Film No. 24: Gravity, Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
The ‘anti-Interllar’. Sure, it isn’t really anything like the Christopher Nolan film (thank God), but it is a sort-of-sci-fi, very-spacey, somewhat-arty film. It shares some DNA with Interstellar. It is definitely more my kind of thing. Where Interstellar bends the…
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Film No. 25: Interstellar, Dir: Christopher Nolan (2014)
I concede that Interstellar is a ‘good’ film. For many people, it is the one of the best films. That is a fact that I accept. I do not like Interstellar. Well, okay – let me explain a little more.…
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Film No. 26: Singin’ in the Rain, Dir: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen (1952)
Another childhood, Christmas-time favourite – Singin’ in the Rain remains special to me not just because of the memories of watching it as a child, but also because of its status as the only film that keeps me linked to…
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Film No 27: Doctor Zhivago, Dir: David Lean, (1965)
Blame my Mum for this one. Doctor Zhivago is definitely not the first film I’d put on when wanting to watch something light and fresh – but it is a film that makes me feel all warm and Christmassy whenever…
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Film No. 28: Donnie Darko, Dir: Richard Kelly (2002)
Credit this film with my two-decades long fear of masks that I’ve (just about) managed to get over in the last few years. The cover for the DVD still gives me the creeps – and I remember my pulse would…
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Film No. 29: Paranormal Activity, Dir: Oren Peli (2009)
I had just turned 15 when this film came out, and my friends convinced me to go to Wigan’s only cinema (Cineworld? Empire? Who knows at this time) to go and watch it. I remember worrying if I would need…
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Film No. 30: 2012, Dir: Roland Emmerich (2009)
Why on earth is this disastrous disaster film on a list of most impactful films of my life, might you ask? In short: this film taught me how to not like films. Throughout this blog, we’ll see a number of…
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Thirty Before Thirty 