Neon Camera Reviews

Our 5 favourite movies of 2021  By Calum Whitfield and Emily Hubbard  It’s nearly the end of 2021, so to celebrate, here is a list of each of our top five favourite films of the year. Remember, we haven’t seen everything so there will be some glaring omissions (Calum’s particularly annoyed with himself for not watching Last Night in Soho before this, and Emily is incredibly sad she hasn’t yet seen the 2021 remake of West Side Story) and we’re not trying to say these are objectively the best films of the year, just the ones we looked back on and felt we enjoyed the most! Let us know what you think we missed! No Copyright Infringement Intended  Calum Godzilla vs Kong   What can I say? I’m a sucker for silly films about giant monsters fighting each other, and rarely do they come this giant or this silly. Sure, the story doesn’t make much sense and the human characters are kept pretty two-dimensional but Godzilla vs Kong is pure silly fun and exceeds itself in this dep...

  Our Favourite Directors  To celebrate hitting 1000 views, we thought we would each dive into our five favourite directors. With so many great choices available there’s a good chance these lists could change day to day, but right now, here are each of our favourites! 1. Taika Waititi Taika Waititi is undoubtedly one of the most in-demand directors in current cinema, but I’m going to be honest, like a lot of other people, my first introduction to Waititi’s work was through 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok. Waititi’s ability to completely revitalise the Thor franchise, which was otherwise bland and largely considered to be the worst of the MCU titles, into a vibrant comedy that embraced the craziness of its source material within the first five minutes of its’ runtime is something to be marvelled at (excuse the pun). His work outside of the land of superheroes, however, is even more impressive. Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit is a touching, yet absurd, film set in Nazi Germany that highlights t...