Movies 2015

2015. What's been good? Well, there has been quite a few good movies as well as a bunch of not-so-good movies. Among my favourite feature films I'd like to mention Boyhood, Whiplash, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. When it comes to documentaries, Adult Rappers, Rubble Kings, Salad Days and Stretch & Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives has to be mentioned especially. There has of course been a bunch of other films that are worth watching, but I think that these ones have been amongst my absolute favourites. 

Absolutely Anything
A Case of You
Adult Rappers
Alive Inside
All This Mayhem
American Sniper
Amy
Ant-Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Battered Bastards of Baseball, The
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Best of Enemies
Big Hero 6
Big Nothing
Birdman
Bobby Fischer Agains the World
Boyhood
Brooklyn Castle
Captains, The
Charles Bradley: Soul of America
Citizenfour
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
David
Dawg Fight
Deliver Us from Evil
Dirty Wars
Fifth Estate, The
Filip & Fredrik presenterar Trevligt folk
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Finders Keepers
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The
Foxcatcher
Generation Iron
Giver, The
Guvnors, The
Hateful Eight,The
Hot Girls Wanted
Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The
I Dream of Wires
Imitation Game, The
I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store
Inequality for All
Inside Out
Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, The
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Invisible War, The
Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie
Judge, The
Kill Team, The
Kumaré
Lego Movie, The
Life Itself
Love Me
Mad Max: Fury Road
Man on Wire
Man Up
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Miss Representation
Mortdecai
Motivation 2: The Story of Chris Cole
Mr. Turner
Mudbloods
Murderball
Muscle Shoals
Narco Cultura
Nightcrawler
Reality 86'd
Rewrite, The
Riot Club, The
Rubble Kings
Salad Days
Selma
Seven Five, The
Somm
Sound It Out
Southpaw
Spectre
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Still Alice
Straight Outta Compton
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Terminator Genisys
Theory of Everything, The
Tomorrowland
Transcendence
Trogen till döden
Turist
Tusk
Twenty Feet from Stardom
Unbroken
Vadelmavenepakolainen
Video Games: The Movie
Vinyl
We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!
Web Junkie
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Whiplash

Inside Out

Inside Out

Review: Easily one of the funniest, and smartest, animated films I've seen in a long way. Inside Out really connects with what is going on inside each and every one of us, and how we chose to handle different situations. A must see. 

Rating: 8/10

Amy

Amy

Review: I never was a huge fan of Amy Winehouse, even if she undoubtedly was an amazing talent and wrote some really good songs. This is a very good documentary about her and her, in many ways, tragic life. Definitely worth checking out. 

Rating: 7/10

The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight

Review: This has been a good week. First watching the new Star Wars movie, and now the latest film by Quentin Tarantino. Even if I'm a big fan of him, not all of his movies are great. They are however always worth watching. I really liked this one though. It reminds in many ways of my all-time favourite movie, Reservoir Dogs, in the way that the majority of the film takes place in one room. Not his greatest movie, a bit predictable but still highly entertaining.  

Rating: 7.5/10

The Rewrite

The Rewrite

Review: A very typical Hugh Grant film. Which means it's very predictable, and a bit charming at times.

Rating: 4.5/10

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Review: Ahh! Finally! I've been waiting for this one! I know there are still quite a few people out there who haven't seen it yet, so I won't spoil it for you. All I can say is that I loved it! Some weak acting (but which Star Wars film hasn't featured that?), but other than that: amazing!

Rating: 9/10

Big Nothing

Big Nothing

Review: Yeah, I like Simon Pegg. This however was not one of his good movies.

Rating: 4/10

Man Up

Man Up

Review: A quite charming rom-com starring one of my favourites, Simon Pegg. A fun watch. 

Rating: 6/10

Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything

Review: I wouldn't normally pick this kind of comedy to watch, but the combination of actors and director made me do it. Was it worth it? Well, it wasn't half bad. Not amazing either though. 

Rating: 6/10

We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!

We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!

Review: The first vinyl album I ever bought was Under the Blade by Twisted Sister. This was back in 1984-1985 I guess. So these guys was definitely amongst my earlier favourites. I don't think I've heard a song from them since the 80's, except from the earlier hits on radio. I can't say that I have missed them the slightest, but when I heard about this documentary I knew I just had to watch it. And it's a good one. 

It follows their career from the early 70's up until just before they released their monster album, Stay Hungry. It's an honest and interesting documentary. We are getting to hear a lot of interesting stories, and it's a treat for me to watch. Almost makes me want to pick up the old albums again for a listen. Almost. 

Rating: 8/10

Southpaw

Southpaw

Review: Not a very good film. Too many cliches stacked upon each other. The only thing saving it is some great acting from Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whitaker. 

Rating: 4.5/10