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Favorite films

  • The Thing
  • Videodrome
  • Airplane!
  • Ghostbusters

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  • Zappa

    ★★★½

  • Run Silent, Run Deep

    ★★★½

  • Final Destination Bloodlines

    ★★★★

  • Secret Level - Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen's Cradle

    ★★★

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The Matrix Resurrections

2021

★★★½ Watched

Finally checked this out and... It's not so bad. Obviously it can't be the original and it was a compromised production from the start, but there's definitely ideas and it's not as dull or confused as the other sequels.

The Final: Attack on Wembley

2024

★★★ Watched

Not sure what's more annoying here. The drunken entitlement, the abuse, the embarrassment of sharing a port with these people or the fact that their votes shaped my future.

I hadn't paid attention to the game at the time, but I definitely hate the fact this is how we're seen, even though it's been many years since I've been near these people. I'm not sure whether to be more angry at the people who barged in or the people who…

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Seoul Station

2016

★★★½ Watched

A good enough prequel to the excellent Train To Busan, but I can't help but feel loses something with relatively low fame rate animation (the crowds of running zombies look fairly ropey in comparison the live action film, and that it loses some opportunity to deliver something that couldn't be done outside of the animated format. Well worth a watch, though.

Godzilla

2014

★★★★ Watched

Finally got around to this, and enjoyed it immensely. I'm not entirely sure what some people were expecting, but for me it's a great addition to the franchise with some great monster action. Unlike the 1998 film, it also manages to be both internally consistent and it's great to see Godzilla acting in his "saviour of humanity" role against some decent foes as per later Toho films rather than the mindless destructive force of nature. Great fun, although I think I still slightly prefer Pacific Rim in of cheesy action - but that's fine because this film deliberately keeps the cheese rather light.