Author Archives: Anna (Film Grimoire)
Television Shows I’ve Binged Across 2018
Hello all! Surprise… I’ve been missing for a while. I miss writing about film and television and other fun things and I miss chatting with you all, but life has been nuts, and that’s the truth. Across buying a house and moving in, decorating/repairing said house, the usual craziness plus work, there has been no […]
February 2018 Favourites
Happy March everyone! I hope everyone had an excellent February. As always, it does seem like time is flying during these first few months of the year. It feels like it’s going to be Oscars time any day now, and that’s because it is! Approximately tomorrow, in Australian terms. Whilst I have my hopes for […]
Two New Releases I Enjoyed: I, Tonya (2017) & Lady Bird (2017)
I’ve been seeing a bunch of films at the cinema lately, perhaps making up for a 2016 where I barely visited. There have been a lot of quality films released recently, and it’s no coincidence that it’s Oscars season. I recently saw I, Tonya (2017) and Lady Bird (2017) – two films with extremely strong […]
Thoughts on… Get Out (2017)
Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he […]
January 2018 Favourites
The first month of 2o18 is all over and done with, and with the end of the month brings a new promise of Oscar season new releases and the earthly desire of a golden man statue . With another month gone, it is time to reflect on the good things. I’ve seen a whole bunch […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: All the Money in the World (2017)
Rome, 1973. Masked men kidnap a teenage boy named John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer). His grandfather, Jean Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer), is the richest man in the world, a billionaire oil magnate, but he’s notoriously miserly. His favorite grandson’s abduction is not reason enough for him to part with any of his fortune. All […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
In an effort to track down who raped and murdered her daughter, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) has three billboards erected outside her town of Ebbing, Missouri. They accuse the Sheriff (Woody Harrelson) of doing nothing to catch the killer. This causes a largely adverse reaction amongst the town’s folk , not least one of the […]
Thoughts on… The Villainess (2017)
Raised by gangsters and trained from a tender age to be a pitiless machine of death and destruction, the unequalled assassin Sook-Hee is finally captured. With the promise of a brand-new life, Sook-Hee is recruited by a nefarious Intelligence Agency as a sleeper agent that will be allowed to be free after a full decade […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
In a brand new Jumanji adventure, four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game’s jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don’t just play Jumanji – you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real […]
Blindspot 2018: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
The year is 1926 and Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident…were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, […]
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