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10.Alfie (Charles Shyer) Alfie is quite the ladies’ man and rarely gets rejected when it comes to the opposite sex. He successfully has relations with multiple women without a hint of emotional attachment. It might not be for everyone taste but this is enjoyable, the main lead is likeable as this is light-hearted and theContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Film Directors Who Did One Good Film Volume 2”

10.27 Dresses (Anne Fletcher) After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister’s side as her sibling marries the man she’s secretly in love with. This will divide people as some will like this and some don’t, the main lead is likeable and the filmContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Film Directors Who Did One Good Film Volume 1”

10.The Lego Movie An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as “special”, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis. The one thing with this film it has the element of a dystopian with the society aspect, I also admire thisContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Post Apocalyptic & Apocalyptic, Plus Dystopian Animation Films”

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence. Firstly, this has got a great story and this is well casted, but unfortunately it hard to connect with this film, this isn’t uplifting as it shouldContinue reading “Mini Film Reviews Volume 79”

5.Rescued By Ruby Chasing his dream to join an elite K – 9 unit, a state trooper partners with a fellow underdog: clever but naughty shelter pup Ruby. This film based on Dan O’Neil and his K-9 dog named Ruby in 2011, it is one of those film which is well casted and this isContinue reading “Article: Top 5 Dog Films Based on True Stories”

10.21 Bridges An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. With this film it blended the action, crime, and mystery all in one, for me personally it certainly works as this is a well-made film, the story is there andContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Underrated Crime and Mystery Films”

10.Dracula (1992) The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker’s fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land. I grow up watching this film and this is well made, it is well casted and this is like a gothic type of film, this is intriguing andContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Period Horror Movies”

10.Pearl Harbor (178 minutes) A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941. I got this film from my public library and I still remember this film, it is wellContinue reading “Article: Top 10 Lengthy Movies”

Aftersun Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t. Firstly, the story is there and this is well casted, I alsoContinue reading “Mini Film Reviews Volume 78”

5.28 Days Later Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary. I got this film from my public library and I still remember this film, it feels like I grow up watching this film as it draws you in, it never feels too predictableContinue reading “Article: Top 5 Cillian Murphy Films”