vocal.media/geeks/the-violin… #TheViolinist, Singapore's first full-length #animated film, and Annecy 2026 Cristal winner, is a must-watch if you love traditional #animation, #classicalmusic, or is into WWII history. Here are but 5 reasons why this poignant film is worth watching.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 27/10 Best Male Supporting Performance Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive (1993) "I didn't kill my wife!" " I. Don't. Care..."

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 26/10 Best Female Supporting Performance Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted (1999) The Oscar speech moment was cringy and creepy, but she was really good in this amid a primarily female cast.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 25/10 Most Undeserving Best Actor Oscar winner Will Smith for King Richard (2021) Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick... Boom!) or Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) deserved it more I feel.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 24/10 Fave Male Performance 1990-2026 Hugh Grant as UK PM in Love Actually (2003) Also him as Chopin in Impromptu (1991), bumbling bookstore owner in Notting Hill (1999), evil villain in Paddington 2 (2017), and slimy P.I. in The Gentlemen (2019).

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 23/10 Best Soundtrack The Greatest Showman (2017) With brilliant original songs by Pasek and Paul, brilliantly sang by most of the leading cast members. (Also Frozen 1 and 2 by the Lopezes.)

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 22/10 Must-see After 2010 Film Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Absolute Cinema!

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 21/10 Fave Movie Based on a Novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) When what you imagined while reading the book materialized exactly as you thought it would in the film (esp Diagon Alley). Brilliant. (Also, 2005's Pride & Prejudice.)

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 20/10 YouTubers Movie Lovers Shd Check Out This DK Classics account--there's I, II, III and X--on YouTube have loads of full black and white classic movies from the '30s to the 50s. You may find one tt you've been wanting to watch or re-watch here!

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 19/10 Fave Female Performance 1990-2026 Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) The one and only Michelle Yeoh. Also Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), The Lady (2011), and Crazy Rich Asians (2018).

#Bales2026FilmChalleng 18/10 Film for War Movie Haters Silent Night (2002) On Christmas Eve 1944 during WWII, a German mother convinces 3 American and 3 German soldiers to lay down their guns for a day to celebrate Christmas at the family forest cabin. Heartfelt & Inspiring.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 17/10 Lesson Abt Character Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Andrew Garfield as the real-life Desmond Doss who rescued 75 of his comrades during the brutal battle of Hacksaw Ridge, without carrying a weapon of any kind which was against his beliefs.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 16/10 Male Performance 1930-1960 It's A Wonderful Life (1946) James Stewart. Made us cared, made us cried, made us hoped, & made us rejoiced at the end. Also great in Rear Window (1954), in a wheelchair no less.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 15/10 Film 1970-1990 All Shd See Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) "I find your lack of faith disturbing..." For the ground-breaking blockbuster tt it is, & how it influenced many to become actors and filmmakers, & how it revolutionized the toy industry.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 14/10 Best Cinematography 2049 (2017) Either this or 1917 (2019), both by Roger Deakins who deservingly won Oscars for both.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 13/10 Film btw 1950 n 1970 eveeyone shd see The Sound of Music (1965) "Let's start from the very beginning, a very good place to start..."

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 12/10 Fave Foreign Film Spirited Away (2001) Beautiful hand-drawn animation. Captivating supernatural -cum-coming-of-age story. Wonderful characters, unforgettable sequences. Truly one of Hayao Miyazaki's masterpieces. Watch it once a year, I do.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 11/10 Underappreciated Actress School of Rock (2003) Joan Cusack always make a film she's in more enjoyable, from Working Girl to In & Out, to the Toy Story franchise.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 10/10 Fave Male Performance 1960-1990 The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Harrison Ford as Han Solo. "I love you." "I know." And for three years thereafter we ceaselessly pray, "Please be alive, please don't die!"

#Bales2026FilmChallenge 9/10 Fave Female Performance 1930-1960 Black Narcissus (1947) Next to The King & I (1956), loved Deborah Kerr in this psycho thriller, although Kathleen Byron stole many scenes as the creepy, unhinged nun!