I think we can all agree that a feel-good film is one which makes you feel all warm and fuzzy at the end. As the final credits roll across the screen, you want to be sat there with a big ol’ cheesy grin on your face, feeling satisfied that the last 90 minutes were worth… Continue reading Film review: Sense & Sensibility
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Film review: Eagle vs Shark
Romantic films are the ultimate feel-good films, right? Who doesn’t love the pure escapism involved in losing yourself in delusions of grandeur and happy ever afters? Well, to be honest, all of the grand gestures and sweeping music can get a bit sickening after a while and you need a good healthy dose of realism. But that doesn’t… Continue reading Film review: Eagle vs Shark
Film review: Amelie
Amelie, or The Fabulous Life of Amelie Poulain, as it is known in its native France, is a film about a 23-year-old young woman who, having grown up as an attention-starved only child, spends her days making other people’s lives a little bit better. She helps blind people cross the street, plays matchmaker in the… Continue reading Film review: Amelie
Film review: Hello Dolly
Who doesn’t love a musical? The old Hollywood types are the best - big gowns and even bigger tunes, usually demonstrating the vocal capabilities of some soon to be superstar. Hello, Dolly! is one such film. Hello, Dolly! actually reminded me a bit of Jane Austen’s Emma/the classic teen film Clueless, in that it’s about a matchmaker.… Continue reading Film review: Hello Dolly
Film review: School of Rock
When School of Rock was initially released, I was going through my ‘film snob’ phase and refused to watch ‘kids films’. That’s also why it took me so long to watch 13 Going on 30, but that’s a story for a different post. I hadn’t seen much from Jack Black before and just dismissed the film as… Continue reading Film review: School of Rock
Film review: It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night, or so the story goes. Boy meets girl and rather than an instant infatuation, there’s an instant annoyance. But suddenly, one night, their eyes meet across a crowded room and bam! they’re in love. Well, that’s how it worked for Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, and that’s how it has happened ever since! Gable plays… Continue reading Film review: It Happened One Night
Film review: Garden State
Zach Braff is kinda talented, huh? A lot of TV actors come across as one trick ponies, but it turns out that Zach Braff isn’t just a great sitcom actor, he can also turn a pretty quick phrase and is a bit of a whiz behind the camera too. And he also worked on the film’s… Continue reading Film review: Garden State
Film review: Zombieland
Zombieland is many things – a buddy movie, a road movie, a bromance, a rom-zom-com (thanks, Edgar Wright, for penning that term after Shaun of the Dead), but most of all, it’s a proper comedy. Jesse Eisenberg is the geeky college kid trying to get home to his parents after a zombie apocalypse kicks off. Along the way, he meets Woody Harrelson’s… Continue reading Film review: Zombieland
Film review: How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days
My mum raised me on rom-coms, so it’s no surprise that I have a certain fondness for these flicks now that I’m (slightly) older, particularly of the Julia Roberts/Reese Witherspoon/Kate Hudson variety. And, as a writer, I have a bit of a soft spot for heroines who are in a similar profession. Enter How to… Continue reading Film review: How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days