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Moonlight (2017)
Photo by Joel Sharples
Moonlight is a timeless coming of age story that centralises
around a young black man named Chiron. The plot
itself although sometimes a little harrowing is beautifully
told by Barry Jenkins, it follows the main character
through three periods of his lifetime and the struggles
he faced from youth to adulthood whilst all the time
wrestling with his sexuality,the strongest performance
in my opinion comes from supporting actor Mahershala
Ali who plays a local drug dealer named Juan, he does
not appear in the whole movie but continues to shape
Chirons life right to the very end. The movie picked
up three Oscars which were Academy Award for Best
Picture, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting
Role for Mahershala Ali and Academy Award for Best
writing Adapted Screenplay for Barry Jenkins and Tarell
Alvin Mcraney.
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TOP 10 films OVER
The 2010s have been a great decade for film, whether it be big blockbuster superhero movies to small indie film
revolutionary filmmaking. Special effects have progressed to a new level with films like Avatar and the Avengers
box office. The rise of Streaming websites such as Netflix, Amazon and many more have provided people with en
ent genres. So, here is a list of Urban’s top 10 films of the decade chosen personally by Joel Sharples.
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Inception (2010)
Photo by the offical website
Christopher Nolan has had a great decade with pretty
much a clean sweep of amazing movies, but for me
the best one is undoubtedly Inception. Inception is
a complex Sci-fi movie and may take more than one
viewing to fully take in what you’ve just witnessed. The
innovation in the movie is brilliant and really cemented
Nolan as a genius in filmmaking even gave us a preview
of what will come from him in future films such as
Interstellar and Dunkirk, which both could have easily
made this list. The visual effects are so appealing and
utterly mind bending, especially in the Hallway zero
gravity scene. This dream heist movie is packed with
brilliant performances from its blockbuster cast and for
me Inception is the best film of the 2010s.
Spider-Man: into the Spider-verse (2018)
Photo by the official website
There have been many huge block-buster Superhero
movies in the decade, the best of the lot however has
come in Chris Miller and Phil Lords animated Spider-Man
movie, which was far from the original Peter Parker movies
we have seen time and time again. Although Peter Parker
is featured, this time it tells the origin story of a new web
slinger named Miles Morales, who is joined by a host of
other Spider-men and women from different universes,
it is a visually beautiful and hilarious movie which is also
packed with many emotional moments that all come together
to create what is easily the closest iteration we have
ever had to an actual comic book on screen. Spider-man:
into the Spider-verse also picked up an Academy Award
for Best Animated Feature Film in 2019 and many more
prestigious award for this animated masterpiece.
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