Transformation Tuesday: Week 141

I think I've turned a corner this week...

Coming Soon: March 2017

Well, the Oscars last weekend were exciting weren't they?!

Given the hullabaloo surrounding the Best Picture mix up, you'd be forgiven for wanting to go and see La La Land and Moonlight again in March (particularly the latter: it's been rolled out to 200+ more screens this week as a result of the win, so you have no excuse to miss seeing this absolute masterpiece) rather than seeing something new. However, March is full of absolute corkers. Other Oscar nominees are finally hitting UK screens this month, in the form of Elle (Best Actress nominee, Isabelle Huppert) and The Salesman (Best Foreign Film winner). There are also highly anticipated blockbusters - Logan, Kong: Skull Island, and Beauty and the Beast - a horror film that's taken the US by storm, Get Out, and the latest movie from Ben Wheatley, Free Fire (which I saw at the London Film Festival and can confirm is rollicking good fun).

There's truly something for everyone this month, so start planning those cinema trips now...

Quarter-Life Crisis Challenge: March 2017

Limiting my social media usage has been hard but so, so worth it.

Transformation Tuesday: Week 140

There's not much to report this week (unfortunately)...

The Ciné File: February 2017

I love the cinema during awards season.

Transformation Tuesday: Week 139

I said it would take another viewing of The Lego Batman Movie to sort my head out and I was right. Thanks, Batman!

Transformation Tuesday: Week 138

This week - while eventful - has been no fun at all.

Transformation Tuesday: Week 137

This week is a repeat of last week's post, I'm afraid.

Coming Soon: February 2017

Awards season is pretty spectacular and simultaneously really odd. The films on offer at the moment range from blatant Oscar-bait fully deserving of 5* reviews to awful sequels that really shouldn't have been green-lit for production. As such, cinemas are flooded with films at the moment, with many successful box office hits from January (see, for example: La La Land and Manchester by the Sea) still widely available. However, they'll have to make room for the constant barrage of excellent new content reaching audiences over the next month as February has plenty to offer in terms of astonishingly good new films.

I've already broken my 2017 rule of only highlighting 10 films each month as there are just too many unmissable films out over the next 28 days... oops!

Quarter-Life Crisis Challenge: February 2017

Using my brain again has been so much fun.

Transformation Tuesday: Week 136

I feel like it's one week on, one week off with these posts...

The Ciné File: January 2017

In another effort to increase my film watching over the coming year, I've resurrected my previous long-standing series, The Ciné File! On the last Sunday of each month I will be doing mini reviews of the films I've seen over the past 30 days, from cinema trips to see new releases, classics on Netflix and Sky Cinema, and advance screenings. It'll depend on what I've seen throughout the month, but I'll try and review as much as I can, and hopefully it'll be pretty varied.

One of my vague New Years resolutions was to watch more films - particularly across lots of different genres and often out of my comfort zone - so hopefully this will help keep me on track! I've seen nearly everything on my Coming Soon list for January, plus lots more at home. I really want to try pushing my boundaries in 2017, so here goes...

Transformation Tuesday: Week 135

I'm healing at last!

Transformation Tuesday: Week 134

Oh, this is so annoying.

Transformation Tuesday: Week 133

I wish my incision would heal properly.