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She doesn’t seem that bad.

As much as this feels like a redo of everything we’ve seen before in the franchise and I’m getting a little tired of the same villains having the same plots, this is by far the best on a technical level. Every single action set piece is just a joy to watch. Henry Cavill is a nice addition and it still probably has the most heart in the franchise. Helicopter scene goes crazy.

‘I wonder if it re me.’

Loved how much Benji we got in this one.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

Everything one of these should be. Could be the new best in the franchise, it’s certainly the best crafted. Even though this is the sixth instalment, this kept surprising me, and that deserves a lot of credit. They could make a million of these and I don’t think I’d get bored.

Finally back on track with this for me. Brad Bird improves on the action so much here. The whole Burj Khalifa scene is brilliant stuff. Also the funniest one so far. Much more excited to check out the rest now.

Didn’t do all that much for me. Definitely the most I’ve cared for Ethan as a character but equally it’s by far the ugliest in the franchise so far. Thankgod for Phillip Seymour Hoffman (we needed so much more of him).

Maybe the best title drop ever.

‘We are all in pain. Why can’t we share that pain?’

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

This didn’t work much for me as Leigh’s other works. Really disliked the recurring score and found it really hard to attach to any of the characters. I thought a lot of them were caricatures that have been done better elsewhere. This is with the exception of Colin. Tim Roth delivers a really great performance and one you wouldn’t expect from him. Definitely Leigh at his most depressing.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Really great stuff from Leigh again. Sally Hawkins is literally my favourite person ever.

Might be my favourite soundtrack ever.

Not been as effected emotionally by a film like this in a long time. I didn’t shed a single tear but I had an ever growing feeling of emptiness. Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers an all timer performance. Looking back it’s such a shame she wasn’t nominated for an Oscar. She would have been my winner.

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

Wait we have characters that actually feel like real people? An MCU film that opts to further explore themes of mental health for its climax instead of a cgi mess ?? No jokes that ruin emotional moments???  Sebastian Stan on a motorbike in the desert in slow motion ??? This was actually pretty great. This is the most invested I’ve felt for so long in one of these. Helps that Florence Pugh and Lewis Pullman are actually phenomenal. First hour is probably the best the MCU has had to offer since Infinity War.

Really wanted to love this but I felt like I could only appreciate it so much because of the delivery of some of the lines in Geordie. Being from the North East a lot of the lines made to create an emotional reaction felt jarring and sometimes fake, and whilst all the actors nailed the accent, the script, being as blunt as it was just didn’t fully work for me. However despite that, the fact it was set in the North East, made this even more relatable and heartbreaking. There’s a couple of amazing scenes in this and the scenes that hit me most was when the dialogue felt organic and didn’t lean into poverty porn levels of emotional manipulation. Basically I need to rewatch it to fully decide how I feel, but right now I’m leaning towards a positive rating. Definitely helped by the ending, as inevitable as it was, really got to me.

Watched on Tuesday April 29, 2025.

Is there anything Tony Leung can’t do?

Could easily be the best one if it wasn’t for the Harry and Ginny romance. Honestly such great tragedy here and the final 30 minutes might be the best the Harry Potter films have to offer.

Absolutely electric. Coogler feels in complete control over this despite it going in so many different directions. So refreshing to see a director cash in on a subversive blockbuster like this. Really reminds me of what cinema is capable of. This is scary, funny, sexy and even sad. It’s many things, but most of all it’s just really cool. Can’t wait to watch again when I know where it’s going. So glad I seen in IMAX.

‘Nice one, James’

Watched on Sunday April 20, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

Watched on Thursday April 17, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Thank god for the third act.

Gunna take some serious work for a scene to top the Langley Heist scene, but I guess I do have 7 more movies to get through.

Nothing better than watching something that’s been on your watchlist for so long and then it turns out to be better than you could have ever imagined. 

‘I had a dream Charlie, but now I’m awake, and I hate my dream.’

Might be the only franchise that can repeat the exact same formula yet still be so much fun every single time. Despite being the 5th film in, this has a few tricks up its sleeve, including a brilliant third act twist, which makes it stand out. Includes probably my favourite death of the franchise as well.

Felt like this franchise had a pretty high ceiling. Give me some memorable kills and a fun set of characters and honestly you can’t really go wrong. This however went horribly wrong. At a push one memorable death, the most boring characters ever put to screen. Not to mention the diabolical script, which includes racist characters for no apparent reason. It’s also just the ugliest in the franchise and commits the sin of not even being that creepy. Bonus points for the swimming pool/car wash scene.

As somebody who has a close relationship with my gran I thought this would have hit me more emotionally. Aside from a couple of scenes this rarely got to me. The ending weirdly almost felt as if it was trying too hard to be a tearjerker. Couple of really sweet scenes still that make this worthwhile but I can’t help feeling disappointed. Really enjoyed Usha Seamkhum’s performance though.

Unironically so good. The kills are all so inventive and actually terrifying. Strikes the perfect balance between being campy and scary. Best in the franchise so far.

Low-key one of the best opening sequences ever.

Nic Cage is perfect in this role and there’s some really really funny and some surprisingly intense scenes here. Wish it committed to a certain tone though and I feel like the longer it goes on the more it unravels into something average. Can’t stress how perfect Nic Cage is though.

Feel mean giving this a low rating as the ideas here are actually really interesting and it’s clear this was made on an extremely low budget. However it’s so hard to take anything serious here when the dialogue and acting is so bad, and a lot of the images are just ugly. There is some nice images now and again especially near the end and I was actually surprised by the inventiveness of the sound design.

Lost me in the last 45 minutes, adding new vignettes and characters that I didn’t get much from. However the whole thing is so interesting, creating a character in a whole new way through other peoples experiences with her. Mona is such a unique protagonist, if you can even call her that. Looks and sounds beautiful, and every technical decision Varda makes just always makes so much sense to me.

Even I, somebody from the north myself, was really struggling to understand what half the things people were saying. Great film though.

Absolutely brilliant. The oppression of women shown through the mask of the nuclear family. Varda is literally hitting on every single front here and that ending montage is straight up horrifying. Masterpiece.

Plays almost like a documentary at some points which is unsurprising looking at Herzog’s career. Not 100% sure that this was the best way to tell this story, but I couldn’t help being absolutely engrossed with what was going on. Quickly you realise that Herzog is more interested in exploring how society reacts to Kasper more than the actual mystery of his past. Bruno S is so good here.

Equal amounts hilarious and important. The textbook definition of what makes a good satire. Special film.

Shouldn’t work on any level. Has all the cliches of a classic biopic, but then I kept ing there was a a CGI monkey in front of me the whole time and I started having a good time again. However if you strip the novelty of the monkey gimmick, ends up being a classic biopic again dragged down by the same issues in all biopics. There is a few excellent sequences here though and Gracey knows how to shoot a musical number. Mostly worked for me.

Just kept getting sadder and sadder and sadder.

Probably my favourite Fassbinder. Formally I’ve never seen something use framing and blocking to such good effect. Shot all in one room, yet Fassbinder manages to create such unique and beautiful images. He’s always told his stories through the private sphere instead of the public, and this builds on that to another level by containing the story to a single room. Utterly depressing as usual !

Watched on Thursday March 27, 2025.

Was really enjoying the first 30 minutes of this and then it kinda lost me with the shift back to Berlin. Intentionally vague but to the point I struggled to get any meaning out of it at all. Some really beautiful shots in this though.

Awful in pretty much every aspect, not least the excessive propaganda machine this is. It combines all my least favourite cinematic tropes to blend into such a tough watch. Only saving graces being a few ‘so bad it’s good’ moments and Wu Jing’s clear fun he must of had making this which occasionally shines through.

1. Sinners
2. Thunderbolts*
3. Black Bag
4. Final Destination Bloodlines
5. Mickey 17
6. The Gorge
7. Captain America: Brave New World
8. The Monkey
9. The Electric State

A constantly growing list of my all time favourites

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
• Sherlock Jr.
• M
• The Great Dictator
• It's a Wonderful Life
• Singin' in the Rain
• 12 Angry Men
• The Seventh Seal
• Paths of Glory
• Psycho

...plus 50 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
3. Rushmore
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
7. The Darjeeling Limited
8. Asteroid City
9. Isle of Dogs
10. The French Dispatch

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2. Avengers: Infinity War
3. Avengers: Endgame
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
5. WandaVision
6. Black Panther
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Captain America: Civil War
9. Loki
10. The Avengers

...plus 34 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Babylon
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Dune: Part Two
4. The Father
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
6. The Holdovers
7. Boiling Point
8. Dune
9. Nope
10. The Batman

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Dune: Part Two
2. The Brutalist
3. Hard Truths
4. The First Omen
5. Challengers
6. Anora
7. Sing Sing
8. The Substance
9. Red Rooms
10. Kneecap

...plus 67 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Do the Right Thing
3. A Woman Under the Influence
4. M
5. Singin' in the Rain
6. To Live
7. Yi Yi
8. Papicha
9. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
10. The Gleaners and I

...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Carlito's Way
2. Blow Out
3. Phantom of the Paradise
4. Carrie
5. Body Double
6. Mission: Impossible
7. Dressed to Kill

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2. The Holdovers
3. All of Us Strangers
4. Oppenheimer
5. The Iron Claw
6. Godzilla Minus One
7. May December
8. Wonka
9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
10. Anatomy of a Fall

...plus 69 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Boiling Point
2. Dune
3. Red Rocket
4. Malignant
5. The Last Duel
6. Help
7. The Suicide Squad
8. A Quiet Place Part II
9. Titane
10. Petite Maman

...plus 51 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

WHAT A YEAR

1. Parasite
2. Sound of Metal
3. Uncut Gems
4. Papicha
5. Little Women
6. Marriage Story
7. Knives Out
8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
10. Toy Story 4

...plus 46 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Sing Sing
• The Iron Claw
• Wonka
• All of Us Strangers
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Babylon
• Little Fish
• The Father
• Sound of Metal
• Avengers: Endgame

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Death Proof
4. Django Unchained
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
7. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
9. Jackie Brown

1. Grave of the Fireflies
2. Spirited Away
3. Whisper of the Heart
4. The Wind Rises
5. Porco Rosso
6. My Neighbor Totoro
7. Kiki's Delivery Service
8. Princess Mononoke
9. The Boy and the Heron
10. Castle in the Sky

1. The Prestige
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Dark Knight
4. Inception
5. Memento
6. Batman Begins
7. Interstellar
8. Dunkirk
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. Tenet

1. Babylon
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Nope
4. The Batman
5. Bones and All
6. Aftersun
7. Top Gun: Maverick
8. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
9. Cha Cha Real Smooth
10. Everything Everywhere All at Once

...plus 77 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Big Lebowski
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Raising Arizona
4. True Grit
5. Fargo
6. Inside Llewyn Davis
7. Burn After Reading
8. The Tragedy of Macbeth
9. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
10. O Brother, Where Art Thou?