fight? Yep, that’s my kind of person. So when I saw the Eddie The Eagle trailer for the first time, I knew I had to go see it. That, and it has Hugh Jackman … Continue reading
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
14 years ago, I fell in love with My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The movie had everything I love about romantic comedies: a loveable, slightly awkward female lead who just hadn’t figured herself out yet; a nice, decent and funny male lead who would turn out to be just what she needed; and a kooky … Continue reading
The Choice
I love Nicholas Sparks. Yes, it’s romantic dramedy, yes it’s a winning recipe so it can seem like it’s always the same thing; but I love books (and then movies) that can make me laugh, cry and fret in one swell swoop. After the unfortunate failure of The Best In Me (the book was sooo … Continue reading
London Has Fallen
When Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down came out years ago, it was clear which the winner was. As much as I love Channing Tatum, the film just paled in comparison. Now Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart are back and this time, the shit’s going down in my town. After the death of the … Continue reading