February 2020 – The Film Ramble

Review: Little Joe

February 23, 2020Posted in Film, ReviewTagged Ben Whishaw, Emily Beecham, Kit Connor, Little Joe1 Comment

And he’s back. After a two week post-oscar hiatus, the blog returns. Other than a second viewing of worthy best picture winning Parasite with the good aunt, I’ve been on a secondment. That is… until Friday where I saw a preview of a film coming up next month. I’m not saying what it was yet, otherwise that would be an act of rebellion, or …

Anyway, the next day, the stars aligned so I could go and see Little Joe. Admittedly, I didn’t really plan to go out of my way to see this as it didn’t look like my cup of tea and the general consensus was mundane. However, I rooted myself to my seat, enjoyment stemmed throughout the film and I was satisfied by the credits when it was time to leaf. [Sorry].

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What I Watched In: February 2020

February 18, 2020March 2, 2020Posted in Film, Look BackTagged 12 Years A Slave, Do The Right Thing, Parasite, Seven Samurai, Stand By MeLeave a comment

Almost at the other end of the winter season, staying in and watching a DVD is the perfect way to not get COVID 19. This month I decided to do the right thing and have a good time. I hope you stand by me for this run down of twenty films and don’t ghost me.

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The Unnominatables: 2020 Ramble Awards

February 8, 2020February 9, 2020Posted in Awards, FilmTagged Atlantics, David Copperfield, Dolemite Is My Name, Greta Gerwig, Hustlers, Jojo Rabbit, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Last Black Man In San Francisco, Little Women, Marriage Story, Monos, Oscars, Oscars 2020, Parasite, Peanut Butter Falcon, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Rocketman, Shuzhen Zhao, So Long My Son, The Farewell, Uncut Gems, Us, Waves, Weathering With You, Zack Gottsagen

Last year, when I started this blog, I started with a post about my favourite of the Oscar nominees. While that post is on its way, I also decided it would be a fun exercise to give Ramble awards to films or actors who weren’t nominated and really should’ve been. 2019/20 was a great year for films which meant some were going to miss out. Unfortunately the Oscars are safe and bland and really not worth the time as we celebrate Scorceses and Tarantinos over fresh film ideas. The films and actors I will nominate will hopefully represent a greater plurality of film making. With 12 films gaining 16 awards (and another 7 nominated), hopefully you get some ideas of what to watch. I’ll take my invite as a BAFTA judge in the post…

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Oscars 2020: The ASBO Awards

February 8, 2020February 9, 2020Posted in ReviewTagged 1917, Adam Driver, ASBO Awards, Avengers, Florence Pugh, Ford Vs Ferrari, I Lost My Body, Irishman, Joe Pesci, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time, Oscars, Parasite, Sam Mendes, Saoirse Ronan

Here we are, less than twenty four hours until the Oscars and as I write this, I still haven’t seen all best pictures nominees (There is a screening of Ford vs Ferrari I’m going to this afternoon). As is tradition (I did it last year), I’m looking at the nominees and picking my choices to win the Asbo award*. Although I will have seen all best picture nominees, this year has had so many good films that I haven’t had a chance to get to all of the best acting ones. Therefore, I can only judge what I’ve seen. For my own fun, I’ve also stated whether the ASBO winner would beat my Oscar snub ramble choice.

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Review: Parasite

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020Posted in Film, ReviewTagged Bong Joon Ho, Foreign Film, Korean Film, Parasite, Park So Dam, Song Kang Ho4 Comments

Page 1: Full Review, No Spoilers

I went into Parasite blind. Even when there was a trailer on in the cinema, I shut my eyes and this was good enough as I don’t speak Korean. I imagine this is the best way to watch the film and while I will only give away plot elements from the first 15 minutes, if you just want to know whether to watch it, here goes: Go and watch Parasite! It’s really freaking good!!! Sitting at work today, I could not get the film out of my head.

If you just closed the tab and are no longer reading, I don’t blame you. However, if you are still here, then lets begin.

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Review: Queen and Slim

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020Posted in Film, ReviewTagged Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner Smith, Queen and Slim

Apologies for the shorter review. I’m just a but busy and there are lots of films out.

Queen (Jodie Turner Smith) and Slim (Daniel Kaluuya) are out on a date which is a bit icy. She didn’t want to be alone as one of her law clients was put on death row. She chose to be with him as he looked sad on his tinder profile. This bad first date ended with him driving her home and them being stopped by the police. It goes down badly and Slim shoots the officer in self defence and suddenly they’re on the run. We follow them from here as they attempt to flee to Cuba and a budding romance ensues.

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