The Oscars 2017

Here we are ladies and gents, boys and girls. The results to my Oscar predictions 2017. Sorry it’s a little belated. Last year I achieved 9/12, will I beat this decent score? (Unlikely). So, my predictions are in bold. Actual results are in a different colour.   Cinematography Arrival La La Land Lion Moonlight Silence […]

Oscar Predictions 2017

Greetings all, just now the Oscar nominations for the year 2016 were announced and here I am to guide you through it all and give some predictions. Last year I managed to correctly predict 9/12 which is fairly decent I reckon, but I will not be satisfied until I can get 100%.   Cinematography Arrival […]

The J Awards 2016

Tis the season to give out awards. And so here are my very own J awards, the definitive blog based awards ceremony. Here I personally will choose both the nominees, and the winners. “but that system doesn’t make sense, what’s the point of having nominees in the first place?” I hear you ask. A good […]

Honourable Mentions 2016

Honourable Mentions 2016   Here are a few films that I really loved that narrowly missed out on my top ten. So, in alphabetic order here they are:   13th Bone Tomahawk Deadpool Don’t Breathe Goodnight Mommy Green Room Hail, Caesar! The Hateful Eight Moana The Revenant Room Sing Street Swiss Army Man Tale of […]

The Worst 10 movies of 2016

To every silver lining there is a cloud, to every yin a yang, to every top ten movies of the year list there is a bottom ten list. This here is one of said bottom ten lists. Be warned this is a list of movies so poor than Batman v Superman couldn’t make it in. […]

The Top 10 Movies of 2016

Welcome one and all to this, the definitive top 10 list. Boy oh boy 2016 has been a ride hasn’t it, and as always I am grateful for the movies that allowed me to escape reality for a few hours. And so without much further ado, here are the 10 best movies of the year […]

Why Batman v Superman is a Box Office Failure

Ok slightly different to my usual film reviews or awards show reactions, what I’m going to try and do here is show with statistical evidence why Batman v Superman has been a box office failure when compared to relevant peers. I hope you enjoy this slice of something slightly different, and hey if I like […]

The Oscars 2016

So last night (or this morning if you are in the UK like me) The Oscars happened, and it was a decent ceremony. Of course as always it is far too long and boring towards the end but Chris Rock was suitably funny and right on. When the nominations were announced I attempted to predict […]

Best Picture Oscar Nominations 2016

Having now seen all 8 of this year’s best picture nominees I thought I’d share my thoughts on all of them. It is worth noting that in general I feel this year’s crop has been underwhelming. They aren’t bad films by any means, but they certainly aren’t as good as other years have been. Here […]

Oscar Predictions 2016

Greetings all, just now the Oscar nominations for the year 2015 were announced and here I am to guide you through it all and give some predictions. Last year I managed to correctly predict 7/16 which is not fantastic, so let’s see if I can do better this year.   Cinematography Carol The Hateful Eight […]