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Editor’s Fa Films 10) Detroit - This full on thriller about the Detroit riots of 1967 is a very difficult film to watch. When the movie has finished, you realise that it was very good and kind of enjoyable. However, during the tense scenes that Kathryn Bigelow orchestrated so brilliantly, all you really want to do is look away. Go watch it! 9) The Death of Stalin - If you’re aware of American comedy Veep or political satire The Thick of It, hopefully you’ll like this. From the mind of Armando Lannucci, comes the Death of Stalin, an arthouse film with prestige actors and lots of comedy. I mean lots of comedy. It is very very funny. 8) Paddington 2 - If you live in Britain and you are aware of recent cinema releases, the chance is you have heard of the great success that is Paddington 2. Having not watched the original, I went in with a blank canvas. By the end, that canvas was beautiful, thanks to a funny film which was a great time for the family. 7) Get Out - Get Out was the indie film of the year. Dark comedy, dramatic tone and important discussion. All of it mixed up and presented by Jordan Peele of Key and Peele fame. This film, despite having come out a week after the 2017 Oscars, has the potential to win big at the next award season, being rumoured for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay nominations. 6) Logan - Logan gave us all what we had wanted for so long: visceral action, bloody combat and so much profanity. Logan captured all of the essence of the past X-Men movies and turned it up to the extreme as Wolverine and Professor X bow out of this blockbuster franchise in magnificent style. 5) The Big Sick - In my opinion, this is the funniest, heart-warming, feel good movie of the year. In this film, the true story of how lead actor Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon met is told in a funny up-todate way. The fact that this tale is true makes it all the more heart-warming. Definitely one to seek out. 4) Moonlight - The actual Best Picture of the year was the depressing but massively important Moonlight, a film about a young homosexual boy growing up in the rough streets of Miami. With the help of awardwinning actor Mahershala Ali, Chiron’s journey is told in a beautiful way - a very deserving winner. 3) Baby Driver - Baby Driver was the underdog summer hit of the year, wowing audiences with its clean action, great characters and phenomenal soundtrack. Edgar Wright, the director of the feature, achieved his first box office hit, almost tripling the budget that the film had and giving audiences a fantastic cinema experience. 2) Blade Runner 2049 - The long awaited sequel to the sci-fi classic came out this October and although it under performed at the box office, the people who saw it were most likely blown out of their seats - very slowly though due to the film’s three hour runtime. I strongly recommend you watch this and the orginal. Fantastic cinema. 1) La La Land - This fan favourite Best Picture winner (for about 5 minutes) did come out last year in the US, but when I saw the film in early January, when it’s UK release date was, I realised that I may had watched one of my favourite ever films. If you haven’t already seen it, seek it out and watch it.
vourites TV Shows 10) The Great British Bake Off - The Great British Bake Off was back, this time with new hosts, a new judge and a whole new channel. Everything else though was the same old great Bake Off: great cakes, great contestants and a great time. New hosts Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding were great in a new way and Prue Leith could never quite reach the heights of Mary Berry’s superb judging skills. Apart from that, no soggy bottoms in sight. 9) Legion - Legion was another great X-Men show and although it wasn’t as good as The Gifted (mentioned later in this list), it did start the new wave of cool X-Men shows with a second season already in development. It’s cool to watch, cool to look at and cool all round. 8) Star Trek: Discovery - Star Trek: Discovery bought the Star Trek Universe back to TV after a 10 year hiatus and made something unique out of it. Although it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, it is still a great new take on an old classic. 7) The Gifted - Fox TV did what Fox Films could never truly do. Take the idea of the taboo around mutants in the X-Men universe and explore it in an interesting way. The family dynamic in the show is great to watch and even though it is on such a low budget, it is spectacular to look at. 6) Mindhunter - From the mind of David Fincher, creator of Netflix’s flagship show House of Cards, comes FBI drama Mindhunter which depicts the journey the FBI took to discover more about psychopaths and serial killers and their reasoning for committing crimes. It is brilliantly acted and is very interesting indeed. 5) The Handmaid’s Tale - Winner of the Best Drama Series at the Emmys, The Handmaid’s Tale is a fantastic dystopian show about the horrible world of high infertility rates. In a year when Game of Thrones was ineligible, The Handmaid’s Tale ruled award season and rightfully so. 4) Twin Peaks: The Return - After 25 years, Twin Peaks returned to TV and this time it was bigger and weirder. David Lynch and Mark Frost bought their new vision over 23 mind blowing episodes which were nearly impossible to binge watch. It was crazy. 3) Rick and Morty - After almost a two year wait, Rick and Morty was back for an explosive Season three. On April Fool’s Day, the world was given a great gift: the first episode of the new season with no warning at all. What followed that Summer were some great episodes, fantastic stories and, of course, Rick in pickle form. It’s Pickle Rick! 2) Blue Planet II - Every year we have something on TV that wows us. Following on from last year’s Planet Earth II, David Attenborough offered us up Blue Planet II, an extensive look at the oceans of our world. Not only did it blow my mind, it introduced me to other worldly creatures which I could never imagine existing. Thank you Sir David. 1) Stranger Things 2 - This Halloween, I locked my door, bought lots of sweets for myself and watched all of Stranger Things 2 in one sitting. If you can’t tell from the massive review praising the sequel, I enjoyed it very much. For a more in depth look at why, read the review over the page.
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