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Favourite Movie Scenes: Catching Fire's Dystopian Victory Tour
This week marks the release of Sunrise on the Reaping , the latest book in The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. As I impatiently...
Mar 193 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes: The Darjeeling Limited & Letting Go of Baggage (literally)
I recently watched The Darjeeling Limited for the first time, and ended up loving it. Wes Anderson's films are like works of cinematic...
Jan 143 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes: Song of the Sea's Enchanting Midnight Swim
Cartoon Saloon's 2014 animation Song of the Sea was recently added to Netflix in the UK and it quickly shot to the top of my rewatch list. I
Nov 17, 20242 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes: 1917's Euphoric Finale
Set on the front lines of World War One, 1917 tells the story of two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake, who are given the...
Aug 27, 20224 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes: Black Swan's Finale
Black Swan stars Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel and Winona Ryder and is directed by Darren Aronofsky. The plot synopsis is...
Nov 11, 20213 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes: Spirited Away's Serene Train Journey
Spirited Away is the Oscar winning animated feature film by Studio Ghibli released in 2001, an Alice in Wonderland-esque story directed...
Jul 17, 20213 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes: Dr Strangelove's Hysterical Phone Call
Dr Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) is a satirical war movie released in 1964 and directed by Stanley...
Jun 26, 20212 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes: Prisoners' Nail-biting Rescue
Prisoners is directed by Denis Villeneuve and stars Hugh Jackman as Keller Dover, the father of a young girl, Anna, who goes missing. As...
Jul 20, 20202 min read
Movie Scenes: My Neighbor Totoro's Iconic Rain
Studio Ghibli, for those who are not familiar, is essentially the Pixar of Japan- it is an animation studio that is known for its...
Feb 4, 20203 min read
Movie Scenes: Jaws - 'Indianapolis Story'
Steven Spielberg's Jaws centers around the efforts of a local sheriff to hunt a killer shark that has been plaguing the beaches of a...
Oct 9, 20193 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes: Up's 'Married Life'
Up's opening montage is a short story in and of itself. It tells the story of a marriage, showing elements of Carl and Ellie's...
Jun 23, 20193 min read
Movie Scenes: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a martial arts movie directed by Ang Lee, starring Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun-fat. It still...
Mar 28, 20194 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes | How To Train Your Dragon
What makes this scene so cinematic is the portrayal of flight- the sheer joy, adrenaline and fear associated with it. Every movement feels r
Feb 18, 20194 min read
14 Incredible Long Takes
Any long take shot- which is a camera shot with no cuts- involves meticulous planning and complex choreography. Some draw attention to...
Feb 3, 20198 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes | Return of the King
The Ride of the Rohirrim scene from Return of the King is not only my favourite sequence from the trilogy, but one of the best movie scenes
Sep 26, 20183 min read
Favourite Movie Scenes | Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road is a film that came out in 2015, directed by George Miller, starring Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy. It was nominated...
Mar 10, 20183 min read
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Movie Scenes: My Neighbor Totoro
My favourite scene from the film comes when Mei and Satsuki are waiting patiently in the rain for their father to return from work on the bus.....
The Best Dark Knight Trilogy Scores
The music by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (as well as Junkie XL and a few others) lifts an already incredible set of films to new heights...
The Best James Newton Howard Scores
Continuing my series about my favourite composers comes a post on the work of James Newton Howard who has had a long and varied film career.
Why You Need to Watch This is Us
It's incredible wholesome television, always choosing to highlight the beauty of family and friendship, and a show that cherishes the memory of childhood and the small moments in life...
Game Night Best Quotes
Game Night is one of the best Hollywood comedies to come out for years, and is quickly becoming one of my favourite comfort movies...
Movie Scenes: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
'Swords vs Weapons' sequence has incredibly intricate choreography, interesting camera angles, humour, drama and two charismatic and dedicated actresses.
Puss In Boots 2 & Into the Spider-Verse | The Future of Animation?
2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse felt like a milestone for mainstream animation. It delivered a familiarly structured superhero origin story, but pulled it off with a perfect blend of heart, comedy and gorgeous visuals.
Watching Knives Out for the 4th Time | Full Movie Reaction
For this full length reaction, I have included both the time stamp but also a brief description of the scene in case you don't have the movie available to stream!
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