Tokyo Godfathers (2003) Directors: Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya Screenwriters: Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto Starring: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Kyôko Terase, Hiroya Ishimaru Christmas is often imagined as a season of warmth and family, yet for many it magnifies isolation and hardship. Tokyo Godfathers asks us to consider what that holiday looks like from … Read more

The Holiday (2006)Director: Nancy Meyers Screenwriter: Nancy Meyers Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell Nancy Meyers’s The Holiday (2006) is a warm, broadly appealing romantic comedy built around the familiar holiday-movie formula: two women unhappy with their lives make a radical change and, in the process, … Read more

Hi, I’m Annice, and for the longest time I hadn’t seen Die Hard. In 2018 I watched Home Alone for the first time and loved it. That experience inspired me to catch up on another iconic film I’d somehow missed: Die Hard. Before I pressed play, there were only two things I thought I knew … Read more

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Director: J.J. Abrams Screenwriters: J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill When Lucasfilm needed to steady the ship after the mixed reaction to Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi and the commercial failure of Solo, Kathleen … Read more

This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazine by The CineBlog’s Sophie Butcher. Black Christmas (2019) Director: Sophia Takal Screenwriters: Sophia Takal, April Wolfe Starring: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Caleb Eberhardt, Cary Elwes Black Christmas returns the sorority slasher to campus with a distinctly feminist edge. Directed by Sophia Takal and led … Read more

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) Director: Jeremiah Chechik Screenwriter: John Hughes Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverley D’Angelo, Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicholas Guest Christmas movies have become a distinct and beloved film category, offering everything from tender, tear-jerking dramas to warm romantic comedies. Classics like It’s a Wonderful Life(1946) and contemporary favorites … Read more

Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017) Director: Rian Johnson Screenwriter: Rian Johnson Starring: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac At about 1 hour and 11 minutes into The Last Jedi, Rey and Kylo Ren experience a Force connection that stands out for its subtlety and visual … Read more

As if the run-up to Christmas weren’t stressful enough, the government has compounded our seasonal misery — with long shopping lists and shrinking pay packets — by scheduling a General Election for 12 December. Yes, another one. The latter half of the 2010s has been defined by global political instability, and in the UK the … Read more

The nominees for the 77th Golden Globe Awards were announced live on 9 December 2019 from the Beverly Hilton in Hollywood, California. The announcements were made by actors Tim Allen, Dakota Fanning and Susan Kelechi Watson. Several films earned multiple nominations, with titles such as Joker and The Irishman among those highlighted with major category … Read more

Martin Scorsese’s latest film, The Irishman, reached an estimated 17.1 million viewers on Netflix in its opening week after its 27 November release. Nielsen reports suggest that those viewing figures equate to roughly $155 million at the North American box office, about $20 million more than Scorsese’s previous biggest hit, The Departed. Of the 13 … Read more