Film review by Jason Day of The Grinch. Based on the Dr Seuss book about a curmudgeon who plots to destroy Christmas for a town by stealing their presents. Featuring the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch and Angela Lansbury.
Animation
Netflix home-film distribution has seen a boom recently and our critic Nadine Shambrook blogs about why this such a good thing for the penny-minded, pound-clever movie lover.
There will be more from CineSocialUK about this, but what do you think? Would you swap the multiplex/indieplex for a nights in? Or do you think motion pictures are best viewed in the comfy dark of a cinema? Post your opinions below!
A cinema trip can be a nice treat, but home entertainment is the current in thing.
Let’s be honest, tickets at the cinema are pricey, there’s usually a glowing light in the distance of the dark screen from some idiot’s phone and sometimes there’s an annoying person talking. And that’s even if you can be bothered to leave the house!
Will increasing Netflix subscriptions spell the end of cinemas?
2018 has been the year of the ‘Netflix original’. There have been over 60 original films distributed by Netflix, along with originals on Amazon Prime, NowTV and other streaming services. Pop your own popcorn in the microwave, turn off the lights and watch on your very own home cinema screen.
This new way to watch the latest movies is only going to continue into 2019 and, more than likely, the Netflix original is going to have an even bigger year. Sooner or later Netflix films will be recognised for awards and a lot already premiere at festivals.
Alfonso Cuarón’s (Gravity, Children of Men) black and white family drama Roma, which premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, will be distributed by Netflix during December this year and the latest film by the Coen brothers, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, premiered on Netflix this weekend. You don’t even have to leave your house to see some of the latest films from acclaimed directors.
Also in December is Andy Serkis’ Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, his second directorial effort that is a darker retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s classic novel (not like the Disney adaptations) and Sandra Bullock is back in post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box.
If you’re stuck for what to watch at home, here are our recommendations of some of 2018’s best films on Netflix, for whatever mood you’re in for:
A lot of these are watchable and worth your time, but unlike visiting the cinema if you’re not feeling a film on Netflix you can stop, choose something new and not waste £12 on a ticket.
Some say streaming services like these will be negative for film entertainment, but I think they’re reviving the way we watch films.
At the moment, the cinema is still the place to see the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe instalment and Star Wars hit, and it will be here that I will see the films tipped for award glory in January and February.
But there’s something so special about a new film from the comfort of your own home.
Film review, by Jason Day, of Mortal Engines, the futuristic action adventure about warring, mobile city states. Starring Hera Hilmer and Hugo Weaving, co-written by Peter Jackson.
Film review, by Jason Day, of Creed II, the big-fight boxing sequel starring Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone.
Sport
Film review by Jason Day of Widows, the crime thriller directed by Steve McQueen about the wives of deceased bank-robbers who team up to finish the job. Starring Viola Davis.
Crime
Film review by Jason Day of Dressed to Kill, the psycho-sexual thriller about a woman murdering other women in New York. Starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen.
Thriller/Suspense/Film Noir
Film review, by Claire Durrant, of Halloween (2018), starring Jamie Lee Curtis who returns as the character stalked by a sociopathic killer 40 years ago.
Horror
Film review, by Jason Day and Kyle Vevers of Smallfoot, the animated movie about a Yeti who sets out to prove the existence of the mythical Smallfoot (humans). With the voices of Channing Tatum and James Corden.
Animation
Film review by Claire Durrant of the comic-based movie Venom starring Tom Hardy as a journalist who is taken over by a symbiotic parasite.
Action/Adventure/Fantasy
Film review, by Jason Day, of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, the fantasy movie about a young orphan who moves in with his uncle, who turns out be a Warlock with a terrible secret. Starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett.
Action/adventure/fantasy
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