Itβs so hard to review this! Itβs mental. Thereβs some poor writing (the nurse letting us know about Margaretβs traumatic event was an eye roll), thereβs far too many gratuitous shots of an Alfa Romeo (every other car driven in the film is from the β¦
Second film Iβve watched in France on this trip. What a classic. Starting with the ghost story is a touch a genius with the film being one itself. Soundtrack, effects, acting all spot on. Iβd LOVE to run a radio station in a lighthouse
Really bold cinema! I loved the super close up shots of everybody throughout. Builds a tension that is added to by everything. How can someone eating lobster be tense? It is here!
John Williams just let loose. So clear where Spielberg went from here to get to E.T. What a marvellous film thatβs aged like a fine wine. The special effects are so good for a film of its age. Spielberg is a visionary!
Forgot to log this one. Formulaic but a fun watch. Really plays with silence, big fan of films doing that.
Awesome. Loved every second of this. Edge of the seat stuff the entire time, beautifully designed, filmed and executed. How can some rooms built off kilter make me uncomfortable?
Peak Sunday afternoon film. Terrible CGI, impossible physics, amazing. I love how the lights on planes flicker in movies
Did everything very well. Lots of gesturing at the screen and fidgeting in my seat. I loved that nobody in Ireland has a car from later than 2004 and somehow it was possible to rent a Saab 900 from an airport
I just didnβt enjoy this. Really heavy on the metaphor. Lots of genre shifting but none of them grabbed me
Well adapted from the game and very much has the same feel. A couple of good jumpy moments and some nicely added parts to what is a fairly barebones story from the source material. Hung around the anomalies for way longer than I would dare to
Left my screening of Exit 8 to be confronted with this in the car park..
Holy cinematography Batman! Delightfully shot and haunts you after. Iβll be thinking about this film for days
A good popcorn movie with some great performances. I liked how creepy it felt and that the ending was left to your own interpretation a bit. Saying that, so was the whole setup of the film. Stephen Graham doing a Jeffrey Dahmer thing
Hands over the eyes stuff. All the stress in my life is pretend and could be worse
IMAX for this one. As with the film adaptation of The Martian, this stays fairly true to the source material. It loses a touch of the grind that Grace and Rocky had to put in (reduced to a montage just like the trip to the second ship in The β¦
This was a mystery screening at the cinema. Iβve not watched the first movie but they filled in the blanks nicely. Funny, self-aware and dripping with blood
Couldβve been a bit more adventurous but was an alright watch. I wonder if Glen Powell has been in his own house for the past two years with the amount of work heβs doing
Very on-the-nose throughout. I felt it had a lot of Poor Things in there but didnβt work as well for me. Great acting all round in pretty challenging roles
Felt very uncomfortable on edge for the whole thing which Iβm sure was the directorβs vision
Yes this is it. Cinema shouldβve stopped here. Incredible design, the hammiest acting from Jeff, everything great.
Really eerie movie. The way it plays out leaves you to interpret it on your own, which I like. Horror without the cheap jumpscares!
Went on a little long and dragged out a lot of the points. Some really funny foreshadowing (everyone look at these stairs!) but all told an alright popcorn thriller
Good grief itβs not getting better than this. Immaculately acted, Ralph Fiennes blows the lid off it. Outstanding
An acting master class. Jessie Buckley throws the kitchen sink at it. The kids are brilliant!
I am however convinced people werenβt swimming such drilled front crawl at the turn of the 17th century
First film of the year and what a way to go in.Β
Haunting, devastating and absolutely beautiful to watch.
Captivating performances by an incredible cast. Philip Seymour Hoffman was unbelievable here. Very enjoyable movie that is absolutely beautiful
This was alright, some good laughs in places and a fun story that kept me interested. As always with these films, marvellous cast
Some woeful CGI going on here. Felt like the entire movie was filmed in front of a green screen. Story was okay.
Watched on a crappy inflight TV how Edgar wanted it to be. Really fun movie, enjoyed the comic style cuts and animations.
Really enjoyable film. I loved the Michael Cera scene. Now to complete the trilogy of Running Man and read the book
A swirling, abstract film. Beautifully shot throughout and some great work by Jennifer Lawrence and RPatz.
Genuinely thought theyβd cast Benicio Del Toro as old Leonardo Di Caprio for a moment. What a movie. Probably film of the year
Plane film #6: Lost my mind by this point. Loved the meta Julia Roberts thing and the Bruce cameo.
Plane Watch #3: Nice dramatic Sci-Fi. Thought it was well acted all round and the premise is right up my street.
Man this film was good. What did it not have?
Your classic Ferrell/McKay comedy. Not as good as the peaks of these movies but still drew some laughs
Pure bleakness, outstanding depth. The bluntness to the violence was excellent. Great film
Truly a mental film. A nonstop hit parade of post-killing one liners.
Darren made a funny one!
Hilarious! Completely unexpected, I barely stopped laughing throughout.
Gripping and creepy in all the right measures.
Itβs no Past Lives but itβs still a very well made film.
A fun little movie thatβs heavy on the twee but still heartwarming enough. Soundtrack is pretty good and I wish there were albumsβ worth of Munchausen By Proxy music I could listen to
This is a real return to form! Full of Abram-isms, itβs like watching Fringe but with more action. Excellent stuff.
I loveΒ that the vault would have all the most sophisticated sensors in the world but stops short of having a camera for the guard outside to watch. Overall it was very fun!
Honestly a really enjoyable 90 minute movie
Pure absurdist hilarity. Any film that makes me cry with laughter gets five stars.
Quite a long way better than I anticipated. Budget mustβve been blown to bits on the spaceship
Well thatβs one way to explore grief I suppose..
If Iβd have known more about why the movie was made going in, it wouldβve made so much more sense. I thought it was madly dry with some atrocious dialogue. Still, fun and original.
Some really nice cinematography here. Good old bit of bleakness, nobody gets to be happy.
Even without an ending that hilarious, this is a truly outstanding film. The entire cast acts the socks off it. The way itβs shot is really engaging and frantic. That ending, though, is something else
Blockbusters just donβt get better than this. Unbelievable practical effects (the alienβs face opening in the morgue?!) and impeccable acting (Edgar). Iβd watch it every day if I could
Felt a little half-baked in the concepts but I liked the story.
A bit paint-by-numbers but a good bit of fun
Just a lovely story with relentless comic relief. Was an excellent watch.
Top stuff. Really well shot with the camcorders. Loved it
Pleasant. A little brand-heavy in places. There is no way thereβs a Papa Johnβs in Iceland. Certainly tried very hard to be inspirational but I think maybe it falls a little flat. The Benjamin Button bit is outstanding though.
Made me laugh a few times with the catchphrases and some absurdity. Maybe a little convoluted for me, though. As ever with Wesβ films, set design is immaculate
Creepy throughout, found it be very gripping despite its runtime. Florence canβt do wrong, sheβs brilliant in this.
Some pretty expensive looking shots of rockets and a couple of laughs. A good film
Just relentless silly deaths. Cheeks hurt from laughing when I left the cinema. The opening scene was immaculate. I wouldβve liked the whole film in that setting but great fun regardless.
This movie had me wondering if I was losing my mind. Properly surreal and strange. Iβm loving how much Nick Cage throws himself at roles like this
What wasnβt this film?
Mrs Danvers is gonna haunt me
Canβt believe Iβd not watched this until now. Everything comes together here to make a story about an evil car make sense. Some unbelievable practical effects work throughout, had me gobsmacked. Loved it!
This is some good sci-fi. Full of all the touches of βthe futureβ that seemed wild at release (watches with screensΒ in them?!) as well as showing me the cars in I, Robot were ripped from this film. I want to call out the sound design too, because it β¦
I was picked up and taken for a ride watching this movie. Immaculate. I am yet to see Frances McDormand in a role I am not blown away by, so so good.
Laughed a lot. This is a proper popcorn movie
Hilarious whilst balancing tension. Unique in its storytelling and I enjoyed the lot. Some comically bad punching but also a banging old Citroen ZX
A really bleak tale. A lot of story told through silence. Can see how this led into future Sean Baker movies
My heart rate went over 100bpm watching this. Youβll know the ending thatβs coming the whole time but it takes you on a rollercoaster to get there.
So much funnier than I was anticipating. RPat screaming at himself was hilarious. Ruffalo and Collette were great every time they were on screen. Shoutout to the set design too, really well done.
PamAn and Dave Bautista are immense in this. A tale of people forced to change by the relentlessness of Las Vegas. Has similar themes to The Substance. A great watch
Steers awfully close to Scary Movie levels of absurdity at points. Good fun to watch something so unserious!
How can a movie be hilarious and bleak simultaneously?
A tale about loneliness. Gosling as ever was brilliant in this. Can see why he got the Oscar nod
This short film walked so The Substance could run
This is a really gripping film. With the premise being what it is, I was expecting a bit of a snooze-fest but was pleasantly surprised. Plenty of intrigue and drama coupled with marvellous acting all round.
So many hilarious moments. The close cut to a body double for Adam Scott revealing the abs will never not be funny
CageΒ² in a meta marvel. What a crazy piece of filmmaking.
This film is so complete! The whole spectrum of emotion. Wonderful acting especially from the kids.
What monumental acting in this film, complete masterclass. Not sure Iβve ever seen so much storytelling achieved in complete silence either. My first Mike Leigh film and I doubt my last.
I watched this without knowing it was a Martin McDonagh movie. It made perfect sense to me why I loved it so much after finding that out.
Super long but less dry than I thought it would be. Brody is ridiculouslyΒ good. Ultimately if youβre going Β 3+ hours I want more payoff than we really got
I counted more than five people leave the cinema during this. Talk about flight risk
Always say thank you to chatGPT
Shot so inventively and a story told eloquently. Great film
Getting Culkin in was an inspired choice. Great film, nice emotional plot with comic relief throughout.
My second favourite Nick Hault vampire film
Nice little tearjerker to start 2025. Doesnβt take anything to the traumatic places it couldβve which is definitely for the better. Some excellent comic relief and I think the non-linear story shines.
How I feel if I use the calm app in the morning. In all seriousness though this is a beautiful film that reminds you to find the beauty in the everyday. This film is one of those that makes you see the world differently when it ends. For me, thatβs β¦
Getting lost in this film was an absolute delight
Now I have a machine gun
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Watched the 4K restoration of this and it was immaculate. Every single shot had the creepiness dialled up to 11. What a film
Really enjoyable documentary that at times felt very obviously scripted. Shoutout to ParTeb for bringing the vibes.
Gripping film thatβs acted brilliantly. Music is great too
What a beautifully shot movie this is. I found it was paced perfectly and the acting was outstanding.
Really enjoyed this. Sits really well with the original
Wild bit of parody watched on a hotel TV late at night. Some hilarious moments. I LOVED YOU IN WALL STREET
Slow motion shots of waves breaking all over the show. Great action movie, everything you want is here.
Felt so desperately sorry for Bill throughout the whole film. Beautifully shot and really well executed. Terrifying nuns throughout
Hughβs great in this. The plot was perhaps a little contrived but I enjoyed the movie regardless
Very well acted and well shot movie. I understand the timeline flitting wouldβve been a creative decision but was a bit much for me. Β Overall I enjoyed it, worth a watch. Difficult to watch with a pint
Never has a film overwhelmed me quite like this. Was sat in the car for ages after leaving the cinema just trying to come back down to earth. This feels like an instant classic
I think I just watched a two hour perfume ad
Bad Trip Simulator 1968
How any of that was created with the methods available at the time blows my mind
This is cinema everyone! The stop motion robot clumsily chasing Sarah is as good as it gets
Full of drama, super intense and a lot of fun. I spent literally every tornado scene searching for a cow. Cinema was packed. Is this the film of the summer?
No better than three. A shame because I was very excited for this one. Felt like it shouldβve been an 18 with more gore. Definitely had the looks on its side, this was a delightfully shot movie
Three very distinct acts make this really fun. Loved the whole movie. Was expecting cannibalism, Iβve gotta say
Spent a lot of this movie baffled but really enjoyed the absurdity. The anthology style is excellent. Good film
A fairly easy watch for a tired Tuesday night
Unlocked a whole new set of fears for my cat
Everything about this film is spot on. All the way down to the closing credits. Special effects completely hold up. Excellent film
Itβs a bit all over the place but I enjoyed it. Groundhog Day in the multiverse
Good action and good storytelling. I enjoyed it a lot. Definitely rewatching this at some point
Love how completely unnecessary Shia LaBeoufβs character is in this movie
I thought this was a pretty fun popcorn movie. References galore and some snazzy expensive looking stunts
That zoom onto Scheider when he realises itβs a shark is perfection. Everything about this is perfection
Under 90 mins β
Scarf around a wound so you donβt have to pay for special effects β
Presumably funded by an obsolete technology company β
This film has it all
Sega will redesign half of Crazy Taxi to take out a Pizza Hut and these guys wonβt even dub a new song over Lostprophets?
You throw a shot driving through the desert in a movie and Iβm going to stay invested. This film rocked
I remember the CGI looking an awful lot better than this
Well all that build up in the first film wasnβt for nothing. Watched in IMAX and was blown away by the soundscaping in this film
The balance of comedy and suspense here is just perfect. Marvellously made
Gritty Barbie
I can totally see this as related to The Worst Person In The World. It felt similarly made. An enjoyable watch
Is this one of the truly saddest films of all time? Quite possibly. A swirling tale of loneliness. Brilliantly made.
ΒΏQue necesito empacar para mi viaje a Chile? Lo sΓ©, Β‘solo cigarrillos!
People sure did smoke in the 70s. Harrowing film though, wonderfully told and an incredible feat of survival.
The book was a really great read but this movie has made a couple of pretty weird changes that killed it for me. We had a lot of fun with spinning cameras too
I cringed a lot watching this film. The sheer creepiness of it was hard to take. I felt incredibly sorry for Priscilla. Groomed and prepared for a life before she really even knew who she was.
First movie of the year. Ultimate βbroβ comedy. I donβt know what to do with my hands
This movie drips 2006. The styles, the music, the aspect ratio. Immaculate
This film is incredible! It looks unbelievable in its remastered version. I am a huge fan of user interfaces in the future being so difficult you have to throw 30 unlabelled switches to achieve anything
Really quite the cast on this film. Colin Farrellβs character had me cracking up. Big Alβs Toy Barn energy
Proper post-Christmas fodder. All I hear when Iβm alone is the rock singing now
Miles better than I expected going in. Someone in casting was trying to win a bet by getting that much of the Peep Show cast in there
This film was a dud. It was bound to happen to Pixar eventually. Extra star for that water animation
Unexpectedly funny, dark and weird. Nick Cage runs away with this role. Definitely recommend watching
Lily Gladstone is unbelievable in this film. Leo is incredible in this film. Everyone is! You see the phrase βinstant classicβ thrown around a lot but this one really deserves it.
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Cool concept. Well made, didnβt need to keep notes like some Nolan movies
The soundtrack of this film SLAPS
Original sci-fi is great, Iβm here for that. This is, however, just 9/11 with robots
Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton are great in this. Iβll be pitching movie night to my work next week. Seems that good shit happens while thatβs still around
Weβre all just food for worms
This film is just beautiful. One of those movies that makes you see everything differently when you leave the cinema.
Hard to describe this film. It is visually incredible and the cast is insane. Not sure where it leaves me on Oppenheimer as a person.
Everyone and his mumβs packing round here
What the fuck
I really thought the acting in this was phenomenal. Reminded me of the Always Sunny pageant episode, which Iβm guessing took a tiny bit of inspiration from this perhaps
This film had me gesturing violently at the screen a few times. Gripping and the unique way of telling the story was fun too.
Dumbledore said a swear word
A self-aware movie thatβs hilarious from the start to end. The CGI blood budget mustβve been huge
Artistically this film is spot on. It looks great, sounds great, and the acting from Cate Blanchett is crazy good. Still, felt a bit long for me. Cheers for front-loading the credits though because I was a couple of minutes late arriving
I had a quick check at how much a breathalyser would cost at the end of this film. Not sure I took the right message
Get someone who looks at you like chef looks at those burgers cooking
You donβt need to watch this film to know whatβs going to happen. Thatβs not necessarily a bad thing, though. Plane was an enjoyable film to watch on the big screen, for sure
Shyamalan has the most hilarious cameo in this film. Itβs a good thriller but I think the βtwistβ (wasnβt much of one) was a bit loose for my liking.
All round a not-so-bad film. Chuckled at the quick horizon shift at the end. A nice telling of the story of the man so often behind the camera
First film of 2023!
This film is a preciseΒ mashup of Gran Torino and Up. Even had the trip to the falls. Turns out thatβs no bad thing, I cried my eyes out and Iβll be buying the book. Thoroughly recommend giving it a watch.
Bad
Not as good as the first but enjoyable!
Spent 100 minutes waiting for something explosive when in fact the entire film just slowly burned. Left thinking for hours. Loved it
What a performance from Anthony Hopkins, genuinely terrifying. Probably a bit criminal that it took me this long to see this film
What a rollercoaster. Some great soundtracking and the shots are superb. A wild, wandering journey around the mind of an unwell guy
So good. Bleak and funny. Great acting. The βtakes two to tangoβ back and forth had me laughing my head off
Not great, not bad. Cast is insaneΒ but the story is maybe a bit too convoluted for me. I do like when movies do a side-by-side with the real events in the credits though
I think this is a great concept thatβs been badly delivered
βπ» yesssss
Colin Farrell really hates Bruges
Quentin goes easy on the violence but keeps the feet in this one. Great double cross thing going on
Itβs a whodunnit. You see one, youβve seen βem all. This oneβs particularly good though
Saw this in IMAX for a special. Itβs just iconic. Animatronics are better than CGI. That classic soundtrack. About ten shots of those oxygen tanks so we donβt forget theyβre on the boat.. I love every moment of this film.
I donβt think Sean Bean says βbastardβ in this film, which wouldβve definitely bought it another star. All round an enjoyable film, even if you could see what was coming next for near enough the whole thing.
Spent the whole film thinking it looked familiar. Then βGREAT ASSβ and it came flooding back. What a film!
I watched this movie in its native languages, with French subtitles. Difficult to understand that, but the film could still be understood. A great story thatβs heart wrenching at times. Worth a watch for sure
This movie had great pace. Perhaps just highlighted because Iβd watched Moulin Rouge the night before.Β
Hell of a cast, all at their best. Loved the escalation throughout.
Take your eyes off this for 30 seconds and youβll miss about 25 important plot points. It really shifts!
I want to take his face π€ β¦ π«΄ off
Unexpectedly one of the funniest films of the year. Havenβt heard a whole cinema laugh like that in a long time. Side note: everything A24 touches right now turns to gold
If you lose a limb suddenly blood sprays out like a fire hydrant for at least 10 seconds
Think we could have another contender for film of the year on this one. I guess when we see something spectacular we all react differently, and pretty much every character did that in this film.Β
Am also waiting for my first monkey related nightmare
A fun film thatβs very different to most of what Iβve seen released this year. A really quite impressive bag of cameos in here.
You could argue that this was Snakes on a Train
Itβs so nice to watch a film thatβs just a nice story. Brian invents an artificially intelligent robot called Charles. Charles is a child-like robot that loves cabbage, Honolulu and really wants to sit in the front. Heβs also adorable.Β
Feels like β¦
I swear Tom Hanks is doing the same accent here as he did in The Terminal.Β
I think the film spent a bit longer trying to get the audience to realise the βcaught in a trapβ thing than really showing us more about Elvisβ childhood and early career. β¦
This film was an absolute treat. Packed full of all the little intricacies that make the TV show great. Puns everywhere, Gene on fine form. Lost half a star for the animation occasionally being a bit jarring
Well now Iβve got to watch Paddington 2
Starting at the end of this movie was a bad idea in my opinion. We couldβve been left with more suspense throughout the whole thing if we didnβt know where it was leading.Β
That said, RW is outstanding in this film and it displays the range he had β¦
Severance for relationships. Cool. Not entirely what I expected it to be, arguably better. A big bag of emotion.
Could relax once I found the Pizza Planet truck.Β
Animation has come on such a ridiculous length in a short time. This is the most beautiful Pixar film yet. Funny, weirdly relatable and takes you on a bit of a journey like any Pixar film would. Not β¦
Iβm not sure what I was meant to leave this film thinking or feeling. Julieβs a long way from the worst person in the world, although Iβm assuming she thinks she is.Β
Nicely shot, the chapter divisions work nicely. Story had me at the beginning but β¦
A beautiful film. Batman doesnβt really develop at all throughout the film though. Itβs also a little long. The Riddler appears to have been styled on Rose West, which is weird.
A simple story of a remarkable bloke. Bonus points for getting Jim Broadbent to say βthe greater goodβ a few times
Lacked a bit of something that the first film had for me - just a bit of the magic. Still remarkably good, mind.
Iβd not watched this film until this week. A complete bucket list film I was waiting for the right time to see.Β The 50th anniversary screening was playing in a local cinema and I went for it.Β
This film is unbelievably good. Despite being very long, β¦
A lot of ridiculous stuff happens in this movie but it peaks for me at the space shuttle having Kaspersky anti-virus
A lot of setting up shop for movie two. And space bagpipes
I went to watch this film on my own in the cinema when it was released. If it weren't for the comic relief of the Alexa halfway through I probably would've been genuinely scared. A great movie, exactly what a modern horror film should be.
This film is bleak. It's so unbelievably bleak.
This film is just great. I have nothing more to say
Am I wrong?
Unequivocally the best movie of all time. This is everything that a movie needs to be and should aim to be. From the soundtrack to the special effects, the set building (Hill Valley square is a masterpiece), the DeLorean and all the way through to β¦
Great film, annoying to have forced β7β into the name and make this film so much of a pain to find
I think maybe what was going to happen was a bit too signposted for me? Nonetheless, a good film with a unique story.
Itβs juvenile comedy, it really is. Thereβs something just so funny about seeing someone take a hockey puck to the balls at top speed though.
Watched on Sunday February 6, 2022.
Watched on Sunday January 9, 2022.
