One project I have been dying to complete for AGES is watching ever Best Picture winner since the Academy’s inception and ranking them from worst to best. This will be difficult as there are some real classics on the list and no doubt everyone has their own favourites. I’ll be reviewing them with a blog… Read More Academy Award Best Picture Ranking
I won’t give away too much of the specific plot away in my review but the basic storyline is new owner Bonnie creates a toy out of trash, Forky, who becomes her favourite toy but he longs to be back with the trash. When the family take a road trip, Forky jumps out the window… Read More Toy Story 4 (2019)
This period saw the complete acquisition of Pixar by Disney, giving complete control to the Disney board on what projects should go ahead at Disney. Whereas John Lasseter had stopped sequels and remakes previously, Disney did the opposite at Pixar and wanted to capitalise on the loved characters that Pixar had created. Although with Toy… Read More Pixar Features Ranking: Films 11-15
“If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you’d be the first person in the history of the world.” Lancaster Dodd, The Master (dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012) By the time this statement is spoken, we have seen the relationship between… Read More The Sworn Enemy in ‘The Master’
“Many of my movies have strong female leads- brave, self-sufficient girls that don’t think twice about fighting for what they believe with all their heart. They’ll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.” Hayao Miyazaki “I do not make… Read More The Heart in Studio Ghibli
These five years of Pixar revolutionised film not just in terms of animation (which it did in spades) but for film as a whole with their limitless imagination, stellar scripts and characters that stay with you long after you leave the cinema. Pixar by this point had established themselves as a respected animation company that… Read More Pixar Features Ranking: Films 6-10
As with the Disney Animated Classics rankings that I am currently working on, I always thought it would be a nice idea to give myself another impossible challenge of ranking the amazing films from Disney Pixar. Founded in 1986 to pave the way for computer animation, Pixar has since become an icon in the world… Read More Pixar Features Ranking: Films 1-5
