Top 100 Romantic Films: 10-6

Into the top 10!!! Here are the next 5 . . .

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The 10 Best Duos In Modern Cinema

Throughout the history of cinema, there have been famous duos: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Han and Luke (or Han and Chewie for that matter); Doc Brown and Marty McFly; Jake and Elwood Blues. The pairings go on and on (and actually, this list sums up a lot of the best ones).

For most of the famous duos in cinema, there’s an iconic status that comes into play. We love these duos not just because they were great together on screen but because their projects have stood the test of time and now resonate as classics. That makes it a little harder to determine who the lasting, impactful duos of modern cinema will be. But in the spirit of a certain goofy movie about male models coming out soon, let’s take a stab at it anyway…

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Oscars 2016 – Nominations

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Here we go the nominations for the 2016 Oscars!

Still seen as the biggest awards in film and most prestigious, maybe a couple of surprises in terms of not getting a nomination but the majority is probably expected. Maybe the Academy should release the nominations before the rest of the awards and it wouldn’t be as easy to try and predict them? I will be doing plenty of posts for the big awards once I have seen the rest of the films, we have a busy couple of weeks coming up in the UK!

Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

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7 Reasons to love Jennifer Lawrence

After seeing Joy last week and then catching Jennifer on the Graham Norton show it inspired me to do this blog post. She comes across so cool and that she does not have a care in the world on a chat show and has already played some great characters in film! At the age of 25 she already has an Oscar win to her name for Silver Linings Playbook as well as two other nominations for Winter’s Bone and American Hustle.

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Joy (2015) Review

Joy has always been told by her Grandmother that she will go on to be something in the world, using her gift of creating things to totally change her life around.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015) Review

The final moments are upon us in Panem as the war has broken out with Katniss Everdeen a reluctant leader in bringing together an army to bring down President Snow. Whilst also fighting her own demons and wondering if everything she has done is worth all of the death.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) Review

The penultimate part of the Hunger Games saga with an explosive chapter from start to the cliffhanger finish. We are back with Katniss Everdeen the girl on fire and mockingjay as we see how the effects of the last battle affect our heroine.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Review

The world becomes a very different place with most of the mutants and humans destroyed after a fight of spices with very powerful man-made creations. So Wolverine must travel back in time to stop one key event which will help save the future.

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American Hustle (2013) Review

Irving Rosenfeld is a con man who takes it to a whole new level when he gets a partner in crime Sydney Prosser. They really take things to another level until FBI agent Richie DiMaso manages to foil their plans. Then to stop any sentences they must work for him, which leads them into a dangerous place in New Jersey with the mafia.

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House at the End of the Street (2012) Review

Elissa and her mother move to a small town, with a past of an incident which happened at their neighbour’s house. As Elissa becomes closer to Ryan  somethings just don’t make sense. Her mother wants her to stay away from him, but that seems to make her want to see him more . . .

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