Top Ten Favourite Films of 2017

Well, like last year, in the real world 2017 was an absolute slog, but in the world of cinema, things are going strong.  Now while there have been dramatic revelations about many important figures (some of which have made me drop some films that would have been on this list otherwise, not naming anyone), overall though this has been an astonishing time for film, with this year my choices being very difficult.  I potentially could have a made a top twenty of the year.... but I'm fuckin' lazy, so, the traditional ten it is!

Movie Surprises of 2017

It's time for that usual film geek ritual of "best of the year" lists once again.  I'm trying something new this time; before I do my actual top ten of the year (and as always I won't be bothering with a bottom ten, because frankly life is too short for that), I'm going to share with you some little gems that took me surprise over the course of this year.  Whether they were better than I was expecting, or if I had no idea something like this was coming, I thought that these deserve a little chance to not be overshadowed by the usual batch of names that various top 10 lists are going to be mentioning.  Here are some of my best surprises of 2017, going roughly in chronological order, starting with...

The Lego Batman Movie

The first film of my most looked forward to list has been released annnnddd.... it's really good!  But it's not The Lego Movie great, it does have a few issues holding it back from that.

The Limitless Diary - T2 Trainspotting

Hey folks, so I finally picked up an Odeon Limitless Card, after wembling about it for a while.  I used to have an Unlimited Card with Cineworld, but a) Odeons are slightly easier for me to get to, and b) they’re generally a bit nicer and less… sticky compared to Cineworld.  Since I’m going to be checking out more stuff at no extra cost, I thought I’d update on here more regularly as I go, keep exercising the creative muscles.  This is going to mostly about reviews and the like, but I may have the odd tangental topic on here (although I’m banning myself from going off on a rant about mobile phone use.. for now).  I guess with a deeply uncertain world right now, I’m also doing this because I seriously need a bit more escapism.  Let’s see how this goes, starting with...