Jackie Movie Review

There will never be another Camelot.

As an almost-19 year old English undergraduate, I cannot claim to be an expert on the events portrayed within this film, nor to be any more than mildly familiar with the circumstances surrounding the events detailed within, and yet despite this Pablo Larrain has crafted a film so powerful, so shocking, so moving with Jackie that I simply can not claim to deny its majesty.

The Top 4 Animated Films You Need To See in 2017 | Pixar, Disney and More!

Ka-chow!

Here it is! My first run down of the films you need to see in 2017! As I explained in yesterday's reveal (click here if you haven't read it yet), 2017 sees so many exciting films headed to our silver screens that I simply cannot fit them all into my normal Top Ten format. For that reason, the list has been split into three, with the first installment being the Top 4 Animated Films that you need to see this year! Read on to find out what made the cut...

Top Twenty-One!? 2017 Movie Breakdown | Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Beauty and the Beast and More!

Money, money, money, must be funny, in Holly-wood's wo-o-orld...

2017 will see Hollywood suffer from a true embarrassment of riches. In the coming months, famous franchises will expand and continue in sequels galore while many-a-movie hoping to kick start their own craze will stumble their way onto your cinema screens. In true JG Review tradition, January will see our annual "Top Ten Movies To Watch in 201X" list published, but this year sees too many exciting movies to simply cram into ten spots. It is for this reason that I have a special announcement...

La La Land Movie Review

It's another day of sun, just another day of sun...

Damien Chazelle, the director and writer of La La Land, first hit the film festival circuit in 2013 with his critically acclaimed short film Whiplash. Though a well-received, feature length version of the script (penned by Chazelle himself) was making the rounds to excited studio heads, the film was never actually green-lit by a studio until the short was nominated for an Academy Award. The next year, Whiplash (the version lasting 107 minutes) took the globe by storm, with stunning performances from both Miles Teller and J.K.Simmons. It was then that Chazelle was 'allowed' to start production on La La Land, the film having been very loosely based on his debut (entitled Guy and Madeleine on a Park Bench, also a musical) and inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood's stars and stories. It is the symbol of the star which best encompasses La La Land I suppose, with not only the musical's breakout number alluding to their glamour ('City of Stars'), but almost every reviewer awarding the film five of them.