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Here you can see the reviews for Christmas time films which are already on Let’s Go To The Movies, and you may well see more which I will watch over the festive period!
If you would like to request a film to review or a Christmas style list to make please let me know and I would be more than happy to put it together!
Here are the films we must say goodbye to on Sky Cinema this month!
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Tuesday 1 November
The Maze Runner – Hits
Wednesday 2 November
A Streetcar Named Desire – Drama & Romance
Thursday 3 November
Just One Day – Drama & Romance
Friday 4 November
This Is Where I Leave You – Hits
The Word, a national centre for the written word has just opened in South Shields over the weekend. A very impressive building with four levels, a library with many different sections for different ages. Interactive points, ICT amongst many other things. To go along with the opening they have decided to have an exhibition of most famous South Shields born film director Sir Ridley Scott. Obviously I was very quick to head across to check it out!
You’re invited to get deep, personal or have some fun with the lessons films have taught you, for the THINGS I LEARNED FROM THE MOVIES BLOGATHON.
Your hosts are Ruth of Silver Screenings and Kristina of Speakeasy, and this blogathon happens October 14-17, 2016.
You can do anything: a list, essay, video, or podcast, to discuss the valuable or ridiculous life lesson(s) you learned from a film, whether it was about love, war, greed, kindness, activism, bravery, sacrifice, or prejudice. Tell which movie taught you a universal truth, a new concept, the way a system works, how to craft the perfect comeback, deal with a bully, kill a vampire, behave on a date, solve a murder or mix a cocktail with style. Did a film guide your career choice, help you overcome an obstacle, better understand a friend, era, art form or culture, or change your life?
Continue reading “Blogathon: 7 Things I Learned from the Movies”
Here at the films that you have the last chance to see on Sky Cinema this month! Catch them while you can (sorry it’s a few days late)
Sunday 7 August
The Waterboy – Comedy
East Of Eden – Drama & Romance
Monday 8 August
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes – Sci-Fi & Horror
Tuesday 9 August
Father Of The Bride Part II – Family
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Continue reading “Leaving Sky Cinema in August!”
This films will be leaving Sky Movies this month! So catch them while you can, they may be On Demand a little bit longer!
Friday 1 April
That Darn Cat (1997) – Disney
Sunday 3 April
Winnie The Pooh (2011) – Disney
Wednesday 6 April
Tarzan (1999) – Disney
Plastic – Showcase
Thursday 7 April
The Trials Of Cate McCall – Showcase
Sunday 10 April
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – Action & Adventure
The Hottie And The Nottie – Comedy
Tuesday 12 April
The Last King Of Scotland – Select
Dennis The Menace Strikes Again – Family
Thursday 14 April
300: Rise Of An Empire – Showcase
Friday 15 April
Alien Abduction – Sci-Fi & Horror
I really do try to catch up with films that I have not seen before each year (and yes I still have a massive number of DVDs that have been sitting on my shelf for films I still haven’t watched yet) as I find this often to be such a good break from the films that are released at the cinema, as let’s face it certain times of year we seem to be getting the same thing over and over again and we all know March/April are awful months at the cinema. That was also why I set up the Best Picture Project in order to increase the quality of some of the films I watch. I think some of that will be clear in these 10 films I have picked that I am now pleased I have caught up with!
I always find the best thing about doing this top 10 list is that people are always shocked that I had never seen certain films up until this (or now last year).
I haven’t included any of the Bond films in the list but thought it was very appropriate to make sure that I mentioned that 2015 was the year that I officially caught up and have now seen every single Bond film! Something which was very trying and testing but I managed to complete the challenge of my Bondathon!
I have done this list for the past few years now just to say that I have indeed missed some films which either got good reviews or had buzz from my fellow bloggers and just to remind people it is not physical possibly to see every single film that is released (especially with my job, but I do my best). You can check which films I went to see at the cinema here.
The reasons for missing the different films really did range depending on other things out at the cinema, the times of the showings (sometimes films end up with a 6pm latest showing which does not work well for me) and if they were on for a few weeks or just lasted the week. I also might not have fancied it to begin with until the hype surrounding it got me curious!
You will now see 10 films which I unfortunately missed at the cinema. Please tell me though if you think I should catch up with it or just be glad that I missed it . . .
With the up and coming release of Bridge of Spies I thought it would be a good idea to pick my seven favourite of Tom Hanks performances from over the years. It is actually a very difficult choice to pick the best of a double Oscar Winner, with another three nominations to his name. But that really does show the massive quality he has in his filmography. I have even had to leave out his incredible performance as Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks out of the list! Another really bad thing is that by putting this post together I have realised that I do not have many of his films reviewed on Let’s Go To The Movies even though I have seen a very high percentage of his films.
With the absolutely horrendous and tragic events that happened in Paris over the weekend I thought I would put some focus on 7 incredible films (some of them all time favourites of mine) which are set or have a very big link to Paris in the film. It is an incredible city which I was lucky to visit on a school trip but did not fully appreciate all of the culture and buildings at 15 years old, I am sure I would appreciate it all a lot more now. The key thing about Paris by the films I have picked seems to be romance.
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