What I think about films, TV and celebs!
I love Dan Fogelman‘s TV creation, the emotional family drama This Is Us. Many people (particularly in the UK) have criticised it for being too sentimental but I love the story and characters and how moving it is. I never noticed how sappy it was watching an episode a week, but Fogelman’s love of the sentimental tearjerker was blindly obvious with Life Itself, which he wrote and directed.
I love Dan Fogelman‘s TV creation, the emotional family drama This Is Us. Many people (particularly in the UK) have criticised it for being too sentimental but I love the story and characters and how moving it is. I never noticed how sappy it was watching an episode a week, but Fogelman’s love of the sentimental tearjerker was blindly obvious with Life Itself, which he wrote and directed.
Today the cast and crew of Star Wars: The Last Jedi came to London’s Corinthia Hotel for a press conference – and I have all the pictures and highlights.
Tonight the stars of Star Wars: The Last Jedi braved the insane British cold to hit the red carpet at London’s Royal Albert Hall for its European premiere.
For The Force Awakens, my excitement was off the charts and I thought I could burst with anticipation and when I saw it, I loved it 100%, glossing over its flaws because I was so happy it was back and gave me what I wanted. With The Last Jedi, I just didn’t have that same level and because of this, I cast a more critical eye, even though I’m sure it gives fans exactly what they want.
It’s the start of December which means it’s time for the next movie preview! Here is my top selection for movies coming out in the UK across December.
Suburbicon
I felt confident about Suburbicon – what with it being directed by George Clooney and starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore – until the bad reviews came out following its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. I didn’t let that faze me as I wanted it to be good and I went in full of hope – and came away miffed about the mixed bag I had witnessed.
All I knew about The Promise was that Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale were in it, and I was sold, so I had no idea I was in for an intense war epic about the Armenian Genocide. The story was fascinating in a horrifying way but something was off – I should have been in tears and breaking my heart, but I was unmoved.
Just yesterday I wrote that the two films I’m most excited about are Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This must be my lucky week as we got first-look pics of Kingsman and now the freaking trailer for The Last Jedi!
We are rapidly approaching 2017 so it seems like the right moment to look ahead at what movies we can be excited about this coming year.
