James Harvey
@orharveyworking.bsky.social
Writer? Contributing Editor for Film Stories Magazine. Words in/on The Guardian, Total Film, BBC5Live, Great Big Story, WhyNow, GameRant. NCTJ Gold Standard. Scripts in a drawer. He/him.
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1) TRAP
Read the tagline on this poster and tell me this isn’t the best movie of the year, I dare you. Sense? Little. Good? No. Fun? 1000% yes. Good stuff.
Read the tagline on this poster and tell me this isn’t the best movie of the year, I dare you. Sense? Little. Good? No. Fun? 1000% yes. Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
1) TRAP
Read the tagline on this poster and tell me this isn’t the best movie of the year, I dare you. Sense? Little. Good? No. Fun? 1000% yes. Good stuff.
Read the tagline on this poster and tell me this isn’t the best movie of the year, I dare you. Sense? Little. Good? No. Fun? 1000% yes. Good stuff.
2) THE BIKERIDERS
Goodfellas on bikes! More style than you can shake a leather jacket at, with a pleasing variety of Boston-ish accents. What else is cinema for? Good stuff.
Goodfellas on bikes! More style than you can shake a leather jacket at, with a pleasing variety of Boston-ish accents. What else is cinema for? Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
2) THE BIKERIDERS
Goodfellas on bikes! More style than you can shake a leather jacket at, with a pleasing variety of Boston-ish accents. What else is cinema for? Good stuff.
Goodfellas on bikes! More style than you can shake a leather jacket at, with a pleasing variety of Boston-ish accents. What else is cinema for? Good stuff.
3) YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA
Jerry Bruckheimer at his most Bruckheimer-ish in the shape of the least Bruckheimer film you can imagine. The kind of old-fashioned underdog sports flick they don’t make anymore. Good stuff.
Jerry Bruckheimer at his most Bruckheimer-ish in the shape of the least Bruckheimer film you can imagine. The kind of old-fashioned underdog sports flick they don’t make anymore. Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
3) YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA
Jerry Bruckheimer at his most Bruckheimer-ish in the shape of the least Bruckheimer film you can imagine. The kind of old-fashioned underdog sports flick they don’t make anymore. Good stuff.
Jerry Bruckheimer at his most Bruckheimer-ish in the shape of the least Bruckheimer film you can imagine. The kind of old-fashioned underdog sports flick they don’t make anymore. Good stuff.
4) DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS
Alright, first of all, shut up, you’ve all forgotten how to have fun. Completely goofy, candy floss Coen at its least worthy, just two hours of thriller-adjacent dildo jokes. That’s a good thing, you’re all wrong. Good stuff.
Alright, first of all, shut up, you’ve all forgotten how to have fun. Completely goofy, candy floss Coen at its least worthy, just two hours of thriller-adjacent dildo jokes. That’s a good thing, you’re all wrong. Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
4) DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS
Alright, first of all, shut up, you’ve all forgotten how to have fun. Completely goofy, candy floss Coen at its least worthy, just two hours of thriller-adjacent dildo jokes. That’s a good thing, you’re all wrong. Good stuff.
Alright, first of all, shut up, you’ve all forgotten how to have fun. Completely goofy, candy floss Coen at its least worthy, just two hours of thriller-adjacent dildo jokes. That’s a good thing, you’re all wrong. Good stuff.
5) DÌDI
Lady Bird for skater kids? Say no more. Completely charming look at a kid incredibly passionate about something he’s also not very good at yet. Good stuff.
Lady Bird for skater kids? Say no more. Completely charming look at a kid incredibly passionate about something he’s also not very good at yet. Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
5) DÌDI
Lady Bird for skater kids? Say no more. Completely charming look at a kid incredibly passionate about something he’s also not very good at yet. Good stuff.
Lady Bird for skater kids? Say no more. Completely charming look at a kid incredibly passionate about something he’s also not very good at yet. Good stuff.
6) BLACK BOX DIARIES
Shiori Itō catalogues her fight to bring her rapist to justice in the best bit of journalism you’ll see this year. Terrifying and punch-the-air thrilling in equal measure. Good stuff.
Shiori Itō catalogues her fight to bring her rapist to justice in the best bit of journalism you’ll see this year. Terrifying and punch-the-air thrilling in equal measure. Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
6) BLACK BOX DIARIES
Shiori Itō catalogues her fight to bring her rapist to justice in the best bit of journalism you’ll see this year. Terrifying and punch-the-air thrilling in equal measure. Good stuff.
Shiori Itō catalogues her fight to bring her rapist to justice in the best bit of journalism you’ll see this year. Terrifying and punch-the-air thrilling in equal measure. Good stuff.
7) THELMA
Old woman gets scammed out of savings. Old woman chases down ne’er do wells to make them feel bad about themselves. Old woman rides cool red mobility scooter. Not in that order. Good stuff.
Old woman gets scammed out of savings. Old woman chases down ne’er do wells to make them feel bad about themselves. Old woman rides cool red mobility scooter. Not in that order. Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
7) THELMA
Old woman gets scammed out of savings. Old woman chases down ne’er do wells to make them feel bad about themselves. Old woman rides cool red mobility scooter. Not in that order. Good stuff.
Old woman gets scammed out of savings. Old woman chases down ne’er do wells to make them feel bad about themselves. Old woman rides cool red mobility scooter. Not in that order. Good stuff.
8) AMERICAN FICTION
Yeah, it came out in the US last year and won an Oscar, feck off. But if there’s one film from that lineup you missed on release, sort it out - Cord Jefferson’s smart satirical crowd-pleaser deserved so much more than it seemed to get at the time. Good stuff.
Yeah, it came out in the US last year and won an Oscar, feck off. But if there’s one film from that lineup you missed on release, sort it out - Cord Jefferson’s smart satirical crowd-pleaser deserved so much more than it seemed to get at the time. Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
8) AMERICAN FICTION
Yeah, it came out in the US last year and won an Oscar, feck off. But if there’s one film from that lineup you missed on release, sort it out - Cord Jefferson’s smart satirical crowd-pleaser deserved so much more than it seemed to get at the time. Good stuff.
Yeah, it came out in the US last year and won an Oscar, feck off. But if there’s one film from that lineup you missed on release, sort it out - Cord Jefferson’s smart satirical crowd-pleaser deserved so much more than it seemed to get at the time. Good stuff.
9) MONKEY MAN
Dev Patel got metal pins stuck through his hand so he could finish his “what if John Wick was smart” movie in the middle of a pandemic with no money, and delivered probably the best action movie of the year. Good stuff.
Dev Patel got metal pins stuck through his hand so he could finish his “what if John Wick was smart” movie in the middle of a pandemic with no money, and delivered probably the best action movie of the year. Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
9) MONKEY MAN
Dev Patel got metal pins stuck through his hand so he could finish his “what if John Wick was smart” movie in the middle of a pandemic with no money, and delivered probably the best action movie of the year. Good stuff.
Dev Patel got metal pins stuck through his hand so he could finish his “what if John Wick was smart” movie in the middle of a pandemic with no money, and delivered probably the best action movie of the year. Good stuff.
10) KINDS OF KINDNESS
Is this the best Yorgos Lanthimos film in the UK in 2024? No. Is it a Jesse Plemons-centric trio of acting workshops disguised as mid-budget 90s thrillers with the best poster campaign of the year? Yes. Good stuff.
Is this the best Yorgos Lanthimos film in the UK in 2024? No. Is it a Jesse Plemons-centric trio of acting workshops disguised as mid-budget 90s thrillers with the best poster campaign of the year? Yes. Good stuff.
December 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
10) KINDS OF KINDNESS
Is this the best Yorgos Lanthimos film in the UK in 2024? No. Is it a Jesse Plemons-centric trio of acting workshops disguised as mid-budget 90s thrillers with the best poster campaign of the year? Yes. Good stuff.
Is this the best Yorgos Lanthimos film in the UK in 2024? No. Is it a Jesse Plemons-centric trio of acting workshops disguised as mid-budget 90s thrillers with the best poster campaign of the year? Yes. Good stuff.