What I think about films, TV and celebs!
Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh, co-hosts of the 2019 Golden Globes
Tonight the 2019 awards season kicks off with the Golden Globes! As usual, here is my predictions piece ahead of the event, showing who I think will win versus who I want to win.
I should say that I have been very behind with TV this past year and so most of my TV choices will be guesses based on what I’ve heard/read. My movie selections will be much more educated predictions!
UPDATE: The winners are highlighted in bold.
Following the critical mauling the all-female Ghostbusters reboot got (although I personally enjoyed it), I really wanted to like Ocean’s 8, not just because of what it represented for female-led blockbusters, but because I love the ensemble cast and the idea of a female heist comedy. Sadly, it didn’t quite come through.
I am a huge fan of the Jurassic Park franchise, but I wasn’t thrilled about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom at any point, not even feeling excited when I went to see it yesterday. I don’t usually do film reviews when I’m this behind (due to holiday) but as a fangirl, it only felt right to weigh in with my opinion.
I wanted to see The Boy Downstairs at the London Film Festival but sadly my schedule didn’t allow for it, so I had to make up for that ahead of its release, and I’m glad I did because it’s a lovely little film.
I wasn’t interested by fashion until a few years ago so I didn’t really have much of an idea of who Alexander McQueen was before his death in 2010, so this documentary gave me a fascinating insight into the tragic life of the designer.
The Tale is the most powerful and upsetting portrayal of childhood sexual abuse I’ve ever seen on screen because it is based on writer and director Jennifer Fox’s real, personal experience.
I like to go into movies knowing as little as possible about them, so I rarely watch trailers and dodge plot summaries online where I can. This generally works well for me, except with My Friend Dahmer, because I didn’t realise it was about Jeffrey Dahmer‘s early life, so I spent the whole movie waiting for his killing spree to begin and felt disappointed it wasn’t about that.
What I love about Evan Rachel Wood is that she doesn’t take on easy roles – she takes on challenging, uncomfortable characters who do questionable things and isn’t afraid to play someone extremely damaged. This is demonstrated the most in Allure.
Big shocker: I wasn’t the biggest fan of the original Deadpool. I liked it just fine, but people started freaking out and saying how awesome it was and I just didn’t get it. That’s why I didn’t go in with the greatest expectations for the sequel – and I was right. It is, again, just fine, but not as good as the first.
I am a huge Saoirse Ronan fan so I will check her out in anything, but On Chesil Beach was also appealing to me because I like adaptations of Ian McEwan novels like Atonement and Enduring Love. This certainly isn’t as emotionally gruelling as Atonement, but the leads put in tremendous performances.
