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2017 Movie Reviews

Top Films of 2017:

(Updated 14th Of Feb 2018)

1. Call Me By Your Name 10/10
2. Dunkirk 10/10
3. The Shape Of Water 10/10
4. Lady Bird 10/10
5. A Fantastic Woman 10/10
6. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri 9/10
7. Get Out 9/10
8. The Phantom Thread 9/10
9. Blade Runner: 2049 9/10
10. The Florida Project 9/10
11. God’s Own Country 8/10
12. A Ghost Story 8/10
13. I, Tonya 8/10
14. The Disaster Artist 8/10
15. The Post 8/10
16. War For The Planet Of The Apes 8/10
17. The Beguiled 8/10
18. Wonder Woman 8/10
19. Thor: Ragnarok 8/10
20. Logan 8/10
21. The Darkest Hour 7/10
22. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 7/10
23. Battle of the Sexes 7/10
24. Tom of Finland 7/10
25. Dreamboat 7/10
26. The Lavender Scare 7/10
27. Beauty And The Beast 7/10
28. It 7/10
29. Happy End 7/10
30. After Louie 7/10
31. T2: Trainspotting 2 6/10
32. The Ornithologist 6/10
33. The Party 6/10
34. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2. 6/10
35. Alien: Covenant 6/10
36. Kong: Skull Island 6/10
37. Hercule Poirot: Murder On the Orient Express 5/10
38. Kingsmen: Golden Circle 4/10
39. Geostorm 2/10
40. Mother! 1/10

 

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by mrsmith44 on March 29, 2017  •  Permalink
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‘Beauty And The Beast’ (2017)

What a trip down memory lane by way of nostalgia boulevard and childhood reminiscing road the 2017 remake of ‘Beauty and The Beast’ is. It does a better than expected job of recreating the sheer movie magic of the first Best Picture nominated classic. The wrinkles of autotune and some poorly delivered lines (Emma Watson cough) are soothed away by the sheer joy and giddiness of freshly reliving the classic. This adaptation is almost religious in its reverence to the original, that when it strays it does so in small ways. A radical reinterpretation this isn’t rather a fond loving homage. Certain characters have been ‘updated’ most notably the sexuality of LeFou, which if you think about it is less a sign of progress than the fact that Gaston is gleefully played by Luke Evans, an openly gay actor. In the grand scheme of things a gay actor playing a caricature of macho heterosexuality, that is Gaston, is a giant leap next to the small step of a side kick’s fawning. Gaston and LeFou are stand outs, alongside the ‘Be Our Guest’ number and a very cinematic ‘Tale As Old As Time’. The new songs strategically placed are pleasant but pale in comparison to the original classics. All in all a fitting tribute to one of cinemas greatest animated films.          7/10.

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Top 3 Films For Every Year Since 1989

2016 – 1. Moonlight 2. La La Land 3. Toni Erdmann

2015 – 1. Carol 2. Mad Max: Fury Road 3. Inside Out

2014 – 1. Boyhood 2. Birdman 3. The Grand Budapest Hotel

2013 – 1. Gravity 2. Her 3. 12 Years A Slave

2012 – 1. Amour 2. The Act Of Killing 3. Zero Dark Thirty

2011 – 1. The Tree Of Life 2. Melancholia 3. A Separation

2010 – 1. The Social Network 2. The King’s Speech 3. Inception

2009 – 1. The Hurt Locker 2. Avatar 3. The White Ribbon

2008 – 1. WALL-E 2. The Dark Knight 3. Milk

2007 – 1. There Will Be Blood 2. No Country For Old Men 3. Into The Wild

2006 – 1. Children Of Men 2. Pan’s Labyrinth 3. The Lives Of Others

2005 – 1. Brokeback Mountain 2. The New World 3. Capote

2004 – 1. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 2. Million Dollar Baby 3. Sideways

2003 – 1. Lord Of The Rings Return Of The King 2. Lost In Translation 3. Elephant

2002 – 1. City of God 2. Far From Heaven 3. The Pianist

2001 – 1. Mulholland Drive 2. Spirited Away 3. Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship Of The Ring

2000 – 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2. Requiem For A Dream 3. Dancer In The Dark

1999 – 1. The Matrix 2. Magonlia 3. Topsy Turvy

1998 – 1. The Truman Show 2. The Big Lebowski 3. Festen

1997 – 1. Titanic 2. Boogie Nights 3. Princess Monoke

1996 – 1. Fargo 2. Breaking The Waves 3. Secrets And Lies

1995 – 1. Toy Story 2. Se7en 3. Casino

1994 – 1. Pulp Fiction 2. Shawshank Redemption 3. Forrest Gump

1993 – 1. Schindler’s List 2. The Piano 3. Three Colours: Blue

1992 – 1. Unforgiven 2. Reservoir Dogs 3. The Scent Of A Woman

1991 – 1. The Silence Of The Lambs 2. Beauty And The Beast 3. Thelma & Louise

1990 – 1. Goodfellas 2. Edward Scissorhands 3. The Godfather Part 3

1989 – 1. Dead Poet’s Society 2. Crimes & Misdemeanours 3. The Little Mermaid

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100 Greatest LGBTQI Films

We are living through a golden age of LGBTQI cinema. Here is my list of Top 100 LGBTQI Themed films:

Note: the criteria for this list is that a film must have LGBTQI themes, references, characters or plot lines. In the ranking some films are ranked lower that are great films but with incidental or minimal LGBTQI content. Some films are ranked higher that are not great films per se, but have great/significant LGBTQI themes.

  1. Call Me By Your Name (2017)
  2. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  3. Moonlight (2016)
  4. Carol (2015)
  5. A Single Man (2009)
  6. Milk (2008)
  7. Blue Is The Warmest Colour (2013)
  8. A Fantastic Woman (2017)
  9. Prayers For Bobby (TV Movie 2009)
  10. The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (1994)
  11. I Killed My Mother (2009)
  12. Shelter (2007)
  13. Holding The Man (2015)
  14. Stranger By The Lake (2013)
  15. Weekend (2011)
  16. Philadelphia (1993)
  17. BMP (2017)
  18. God’s Own Country (2017)
  19. Pride (2014)
  20. Latter Days (2003)
  21. Love Simon (2018)
  22. The Hours (2002)
  23. My Own Private Idaho (1991)
  24. The Handmaiden (2016)
  25. Death In Venice (1971)
  26. Mulholland Drive (2001)
  27. The Celluloid Closet (1994)
  28. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  29. The Times Of Harvey Milk (1984)
  30. But I’m A Cheerleader (1999)
  31. The Kids Are Alright (2010)
  32. The Normal Heart (TV Movie 2014)
  33. Birdcage (1996)
  34. Monster (2003)
  35. Beach Rats (2017)
  36. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
  37. Were The World Mine (2008)
  38. Transamerica (2005)
  39. The Laramie Project (2002)
  40. The Danish Girl (2015)
  41. Yu Tu Mama Tabien (2001)
  42. The Sum Of Us (1994)
  43. Cabaret (1972)
  44. Another Country (1984)
  45. How To Survive A Plague (2012)
  46. Tab Hunter: Confidential (2015)
  47. Rebel Without A Cause (1954)
  48. Far From Heaven (2002)
  49. Behind The Candelabra (2013)
  50. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  51. The Matthew Shepard Story (TV Movie 2002)
  52. I Love You Philip Morris (2009)
  53. Head On (1998)
  54. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
  55. Heartbeats (2010)
  56. Battle Of The Sexes (2017)
  57. Tom Of Finland (2017)
  58. Thelma & Louise (1991)
  59. I Am Love (2010)
  60. Elephant (2003)
  61. Notes On A Scandal (2007)
  62. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (2012)
  63. Lavender Scare (2017)
  64. Dreamboat (2017)
  65. King Cobra (2016)
  66. Boulevard (2014)
  67. Capote (2005)
  68. The Imitation Game (2014)
  69. Freeheld (2015)
  70. Beginners (2010
  71. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
  72. My Days Of Mercy (2017)
  73. Philomena (2013)
  74. Wilde (1997)
  75. In & Out (1997)
  76. The Death And Life Of Marshall P. Johnson (2017)
  77. In The Gloaming (1997)
  78. Howl (2010)
  79. Billy Elliot (2000)
  80. B.F (2013)
  81. Kill Your Darlings (2013)
  82. Christopher And His Kind (TV Movie 2011)
  83. Breakfast On Pluto (2005)
  84. Savage Grace (2007)
  85. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
  86. Gay Sex In The 70s (2005)
  87. Ideal Home (2017)
  88. Tom At The Farm (2013)
  89. 100 Men (2017)
  90. Object Of My Affection (1998)
  91. The Shape Of Water (2017)
  92. American Beauty (1999)
  93. Party Monster (2003)
  94. Tarnation (2003)
  95. Time To Leave (2005)
  96. Rules Of Attraction (2002)
  97. From Beginning To End (2009)
  98. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
  99. Saved! (2004)
  100. The History Boys (2006)
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