A few weeks before the Korean series Squid Game exploded onto our screens and dominated the Netflix top ten, Clickbait was enjoying it’s fifteen minutes of fame. The eight-part limited series, created by Tony Ayres, is a clever suspenseful thriller that is kicked off in quite spectacular fashion after a video appears on the web…
Tag: Crime
The Guilty (2021)
Jake Gyllenhaal is one of Hollywood’s most consistent, and consistently under appreciated, actors working today – and I’ll admit I am guilty of it myself (pun not intended) – but he, once again, delivers the goods in Antoine Fuqua’s remake of the 2018 Danish film The Guilty. Joe Baylor (Gyllenhaal) is a disgraced police officer…
Untold: Crime And Penalties (2021) Film Review
From the film’s introduction, and the revelation that a seventeen year old high school student was given the ownership of a hockey team, I was expecting Crime and Penalties to be a story about some entitled and immature brat, that didn’t understand or appreciate the value of money, running the team into the ground but…
Bad Boys For Life (2020) Film Review
With a gap of 17 years between Bad Boys 2 and Bad Boys For Life, it would be fair to question whether another instalment is really worth it but if anyone can pull it off, Will Smith can. After all, he did give us the surprisingly brilliant Men In Black 3. I was hoping this…
Hidden Gem: Molly’s Game (2017)
I am a big fan of Jessica Chastain but I don’t feel she gets as much love as she deserves so I thought I would use my next ‘Hidden Gem‘ review to help rectify this injustice, looking at the 2017 film Molly’s Game, based on the incredible biographical book of the same name. Director: Aaron…
Film Review: The Devil All The Time (2020)
I’ll admit that I’ve been going through a bit of a movie slump at the moment but if there was anything to help entice me out of that slump it was the fantastic line up of Netflix’s latest film, The Devil All The Time, directed by Antonio Campos. If Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson is…
Retro Review: Scarface (1983)
Hey Folks! It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these so I thought I would kick start it off again with one of the ultimate classic gangster films, Scarface. “Say Hello to my little friend!” Scarface (1983) Director: Brian De Palma Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer Awards: Golden Globe Nominee (Best…
Film Review: Knives Out (2019)
As a self-proclaimed UNsocial butterfly, I was honestly looking forward to the lockdown a little bit. We may not have been able to watch any new releases at the cinema but with Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ all available at the click of a button, I thought my days would be filled with films and…
Modern Classic: Thelma & Louise (1991)
This month’s ‘Modern Classic‘ was recommended to me by a book blogger friend of mine. If you like books as well as films then you should check out her blog, NSFordWriter.com. As this is still a relatively new feature, here’s a quick recap of my self-imposed rules Post 1990 release date Should be a first…
Modern Classic: Snatch (2000)
Welcome everyone to the first instalment in my newest feature, ‘Modern Classics‘ which follows the same rules as my ‘Retro Review‘ just with a minor change to the timeframes. First up, a quick reminder of the rules Must be a first time viewing Must watch in full Must have a post-1990 release date Director: Guy…
Series Review: Unbelievable (2019)
One afternoon, I was bored and just flicking through Netflix looking for something to watch when I stumbled across this limited series, Unbelievable, which turned out to be one of those shows that you just can’t stop watching, and with only eight episodes, it’s the perfect length for a weekend binge-watch. Based on true events,…