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10.A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood Tom Hanks portrays Fred Rogers in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between him and journalist Lloyd Vogel. A slow burner type of film with stunning acting, the two-lead got superb chemistry together and the story is spotContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Films About Kindness”

Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he’s been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. It is one of those film you don’t have to watch the three latest PlanetContinue reading “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Movies Review”

Dumbo A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer. This has got an all star cast and the film itself is gorgeous to look at, I just feel inContinue reading “Article: Mini Film Review Volume 84”

5.Peter Rabbit Peter Rabbit and his relatives live in the country and spend much of their time trying to steal food from Mr. McGregor’s vegetable garden. Might not be my favourite film but it has got nice moment in this film, the characters are great and the vocal in this film is superb, this alsoContinue reading “Article: Top 5 Daisy Ridley Films”

10.Hotel Transylvania /2012 – 2022 (Dir Rob Letterman) Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five – stake result, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. Rob Letterman normally does live action film with the comedy aspect, he would be idealContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Animation Films That Should Be Live Action”

10.Next Goal Wins Story of the American Samoa soccer team, who suffered the worst loss in World Cup history, losing to Australia 31 – 0 in 2001. If you get the humour to this film this is ideal for you, it might not be my favourite film but it has got some nice moment inContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Sports Movies Volume 2”

5.True Grit A stubborn teenager named Mattie Ross enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshall to track down her father’s murderer. One of those film that will surprise many people as the pacing is perfect, this is one of the first film that Hailee Steinfeld breakout career, all the acting is convincing and totallyContinue reading “Article: Top 5 Matt Damon Films”

The Starling Girl 17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church. Firstly, I wanted to like this film as it got a fantastic story, but unfortunately it hard to get into with this film, the pacing is offContinue reading “Mini Film Reviews Volume 83”

10.Scoop (2024) How the BBC obtained the bombshell interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This might not be a perfect film but underneath it all there is a wonderful story, this is watchable from start to finish as this is intriguing, it also an all-British film which isContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Journalism Movies”

When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age. Everything about this film ticked all the boxes, it has got a good story, the villain is memorable and the CGI/SFX is gorgeous toContinue reading “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Movie Review”