The Wall Street Journal’s best movies of 2019 have a feel good factor
With the cornucopia of films, television, songs and books that are released onto the market every week; we are all swimming in entertainment. There is just so much that it is sometimes hard to sift through and to determine what would really be a good watch, listen or read. What is adding to the feeling of being overwhelmed, is the fact that we are all so connected to people in other countries and have access to media from all over the world which informs us about the 'must sees'. As we catch up with family, the overseas cousins as well, over Christmas and follow our favourite celebrities on social media; South Africans are sometimes annoyed that the movies that are discussed take a bit longer to be released in our country. The Wall Street Journal has come up with a list of the best movies of 2019, which means we do not have to guess what is great and what is rubbish. The entity describes the world that we live in now as reminiscent of the Great Depression when the Golden Age of Hollywood dawned. If that applies to South Africa, oh yeah, our arts are going to bloom. The movies on their list have something in common; they make you feel good about life. – Linda van Tilburg