Love? Life? Joy!
Romantic films are the ultimate feel-good films, right? Who doesn’t love the pure escapism involved in losing yourself in delusions of grandeur and happy ever afters? Well, to be honest, all of the grand gestures and sweeping music can get a bit sickening after a while and you need a good healthy dose of realism. But that doesn’t mean to... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
It’s my intention with these posts to not just spread a lil joy through the medium film but also to introduce you to films that you may not otherwise have seen. I’m assuming that there are some hardcore film geeks out there reading these posts who don’t have an aversion to foreign films. And I’m also assuming that Amelie winning... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
If you care to cast your mind back a week or two, you’ll remember that we’ve taken a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a film that isn’t exactly ‘feel good’, but rather is one of your (and our) favourite Halloween films. This could in fact still be a feel good film, as it could recall certain... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
Who doesn’t love a musical? The old Hollywood types are the best – big gowns and even bigger tunes, usually demonstrating the vocal capabilities of some soon to be superstar. Hello, Dolly! is one such film and was also the first in the ‘feel good film series’ that I hadn’t seen before. That kind of situation doesn’t happen for me... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
When School of Rock was initially released, I was going through my ‘film snob’ phase and refused to watch ‘kids films’. That’s also why it took me so long to watch 13 Going on 30, but that’s a story for a different post. I hadn’t seen much from Jack Black before and just dismissed the film as one of those... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
It Happened One Night, or so the story goes. Boy meets girl and rather than an instant infatuation, there’s an instant annoyance. But suddenly, one night, their eyes meet across a crowded room and bam! they’re in love. Well, that’s how it worked for Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, and that’s how it has happened ever since! (Image via) Gable... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
Zach Braff is kinda talented, huh? A lot of TV actors come across as one trick ponies, but it turns out that Zach Braff isn’t just a great sitcom actor, he can also turn a pretty quick phrase and is a bit of a whiz behind the camera too. And he also worked on the film’s soundtrack. I’ve got a... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
Zombieland is many things – a buddy movie, a road movie, a bromance, a rom-zom-com (thanks, Edgar Wright, for penning that term after Shaun of the Dead), but most of all, it’s a proper comedy. Jesse Eisenberg is the geeky college kid trying to get home to his parents after a zombie apocalypse kicks off. Along the way, he meets... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
(Photo via) Yay! It’s the first official feel-good film post! I’m so excited to be able to share some of the most heart-warming, inspiring and hilarious films with you. My fellow aliljoy writers have voted for the first title: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. My mum raised me on rom-coms, so it’s no surprise that I... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
By Emma Farley Hi! I’m Emma, your resident Film Geek. One of the things I love about film is its power to completely manipulate your emotions. You could be having the shittiest of days, but once you grab a brew and packet of biscuits, put your feet up and pop a film in the DVD player, all of your troubles... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week