Stan & Ollie dir. by Jon S. Baird
I know that I’ve watched some Laurel and Hardy films, they used to be on the telly around Christmas, but to be honest I really couldn’t tell you if they were...
25 January 2019
First man [based on book] by James R. Hansen dir. by Damien Chazelle
It’s strange, having been born post the moon landings, the fact that a person has walked on the moon has always been true for me. So in some weird sense it...
13 October 2018
Ip man dir. by Wilson Yip
It is 1935, and everyone in Foshan, China lives a wonderful life. Martial arts schools are everywhere, and Foshan has some of the best. But one master, Ip Man, does not...
3 September 2018
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [based on the book] by Ron Hansen dir. by Andrew Dominik
Rewatched : 24th August 2018 And I still loved it. I do think that Casey Affleck looks like an untrustworthy ferret in it, but I think that works for the role....
25 August 2018
I, Tonya dir. by Craig Gillespie
Back in 1994 I was 15, and I didn’t have any real interest in figure skating. So vague stories of “the incident” that resulted in Nancy Kerrigan getting hit in the...
18 March 2018
The Lost City of Z [based on the book] by David Grann dir. by James Gray
[imdb_movie_detail title=”The Lost City of Z” detail=”plot”] Sometimes when you describe a film or a book as “interesting” you really mean that you didn’t like it but don’t really want to...
27 March 2017
Hidden figures [based on the book by] by Margot Lee Shetterly dir. by Theodore Melfi
Oh, I really enjoyed this film. So much more than I thought I would. I mean a story based on maths doesn’t sound all that entertaining. But I suppose that isn’t...
21 February 2017
Foxcatcher dir. by Bennett Miller
Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) won gold at the 1984 Olympics. As did his older brother David (Mark Ruffalo). Now they are in training for the Worlds, and then they’ll be focusing...
18 January 2015
Jersey Boys dir. by Clint Eastwood
Jersey Boys is based on a musical, based on the life of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Their formation, rise to fame, and then their disintegration. Going in to the...
22 June 2014
12 Years a Slave [based on the memoir] by Solomon Northup dir. by Steve McQueen
In pre-Civil War New York Solomon Northup lives a good life with his family and two children. He is a free man, and well educated, but then he is abducted and...
18 January 2014
The Iceman [based on the book by] by Anthony Bruno dir. by Ariel Vromen
based on the true story of Richard Kuklinski. In 1986 Richard Kuklinski was arrested for murder, he worked as a contract killer for the mob, and yet his wife and daughters...
10 June 2013
The Fighter dir. by David O. Russell
IMDb ; Metacritic Micky Ward is the youngest of a large family. All his life he has looked up to his older brother, Dicky, who once knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard...
20 March 2011
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