Whiplash - Film Review

And the beat goes on. But in Damien Chazelle's thrilling drama it's not only the drums getting hit. Miles Teller stars as Andrew Neyman, an ambition 19 year-old jazz dummer at Schaffer Conservatory - one of the best music schools in America. When Andrew's practicing catches the ear of Schaffer's top tutor Terence Fletcher, played to perfection by J.K. Simmons, the first-year student is invited to join Fletcher's band as an alternate... 

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2014 Top Ten

1. The Wolf of Wall Street

2. Calvary

3. Nightcrawler

4. Guardians of the Galaxy

5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

6. Gone Girl

7. Cold in July

8. Dallas Buyers Club

9. Interstellar

10. X-Men: Days of Future Past

I didn't catch Boyhood, which I couldn't regret more. I didn't see Locke, or The Grand Budapest Hotel. I missed Only Lovers Left Alive, Two Faces of January and Under the Skin, as well as Her. Damn, I've been shit this year.

But Honourable mentions go to Chef, which was so heart-warming it almost gave me indigestion. American Hustle, yeah the plot may have been lacking but the performances from the ensemble cast were all stunning, with Jennifer Lawrence giving a knock-out turn, as she always does. And The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 far surpassed my admittedly low expectations, but I thought it was much better than it had to be.