Day 3 of this festive cinematic series and it’s another new (well, newish) release, this time the advent calendar has opened up on a review of Disney’s Noelle.
If you missed day 2, click here, or you can start at the very beginning here.
Continue reading “12 Films for Christmas: Noelle“
After the longest year in living memory, it’s finally – for some – the festive period once again. To celebrate the run-up to the birthday of Mr Jesus H Christ, I’ll be writing about a seasonally appropriate film a day; it may be a review of a new release, revisiting a beloved Christmas film, or taking in a first watch of an established Yuletide cinematic fixture.
What better way to get started, than with the much-hyped festive rom-com Happiest Season? Check out Day 1 after the jump. Continue reading “12 Films for Christmas: Happiest Season“
After the longest year in living memory, it’s finally – for some – the festive period once again. To celebrate the run-up to the birthday of Mr Jesus H Christ, I’ll be writing about a seasonally appropriate film a day; it may be a review of a new release, revisiting a beloved Christmas film, or taking in a first watch of an established Yuletide cinematic fixture.
What better way to get started, than with the much-hyped festive rom-com Happiest Season? Check out Day 1 after the jump. Continue reading “12 Films for Christmas: Happiest Season“
IMPORTANT PSA: The best thing you can do in the current situation to satisfy your film fix is to watch movies at home, or at a drive-in if you have one near you. Don’t go to a cinema if it’s not safe to do so.
With maybe one or two exceptions, no director gets a crowd like Christopher Nolan. Obviously the man who directed and co-wrote two of the best comic-book movies ever made (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises, for those counting) is going to have a fair bit of commercial cachet for the rest of his career, but the monumental commercial and cultural success of Inception a decade ago showed a clear demand for his brand of cerebral storytelling on a blockbuster scale, beyond the need for a major cinematic franchise in which to dress his themes and theories.
In the wake of a global pandemic and a shutdown of pretty much everything then, perhaps Nolan is the man to encourage people back to the big screens. At least, that’s what Warner Bros. seem to be counting on.
