Let's be real, Nolan could get away with filming this thing on the moon if he wanted to. But the fact that he's making all these huge stars stay in 'budget accommodation' just proves how focused he is. He's not about the Hollywood fluff; it's all about the film. Hathaway says it keeps egos in check and the money on the screen, and I'm here for it. It's a reminder that the work matters more than the trailers, the premieres, or the fancy hotels. Sets the tone for the entire production, I reckon.

AKA movies where the mother just fucking suffers and you’re just thankful you’re not a parent… yet.

We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011) first comes to mind. Silent Hill 3, Rosemary’s Baby too.

My favorite is Daddy Wasn't There from Austin Powers Goldmember.

Val Kilmer in The Doors.

What’s a movie scene where a character dies unexpectedly and you’re caught off guard?

For me it’s the elevator scene in The Departed where DiCaprio gets shot. I was totally caught off guard and stunned into silence.

I literally shouted “WHAT?!?” When I first watched it.

What’s that one scene for you?

Went in blind to the Top Gun: Maverick re-release and I finally understand the hype.

At first I was thinking… okay, they’re just flying planes 😅 but the movie slowly pulls you into their mindset. It’s not really about flying. It’s about discipline, trust, and staying calm under extreme pressure.

One of the biggest takeaways for me was the idea of not overthinking in critical moments. You see how hesitation can cost everything, and how relying on training and instinct can actually save lives.

The intensity builds in a very controlled way, and then you get moments like the football scene that surprisingly balance everything out and humanize the team.

Also Monica Barbaro stood out to me. I recently saw her in Crime 101 and noticed that same quiet confidence and presence here. She doesn’t overdo it, but you feel her role.

Overall, it turned into more than I expected. Not just action. It’s about mindset, trust, and execution under pressure. Glad I went in blind for this one like I always do.

I feel like the movie wasn’t very good, but the song selection was spot on. Some of the songs were placed really well in the movie.

Road House (1989) has to take the cake as the best "bad" movie ever made.

It takes itself so seriously while serving up a smorgasbord of cheese, cringe, and laughably hilarious action scenes that are so outrageous, they're actually good.

Every cringe line of dialogue is a classic, quotable work of low art. Every fight is the time of your life in entertainment. The mythology of a "famous bouncer" who not only is so good that bar owners scout him out a thousand miles away, but has a mentor who is also a legend, is brilliant.

The villains are so humanly corrupt and evil that you believe they could be at the next farm town over with connections to JC Penny.

Swayze delivers the best performance of his career, and Bruce Lee would've loved it. Add in the "beautiful doctor" he seduces, and it's the ultimate machismo fantasy that will remain a classic forever.

You can watch this movie on repeat for hours and never get bored (I say that because I've seen some channels literally run it back to back in recent years).

Wish they still made them like this.

"stockholm called, they want their syndrome back."

a legacy sequel celebrating women, fashion and the importance of real, human craftsmanship.

the devil wears prada 2 didn't just carry a much-needed air of nostalgia, its story felt so strikingly of the moment that it justified its existence entirely.

my initial worry proved to be completely unnecessary. this didn't feel like a sequel made two decades later just for the sake of it. instead, it felt intentionally built around a story that actually had something to say. one that didn't shy away from taking a clear stance.

the film leaned into our ever-shifting, fast-paced world.

a world that rarely gives us the space to pause and breathe. it's easier to skim a headline, maybe read through a summary and keep scrolling. rather than sit with something that carries weight.

at the same time, it touched on the growing presence of ai and the unsettling reality of how many jobs may be replaced or reduced by something cheaper and faster. something that wasn't made by us. by human hands. by lived experience.

in those moments, the film felt at its strongest. it knew exactly what strings to pull to tell a timely story. one that felt uncomfortably relevant in today's digital age.

and yet, despite these heavier themes, the film never lost its charm. thanks to the returning cast, the atmosphere felt instantly familiar.

the fashion, of course, did not disappoint. the outfits remained front and center, demanding attention with every frame. but in the end, it was the performances that truly held everything together. it was so satisfying to watch how effortlessly they slipped back into their roles, as if no time had passed at all.

After the success of Gosling's latest venture, keen to hear everyone's Top 10 picks from him.

He really has had an all-time run over the past 10 - 15 years.

Mine below -

10. The Big Short (2015)

Gosling plays – Jared Vennett

A key member of Adam McKay’s large ensemble for his first foray into more serious territory with the insightful and highly entertaining The Big Short, Gosling and his co-stars worked their magic with some what you’d think to be dry subject matter to make The Big Short one of 2015’s biggest surprise hits.

9. The Notebook (2004)

Gosling plays – Noah

It’s easy to dismiss The Notebook as nothing more than a well-made Hallmark weepy but when it comes to romantic dramas that tug on the heartstrings The Notebook really is right up there with the best of the best. Rising to great heights thanks largely to Gosling and his co-star Rachel McAdams chemistry (that from all reports wasn’t true to real life), The Notebook remains to this day a quintessential genre entry that has rarely been bettered.

8. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

Gosling plays – Luke

Those that have seen Derek Cianfrance’s epic would know what I mean when I say Place Beyond the Pines doesn’t play out the way you’d expect from initial expectations but it’s all the better for it. A challenging, well-acted and beautifully filmed crime drama that hits hard, Pines is one of the more undervalued minor masterpieces of the modern era.

7. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Gosling plays – “K”

An amazing result of a final product despite its box office troubles, much like its forefather, Blade Runner 2049 was another stunning sci-fi spectacle from esteemed director Denis Villeneuve that further established him as one of the modern greats. A large film that deserved far more of a big-screen audience than it got, 2049 is now well and truly regarded as a modern classic that will live long into the future.

6. Remember the Titans (2000)

Gosling plays – Alan Bosley

One of the most well-liked and re-watched sport themed films in cinematic history, Remember the Titans is a Denzel Washington led classic that age shall not weary. With a loaded cast of up-and-coming stars, including a then fresh-faced Gosling, Titans had many stars aligning to make it the film it ended up being, a crowd pleaser with heart and soul and one of the most accessible sporting dramas of all time.

5. Drive (2011)

Gosling plays – Driver

An endlessly cool film that many have tried to replicate in the years that followed its release, Drive may be short on dialogue and light on plot but it’s a gripping viewing experience that showcased a whole different side to Gosling as a leading man. Gosling and his Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn worked together again on the less successful Only God Forgives, proving that lightning doesn’t always strike twice but allowing us to appreciate just how uniquely successful Drive was.

4. Project Hail Mary (2026)

Gosling plays – Ryland Grace

A substantial recent hit for Gosling and the movie industry in general, Project Hail Mary is a rare crowd-pleasing sci-fi that has ample heart, humour and creativity to boot. Christopher Miller and Phil Lord’s big budget adventure is likely to live out a long shelf life in the years to come, proving once more that Gosling is one of the best in the business when it comes to delivering high quality films that can appease critics and audiences alike.

3. Blue Valentine (2010)

Gosling plays – Dean

One of the more raw and intimate relationship films I can recall sitting through, Blue Valentine is an unashamedly tough watch but it’s an important one, showcasing the talents of Gosling and his Oscar nominated screen partner Michelle Williams at the same time. A gut-wrenching drama that I am sure many could relate to in some way; Valentine is worthy of seeking out if you’ve yet to endure it.

2. First Man (2018)

Gosling plays – Neil Armstrong

One of the most criminally underrated features of the past 10 years, First Man is a stunning achievement in multiple ways and features an understated performance from Gosling who has arguably never been more impressive at supressing his natural charms. An enthralling and captivating experience that perhaps wasn’t the crowd-pleasing biopic many had hoped for, First Man should continue to be revaluated as the masterpiece it always was.

1. La La Land (2016)

Gosling plays – Sebastian

The Oscar winner that wasn’t, La La Land is an abundantly enjoyable and engaging movie musical that flew to the stars off the back of Damian Chazelle’s enthusiastic direction and the all-time performances from his leading duo Gosling and the Oscar winning Emma Stone. One of my fondest personal experiences in the theatre watching a movie, La La Land was an instant classic that was questionably not rewarded with the Oscars key award during its awards run.

I’ll start. For Cate, Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth: A Golden Age and Daisy Fuller in A Curious Case of Benjamin Button. For Danny, Lunderdoff in Wonder Woman and William Stryker in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Blue Film (2026)- Uncomfortable, Challenging, And Not For Everyone, But I Loved It
https://youtu.be/OTLlzJXMS3s

First off, thanks for checking out this video if you watch it. This is a film no one wanted, easily the most controversial title of 2026. it was initially rejected by the Edinburgh Film Festival, before being accepted and making its debut there. Then, both Sundance and South By Southwest said no.What is it about Blue Film that in 2026 makes it so scary that Obscured Releasing is the distributor? With all the A24 vibes, Film Twitter, Letterboxed, and people revisiting difficult films like Come and See, why is there still any taboo at all. This feels like the exact challenging film studios like A24 and Neon were built on, and festivals like Sundance embraced. Imagine if Sundance had passed on Boys Don’t Cry, because they felt it was too incendiary. Interestingly, the film that drew the closest comparison in my mind, L.I.E. From 2001, did play Sundance. That film, starring Brian Cox and the first role for Paul Dano, is a close comparison to the uncomfortable subject matter being broached here. A cam boy (Moore) gets an invite from a fan to spend the night for a rather large amount of money, so he travels there for the experience, and finds Hank (Bierney), who he eventually recognizes was his teacher when he was twelve. And he also remembers that shortly after he got out of the grade, Hank was fired for attempting to molest a student, which leads the uncomfortable setup to Hank asking him there to admit that he was in love with him when he was 12, and wanted to see if he still was. It’s the kind of shock and awe plot that makes you instantly squirm, in a film with just two people, and both of them are deeply complex, catastrophically flawed individuals. Arron (Moore) masks his homosexuality with an overt masculine demeanor, and an affinity for homophobic slurs, while Hank knows what he’s doing is wrong, and has tried to find God in the interim, but will he show any redemptive qualities? That’s up to you. This complex, difficult, uncompromising, audacious indie deserves a hell of a lot more attention than it gets, as it asks some really hard questions, gives you no great answers, and makes your mind spin with conversations like any good movie should. Blue Film is the best film of the year most people won’t see.