Watch This Space

Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2017)

Because I file a report here on IMDb of every film I see within hours of watching it I am able to monitor the stuff I'm watching. So far, since January 1, 2017, I have watched 47 movies, all but nine on DVD rather than in the cinema. Of those nine three stand head and shoulders above the other six; in the order I watched them these are 1) Loving, 2) Fences and 3) Hidden Figures; numbers #1 and #3 address racism in the US during the late fifties and early sixties whilst #2 (Fences) is essentially a domestic drama despite an all- Black cast. I am one hundred per cent White, born and bred in England largely in multi-racial environments and have never experienced any racial tension at first hand (although I was once mugged at gunpoint by two black teenagers) nevertheless all three of these superb films moved me to tears at several points and if I had to opt for just one of the three Hidden Figures would win by a nose from the other two dead-heating for second place. Everything about Hidden Figures is right on the money and it is impossible to praise it too highly.