Top 5: Best Films of 2023

2023 saw a spark reignite on the big screen, with remarkable cinematic achievements, providing renewed hope for the art of cinema. Here are 5 cinematic delights from this year that you’ll have the pleasure of escaping to. Special Mention: Barbie (2023) Out go the heels and in come the Birkenstocks, Barbie is a fun, pumping…

Barbie (2023) ★★★★☆

“Do you guys ever think about dying?” …the last words you’d expect to hear out of this pretty pink doll’s mouth. But hey, even plastic can have a meltdown. Meet Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s latest directorial debut, based on the iconic Mattel doll that has fascinated and polarized society since 1959. Viewers are whisked to Barbieland…

La La Land (2016) ★★★★★

“Someone in the Crowd” could take you where you want to go.  Aspiring actress, Mia (Emma Stone), works as a barista in a coffee shop on the Warner Bros studio lot. She dreams of becoming an actress, but spends too much of her time auditioning for bad roles. Meanwhile, struggling jazz musician, Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), hopes to…

Drive (2011) ★★★★★

An Arthouse thriller like no other.  Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, Driver (Ryan Gosling) is a Los Angeles mechanic/stuntman by day, and a crime getaway driver by night. He is a man of very few words, and isn’t one for displaying emotion. All is running smoothly until the Driver meets his neighbours, Irene, whose husband is in…