Actually 20 minutes 
Thanks mate
Happy birthday for 19 minutes ago
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Magnoliaâs an old movie of course, if you havenât seen then WHAT THE FLIPPING HELL! watch it. Iâm still drunk so will be posting Aimee Mann soon 
Damn sheâs lovely
âThree Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouriâ Watch it just for Frances McDormandâs performance. Itâs an actors movie but sheâs just incredible. Itâs quite focussed on the characters but the story works around them. The characters end up more rounded at the end. The ending is pretty controversial
Also, itâs Amelie with the visual style and Del Toroâs politics, It will be looked at as a genre movie. Itâs a satire of 50âs America. Itâs moving and funny.
Darkest Hour - amazing. Not just for Gary Oldmanâs tour de force performance and transformation into Winston Churchill but it works also as a reminder as to how close we came to throwing in the towel against Hitler.
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Gave `Miss Sloanâ the attention most Jessica Chastain movies deserve and enjoyed it, although its not without its faults. It focuses on Washingtonâs most in demand lobbyist who is trying to help support a bill that im,poses regulations on firearms. Her character is a little too over the top for me, but I guess you have to embelish otherwise the subject might be a little too dry.
Three Billboards and The Shape of Water are typical Oscar Best Film material, saying that I did enjoy both of them.
Loved the 3 main protaganists in 3 Billboards and liked how they were developed, wonât say more for fear of giving it away.
Shape of Water was plain weird but brilliant at the same time. Good to see Saru get an outing as another creature, he is getting quite typecast isnât heâŚ
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Went to see 3 Billboards last night, it was really, really good. Itâs quite bleak in itâs depiction of grief and loss but at the same time balances it with the absurdity of it all. Itâs a fantastic screenplay, the dialogue is real and funny., the timelines shift around but it makes sense.
Frances MacDormand will get the acclaim, as she should but Sam Rockwell was so convincing .
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I am due to watch Three Billboards on Friday night (at home 
) and I am really looking forward to it. Will report back.
I got though 4 films on the plane out to Thailand.
Goodbye Christopher Robin. I enjoyed it as a fan of Winnie-the-Pooh and also interesting to see how the stories came about but the commercialisation of it and the impact on a small child.
Film stars donât die in Liverpool - probably wouldnât have been on my radar but is another biographical film. I thought it was very well acted. Just read the bio of the film star and now wondering about her and relaionships. She probably should have been arrested.
Captain Underpants:the first epic movie. Pretty sure Mark Kermode recommended this. Completely silly. Kept me somewhat awake
Crooked House - Agatha Christie whodunit. Fabulous sets and costume but I worked it out maybe reading too many of her books as an 11 year old didnât help.
Wow, what an incredibly thoght provoking film. I mean I donât know how close to reall life it is but the intrigue and sheer nastiness of it was something.
Pierce Brosnan played brilliantly I thought.
A must see
Three Billboards: basically what Saint Bristol said. Deeply dark, moving and yet in places, very funny when it is least appropriate. Brilliant. Would love to know how audiences in MIssouri are reacting!
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Oscar nominations are in. âShape of Waterâ is looking like the one. 13 noms. 3 Billboards and Dunkirk (GoatBoyâs fave) 8 and 7. Dunkirk is mainly technical though. The voting academy are 90% actors and have no interest in that camera and editing stuff.
No best film nom for Blade Runner 2049 which is crazy really. If Roger Deakins doesnât win for Blade Runner (heâs been nominated 14 times and never won) The academy donât like genre movies.