June 23rd 2017 Today I continued my goal of watching all of Empire’s top 100 films. Tonight’s film was Se7en (intentionally spelt with the seven inside the seven). It’s a film about a religious, ritualistic murderer who turns out to … Continue reading Seven
June 19th 2017 Today’s blog comes in two parts, and both of them are multiples of one hundred. First, Nine Hundred. Yesterday marked 900 consecutive days of daily blog posts here on fillingmyblanks. Since January 1st 2015 (now 901 days ago), I’ve managed … Continue reading Hundred
June 15th 2017 Today I took the ‘How many of Empire’s 100 greatest movies have you seen?’ quiz. Unsurprisingly, it’s a quiz that lists Empire’s 100 greatest movies and you have to tick the ones that you’ve seen. (Spoiler alert: I … Continue reading Empire
April 6th 2017 Today I finished watching 13 Reasons Why on Netflix. It’s a Netflix original series that’s based on a book of the same name that I read a few years ago. I didn’t even know they were making … Continue reading Thirteen
March 22nd 2017 Today I watched the latest remake of Beauty and the Beast. I say ‘latest’, because I swear I went to watch a remake of Beauty and the Beast like two years ago. That one was just a digital remastering … Continue reading Beauty
September 23rd 2017 Today I watched Nocturnal Animals. I’ve talked about this before, but one of the things that I look for in a film is the similarity – or indeed, differences – between the opening and the closing images. … Continue reading Uncomfortable
February 16th 2017 Today I watched Arrival, and heard a story that I really wished was true. The story that Amy Adams’ character tells is this: When Captain Cook landed in Australia, he and his team were greeted by Aboriginals. … Continue reading Arrival
January 28th 2017 Today I watched La La Land at The Regal cinema in Evesham. The Regal is an antiquated art-deco theatre that doubles as a cinema. Instead of standard tiered rows of seating like you’d get in an Empire or … Continue reading Regal
January 19th 2017 Today I watched what was possibly, probably and hopefully the last episode of Sherlock. I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed the BBC, Steven Moffat, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s depiction of Sherlock Holmes. There’s three, ninety minute episodes a year and … Continue reading Sherlock
January 18th 2017 Today I finished season one of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom. And it’s very important that I prefaced the show’s title with “Aaron Sorkin’s” because the entire show is basically just a projection of his personality and political opinions. That’s … Continue reading Newsroom
