Round-Up of the Year - Film Review Edition
2018 has been a banner year for the film industry, having seen the biopic rise to higher heights than ever before, and of course, I can't not mention the astounding success of Avengers: Infinity War, crossing the $2 billion mark. Being as I am, a massive film nerd, I could think of no better post to close out the year than a mass film review round up. So here, in UK release order, are the films I saw over this past year: Darkest Hour: The most worthy Oscar wining film (in my opinion). Darkest Hour is now one of my favourite war time films. Gary Oldman's performance as Churchill is so spectacular, and his transformation so complete, that I had to remind myself that I wasn't really watching Churchill himself. Of course, with such an all-encompassing brilliance being showcased, the film does occasionally suffer - mostly from other characters being outshone - however this does not massively inconvenience the plot, and as such, I am happy to continue to sing the prais