News, views and opinions from a Gàidheal
Although perhaps not quite as strong as 2013, there’s been a wide range of great films this year. I’ve tried to see as many as possible as a good way of spending a Wednesday night, and although there was a sort of polarisation in that the best films came out either at the start or the end of the year – I think on the whole I’ve been able to see some really enjoyable and memorable movies at the cinema. There are a few that — Read more →
Some movies add up to more than the sum of their parts, with good all-round qualities that come together in such a way to make a film that’s not just good, but great. Christopher Nolan’s latest film, the space epic Interstellar is one of them. Although the premise of the film’s action is from the realm of science-fiction, the story itself is an intensely human one. Earth has become a more hostile place to live, with crops dying and food a scarce resource. Former fighter — Read more →
Some films just make you feel creeped out the whole way through, and they don’t even need to be traditionally scary in a horror sense to do that, and Nightcrawler is one of those movies. Nightcrawler tells the story of Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), a social pariah with a very deranged detachment from normal human emotions who gets involved in the ethically questionable ambulance-chasing news coverage that is popular in the Los Angeles of the day. It’s a constantly escalating tale where the stories become — Read more →
World War II is still one of the most iconic eras in history in which to set films, even though the market is saturated with a wide range of fantastic movies looking at the different elements of the conflict. There is something about the drama and the importance of the time, the real evil of the Nazis and the human emotion of war that really lends itself to compelling films. One of my favourites is Saving Private Ryan, one of Spielberg’s finest flicks, which follows — Read more →
Calling films classic not long after they’ve been released might be a little premature or even a clichéd attempt at making them seem even better than they were – but now that a decade has gone by since the release of one of the finest satirical films of the 21st century, I think it’s time we consider Team America: World Police as the classic that it is. For those that aren’t aware, Team America follows the life of actor Gary, who is drafted because of — Read more →
