Films of the Month - February

I forgot to do this at the end of my February posts, so we're a bit out of time. Never mind, it doesn't matter to anyone except me, probably! I have finally caught up on blogging for the first time since about the beginning of December last year. I've really had a lot going on. I'm behind on writing too so I'm trying to rectify that. I know I've been stressed and I've also been working a lot more which leaves less time for writing and crafting. I ought to give myself a break but also... Hmm! 

Anyway, here's what I saw in February:

I followed Aubrey Gordon for a while, and I've listened to a couple of her podcasts, so I'm aware of her. I know a lot of people who loved this film and who even met her and attended Q&A sessions and stuff. I just hadn't got round to seeing the film. So when I saw it was on iPlayer I watched it. I did like it. I'm also fat obviously and I know what it's like to inhabit a body like ours. I did like a lot of it, but I thought some of the director's choices were ...interesting

I saw Joy on Netflix - it's a film about the pioneer scientists who invented IVF. It's brilliant, I would really recommend it. The three leads were great 

I read Small Things Like These and I love Cillian Murphy so I was excited to see the film. I thought it was okay. The book is very short so it didn't really expand into a full film I don't think? But it looked good

I saw Back to Black in the cinema when it came out and wasn't wowed by it, but I fancied watching it again so I did. I think I enjoyed it more the second time around. It is well done, but I do find it a bit odd. It misses out loads of Amy's life and it just feels a bit wrong. Maybe not enough time has passed since she died? I don't know

My mum and I kept talking about Maria, which is about the opera singer. It is glorious. I generally liked Angelina anyway and she rarely misses, but she's absolutely immense as Maria Callas. I loved this, I highly recommend it

I had had this on my list for ages and finally got round to it. It's about an eighth grader who does vlogging and who has all the worries about being that age. I really liked it, it's cute

I know I've seen this before, the film adaptation of the Matilda musical, but I couldn't remember it. And maybe the reason is that it's just not very good. I liked the musical enough, I guess, but this just loses some of the heart of it. I won't bother again

Lee and I finally got round to watching the new Wallace and Gromit, from Christmas. We both liked it. It was great to see Feathers back and the voices of a lot of people we like (like Reece Shearsmith). I will have to watch this again to see what I missed

I can't remember how I came across this film but it's about a lesbian teacher during Section 28, it's really good and I would recommend it

Finally Lee and I watched Wallace and Gromit: the Curse of the Were Rabbit, which we think we've only seen a couple of times. We liked it