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Payback is a beast.

Wild concept and top cast that absolutely falls flat on its face by being pretty dull. Feels like a future cult classic but I don't think it's entertaining enough for that.

A rebellion built on hope.

Had to watch again after finishing Andor and it comes through now with even more weight. Gareth Edwards directs the shit out of this.

Winning might just be the death of you.

Look, if you're gonna rip off far superior slasher films, at least don't do such a lazy job of it. There's fun to be had in the absurdity of limbs being lopped off at times but this is a disappointment after the other Fear Street films were genuinely rather good.

For three million years, the human race has been at the top of the evolutionary ladder. Nothing lasts forever.

Shocked I had never seen this but not exactly missing anything major. It's trashy 90s sci-fi that's easy to see why it has such a cult following.

When he said I do, he never said what he did.

Watched to prep as my dream sequel for Unequal Sequel. I adore this film!

We had twenty years to prepare. So did they.

Watched this to prepare for appearing on Unequal Sequel and I kind of hate myself for doing so. This is an absolute travesty.

Something has survived.

Always such a fun watch, The Lost World may not hit the heights of the first film but it provides a different adventure altogether as humans venture on to an island where the dinosaurs already roam free. Actually hoping Rebirth captures the adventure of these first two films so badly.

The most beautiful love story ever told.

Watched this with my daughter (her first Disney at 5 months) and she pooped through Gaston's song.

Every choice, every mission, has all led to this.

If you haven't heard - if you haven't, you must be living under a rock - Tom Cruise is on his way to save cinemas yet again with the latest Mission: Impossible instalment. The eighth film of the franchise that has, rather surprisingly, grown from strength to strength, The Final Reckoning brings the franchise to an end with incredibly mixed results.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the IMF team race across the world and against time to find the Entity, a rogue artificial intelligence that can destroy mankind.

First off, if you thought they said "entity" a lot in Dead Reckoning, get ready for it to become the bane of your life while sitting through this film. Clocking in at just under three hours, The Final Reckoning gets off to a sluggish start with a first hour that becomes a bit of a slog to sit through - constant callbacks to the franchise's history complete with brief flashbacks to EVERY SINGLE ONE stopping the film from picking up any pace and really getting going. We are eight films into a franchise, most people know who or what you are referring to - it really does feel so jarring. It's a shame because there is some good stuff to open the film, including a well-executed emotional moment between two mainstays of the franchise. It really does make the choice to overload the first act with nostalgia quite baffling and something these films has never done to this extent.

Constantly ramming references down your throat becomes a thing of the past as the middle of the film really starts to pick up the pace, feeling more like a Mission: Impossible film as a result. The ridiculousness of it all is felt and the fact the world is reliant on Ethan Hunt yet again is enough to make you want to punch the air. It's also when the action kicks into gear and delivers on its promise of making this a partly spectacular end to the franchise.

Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise have now made four of these films together and, with each one, have delivered a varying array of death-defying stunts that put you right on the edge of your seat. Usually frantic, they mix things up a bit in the middle of the film here as Ethan takes to the depths to retrieve something vital from the sunken Sevastopol. It's a set-piece that takes its time to crank up the tension, ensuring the audience holds their breath as long as Ethan does. Then comes the final act, which genuinely saves the film, as Ethan and the villainous Gabriel take to the skies in a bi-plane chase for the ages. Not only that, Ethan then hangs from either plane while attempting to save the world - a true testament to the work that stunt crews do on film sets to ensure everyone's safety is paramount. It really is exhilarating stuff combined with true Mission: Impossible stakes as the rest of the team are on ground level testing your nerves too.

The Mission: Impossible films would be nothing without the dedication Tom Cruise has to the role and his love of cinema - nearly thirty years since he first lit the fuse. Once again as Ethan Hunt he delivers a performance full of determination and physicality that you can only sit back and ire the effort he puts in. Cruise has always had an underrated comedic side and he brings that to Ethan yet again, even if the stakes are higher than ever before. The ing cast are a joy as always but this time round feel more shoved to the side, with a whole host of new faces introduced in what becomes a bit of a bloated narrative. It was disappointing to see Esai Morales underused as Gabriel, his moustache-twirling presence always lifting the film to those more ridiculous heights - though it is great to see him get one of the most shocking moments in the whole franchise.

So, eight films later, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning sees one of the most iconic action franchises come to an end. After a disappointing start, things pick up for this to deliver some stunning action sequences and signature white-knuckle world-saving scenarios. Whether they choose to carry on the franchise somewhere down the line is anyone's guess however, making a Mission: Impossible film without Tom Cruise is a mission absolutely nobody should accept.

Initial reaction

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning left me disappointed. The opening hour is a bit of a slog as heavy exposition on the history of the franchise gets in the way of the story moving forward at any pace. Once it picks up halfway through, the film is truly saved by a nail-biting final act that proves Tom Cruise is undefeated when it comes to death defying stunts.

An adventure 65 million years in the making.

The greatest film ever made. I have so much faith in Gareth Edwards and company capturing something in the same vein as this untouched original. Not sure I should after the pile of dross that was Dominion.

We all share the same fate.

Have a feeling that The Final Reckoning will be the perfect blend of Dead Reckoning and Fallout, and that has me so fucking excited. Christopher McQuarrie really has such a range when it comes to action films and, well, Tom Cruise speaks for himself when it comes to the limits he's willing to push himself to for our entertainment. Clearly feels like a part one and, by the looks of the trailer, they've saved most of the crazy stunts for the final instalment. Bring it on!

This is one case that's going to be settled out of court.

Ricochet is like the perfect blend of late 80s craziness seeping into the 90s, it's so WILD! Denzel is effortlessly cool and John Lithgow really is one maniacal villain.

This flight goes nonstop to hell.

A bit all over the place with some decent action thrown in, and does the thing of baiting a sequel without finishing this first story properly.

The 90s was such a good era for action movies that even this film shits on so many we get today. Maybe it's the cast or maybe it's the filmmaker, all I know is that they look and feel like real life, rather than glossy sound stages. Needed a montage to Chain Reaction by Diana Ross mind.

Some missions are not a choice.

Will never fail to thrill the shit out of me. Absolutely exhilarating stuff!

The story of an orphan would would be king.

A chance to make something a bit more original than the carbon copy of the animated film previously yet they still manage to just copy moments from that film over and over. It's actually a really irritating film, from the use of Timon and Pumbaa, right through to the way he sings brother.

He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.

Easily one of Adam Sandler's best comedies, Happy Gilmore is full of great little laughs and some stupid moments that are so endearing. Not quite sure the sequel due this year will hit the same but excited for it nonetheless.

Ain't nothing more powerful than love.

It's different, I'll give it that. It's also just not very good.

No law. Only disorder.

It feels rather unfortunate that a new action film from the director of The Raid films is arriving on Netflix this week with little to no fanfare. Havoc from Gareth Evans may not reach the heights of the aforementioned films, yet it does do exactly what it says on the tin, deliver total havoc.

After a drug deal gone wrong, bruised detective Walker Mackey (Tom Hardy) must fight his way through the criminal underworld to rescue a politician's estranged son, unravelling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city.

Havoc opens with a frantic car chase as cops go after a lorry full of drugs. It may seem like a cool way to start a film however, the garish use of CGI makes it feel right out of a computer game, totally foreshadowing the absurdity of what is to come. The action comes thick and fast after that, Evans doing the lord's work again when it comes to hand to hand combat, where the film is at its absolute best. There's an insane sequence in a nightclub that you just have to take in because it's a hell of a lot, the close quarters fighting something to really get the adrenaline going.

It's a real shame though that the majority of the action is over-reliant on gunfire, some scenes just verging on noise as a result. Maybe it's because it's set in America that everyone is so trigger happy but it actually dilutes some of the otherwise thrilling action sequences. The club sequence previously mentioned is tarnished by all the loud gunfire but a sequence towards the end in a cabin is next level use of loud noises that become jarring. Pair that with an incredibly basic script and Havoc falters a little. Now, I know dialogue isn't what people are here to see with this film but at least make it sound like these characters are up against it and not just coasting through such insane situations.

As for the performances, Tom Hardy leads the film with a grizzled turn as Walker Mackey - his classic mumbling nearly out in full force but luckily stamped out early on in the film. The physicality of the role is not to be underestimated and Hardy plays it perfectly as expected, his sense of comedy something that also works well for the character. The only other performance of note in the film is Jessie Mei Li as Ellie, a rookie cop paired with Walker on his case. Not only is her character one of the more interesting in the film, the journey from innocent rookie to someone willing to play dirty to get results brings out a fine performance in Li.

Sadly, Havoc never reaches the heights of either of The Raid films, lacking in any iconic sequences that made people fall in love with them. Gareth Evans though proves he is one of the best directors working in action today, so I will be seated for whatever he brings us next.

Initial reaction

Havoc does exactly what it says on the tin, Gareth Evans delivering a brutal and blistering action movie in the process. At its most impressive when delivering insane hand to hand combat, the nightclub sequence the standout, there's sadly far too much reliance on gunfire throughout, verging on becoming just noise at times. Had fun with it but it doesn't reach the heights of either of The Raid films.

Not super. Not heroes. Not giving up.

Now more than ever, it feels as if the MCU is at a critical point to keep people invested in the juggernaut of a franchise that once soared so high. It will always keep a loyal legion of fans but there's no denying there's been a lull in interest with particular films releasing to such meagre numbers the franchise is used to. The Multiverse Saga has been accused of lacking direction compared to the Infinity Saga, yet that all feels like it could change with the release of Thunderbolts*.

Ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes -- Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and John Walker (Wyatt Russell) -- embarks on a dangerous mission that forces them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

This isn't the first time we've seen a bunch of misfits formed into something of a team in the MCU, James Gunn endearing the world to the Guardians of the Galaxy over the course of their own trilogy. It's a winning formula, seeing a team struggle to fit together before coming good, but Thunderbolts* isn't afraid to change the formula a little to become one of the most fascinating MCU projects in recent memory. Opening with a daring stunt performed by Florence Pugh's Yelena - jumping off the second tallest building in the world - we are thrown right into the action, and things move very swiftly from that point. There's moments of slick action scattered throughout as the team come to blows a number of times, yet it's an impressive finale that really makes the film stand out. If you're expecting a city destroying fight to save the world, you'll be disappointed. What Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo write into the finale is much darker and thoughtful than that, and it comes with the bonus of Bucky punching a man in a chicken suit.

Yes, you read that right. Thunderbolts* isn't afraid to be goofy but it should be lauded for wearing its heart on its sleeve. These are broken characters banded together, each with dark pasts that plague their present selves, and the reflection on mental health and battling inner demons makes for an emotionally resonant conclusion centred around Lewis Pullman's Sentry, who makes for such an interesting antagonist. As mentioned, it's not afraid to be goofy as well and director Jake Schreier balances both the comedic and emotional aspects irably. Personally, the film gets off to a wobbly start in of the comedy but it grew stronger as events unfold, not surprising that happens to be as the team gains more , so maybe it's an intentional choice to symbolise the team having to gel.

The greatest strength of Thunderbolts* is the performances from the impressive cast assembled, Florence Pugh front and centre with a fantastic performance as Yelena. Still not over the loss of Natasha and very much trying to find her way in life, Pugh brings such vulnerability to the character, a scene between her and David Harbour's Red Guardian later in the film emotionally poignant. Pugh is the beating heart of the film and someone they need to keep around in the MCU for as long as possible, she's just that good. Sebastian Stan is effortlessly cool as Bucky Barnes - epitomised by him channeling Arnold Schwarzenegger in T2 on a motorbike - and it's fun to watch him try to rein the team in to help stop the threat.

It's very much an ensemble piece full of fun performances, the likes of Hannah John-Kamen returning to roles after a while away and fitting in seamlessly. David Harbour totally understands the assignment as Red Guardian, getting most of the laughs as a result, while it's Wyatt Russell as John Walker who feels the least settled into the role at this point. Lewis Pullman makes for an interesting new addition to the universe, his Bob and later Sentry plagued by amnesia and a troubled past that results in almost catastrophic events. Pullman's performance allows the audience to feel great empathy for a man who never chose to be what they made him.

It's fun to see them put some effort into a post credit scene for once too as it becomes clearer where the MCU is heading, the second in particular one you do not want to miss. Also, the discovery of what the asterisk in the title means isn't exactly mind-blowing but it is most definitely satisfying for the future of the franchise. Thunderbolts* is the better of the MCU films released so far this year, its depiction of mental health struggles within these antiheroes and the performances on show the strongest assets.

Initial reaction

Thunderbolts* isn't afraid to change the formula of the superhero film, and in doing so becomes one of the most fascinating MCU projects in recent memory. It makes a bold statement to tackle heavy subject matters, dealing with inner demons in particular and, after a wobbly start, comes together as a new team is formed. Florence Pugh is the beating heart of it all and is someone the MCU needs to keep around for years to come. It really grew on me as it went on.

Dance with the devil.

Sinners is an intoxicating modern epic drenched in sweat and blood. The use of music in the narrative adds such a fascinating aspect to the chaotic events that unfold. There's an aspect ratio change that just had me locked in so bad as Coogler utilised the IMAX format to perfection. I'm gonna need Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan to keep making films together for as long as they can.

In 1987, Oakland was hella freaky.

It's always a nice surprise when you can just vibe with a film, something that very much happened with Freaky Tales. The latest offering from indie filmmaking duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, this action comedy leans into both its own absurdity and influences from other films to become one of the most entertaining films of the year so far.

An NBA star (Jay Ellis), a corrupt cop (Ben Mendelsohn), a female rap duo (Normani and Dominique Thorne), teenage punks, neo-Nazis and a debt collector (Pedro Pascal) embark on a collision course in 1987 Oakland, Calif.

If the synopsis above doesn't at least make you the tiniest bit interested in seeing how this plays out, then it definitely won't do anything for you. What Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck achieve here in creating such an authentic - outside of all the weird shit - 80s vibe is nothing short of mesmerising. It's a film almost paying homage to a time itself, as well as the countless influences that inspire the narrative - something this film irably wears on its sleeve. The visuals are grainy and feel like an exploitation film while the soundtrack is full of bangers that bring the era to life with such energy.

Their writing is also an aspect of the film that shines, the vignette structure working well to connect the respective stories throughout. You might argue it isn't necessary but Boden and Fleck utilise it to their advantage, with the film flowing more naturally as a result. For an action comedy, it mostly delivers on both however, it's more subtle with the laughs than you'd think and the major action bookends the film. The finale in particular the most obvious Kill Bill homage we've seen in a while.

As for the performances, this is very much an ensemble piece that relies on many moving parts to achieve success. The most obvious standouts are Pedro Pascal and Ben Mendelsohn, himself a regular fixture in the duo's films, both getting the most to do but so different ends of the scale when it comes to calmness. Pascal oozes charisma every time he's on screen while Mendelsohn just captures that nasty nature of his character in the way only he can. The rest of the cast are clearly having a blast with the material, which is always a good sign for any film.

Having heard nothing about Freaky Tales prior to watching it, it's such a good feeling when a film comes along and just provides you with such a fun time. Who doesn't like watching Nazis get their comeuppance!?

Initial reaction

It's simple, I hear For Who the Bell Tolls, I really like the film.

Viola Davis really went from one of the best and refreshing action movies (The Woman King) in recent memory to one of the worst here with G20. Maddening.

The stakes are a thousand feet high.

A bit all over the place but still thoroughly entertaining watching Daisy Ridley do her thing. Hilarious how these writers have to now think of obscure ways for characters to end up in these scenarios to feel fresh.

If the signal dies so does she.

One of those films that if made now would be full of nobodies and it'd be absolute trash. Surprising amount of recognisable faces in this one. Big fan of William H. Macy saying to the dirty cop at the end, "It's a day spa you fuck."

Also, fun little end credits with various characters looking at the phone.

Death has never been closer.

Death coming full circle is a neat touch and the gymnastic death is one of the best the franchise has to offer. The bridge collapse is also a significant step-up from the NASCAR crash in the previous film. So ready for the latest film now!!

Rest in pieces.

Death should have done the world a real favour and just killed the racist guy and let the rest of them live.

Desperate times, desperate measures.

Something changed in the atmosphere the moment Rebecca Ferguson posed like that at the opera with the sniper rifle. It's easy to see why Ethan Hunt is so distracted throughout.

This ride will be the death of you.

Standing ovation for the cut from the burning tanning beds to their caskets. Also, the audacity to include 9/11 as an event explained by all of this lore must have had someone sweating in case it didn't go down well.

Her life is no fairy tale.

I get this is a play on Little Red Riding Hood but was not expecting a psycho Kiefer Sutherland to actually be in the bed as her grandma. Easy to see the Oliver Stone influences here. It's so god damn 90s but in a good way.

You say you want a revolution?

My wife chose this as it's Mother's Day and it's a film she used to watch so much as a child. She warned me about what I was about to witness and even I couldn't have predicted the chaotic events that were to unfold in front of my very eyes. Let's be honest, the Spice Girls were huge and genuinely have some of the greatest pop songs ever released to their name, so it's not crazy to see why a film starring them was released at the peak of their popularity. Some of this made no sense but that only added to the enjoyment factor of it all, Richard E. Grant going totally unhinged something to alos keep the interest going. Lost count of the various ing roles throughout - Meat Loaf(?) and Roger Moore (!?!) - but you get why they're in it of course. Then there's the Spice Girls themselves. Not one of them is an actor and quite honestly, watching them was like being back at school in a drama lesson when you had to perform to the rest of the class.

For every beginning there is an end.

Love this for the pile-up sequence that still makes an entire generation uncomfortable to drive behind a truck carrying logs. Not as good as the first but still plenty of fun to be had.

No Accidents. No Coincidences. No Escapes. You Can't Cheat Death.

Just had to get a rewatch of the franchise in before the new one releases this year. watching this so much round friends houses and just having such a great time. It still delivers that, the kills not being as elaborate as further down the line but it's always creepy watching these teens get killed by Death itself.

She is 15. He is 17. The love every parent fears.

Only watched this as I am trying to watch all of Tom Cruise's films and even though he's only in this for about a minute, he provides the film its most entertaining moment. The rest of it is wild, melodramatic trash quite honestly.

Human traffickers beware.

Whenever a new Jason Statham action movie comes out, there's always one particular thing I look out for; what occupation he will have before getting into all sorts of violent shenanigans. when he was actually a beekeeper in The Beekeeper? I mean, nothing will ever top that for me but in A Working Man, his journey from construction worker to a war against the Russian mafia is just as ludicrous.

Levon Cade (Jason Statham) left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life of working construction. However, when human traffickers kidnap his boss's daughter, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.

Working with David Ayer again after The Beekeeper, which was surprisingly rather good, it's so disappointing to see A Working Man be an uninspired action movie helmed by Ayer. After a bad run of films, it was great to see Ayer have some fun with his previous film but this is just a reminder that, more often than not, he delivers quite awful films. Co-written with Sylvester Stallone(!), the film is full of laughable dialogue that you actually get the impression from they feel they were writing some deep piece of cinema here. Let's not even talk about the most one-note stereotypical characters littered throughout the film because not one is even worth mentioning.

Now, dont get me wrong, people will be watching this to see Statham kill a load of people for two hours. Sure, it delivers that however, it's just in such mundane fashion. There's a few moments where brutal violence matched with comedy really do work but, for the most part, the action is cut to crap in the editing room with the camera far too close to the action sometimes. It gets to the point where it's all just noise.

As for Jason Statham, this is the kind of role he can do with his eyes closed. It's a testament to the physicality he brings to the film, yet any form of emotion he is suppose to evoke is thrown out the window by the lack of dramatic tones he can deliver. Statham is a weird one because, sometimes you may watch a film of his and think it's easy to see how he became a big action star however, films like this just make you think how that was even possible in the first place. Seriously, this just isn't it.

Obviously this film ends in a way to bait a sequel but it'll be a surprise if that actually happens. The Beekeeper deserves a sequel. This does not. Action movies deserve to be better than this.

No plan. No backup. No choice.

Ghost Protocol is the moment in the franchise where, for the first time since the first film, it felt like it was capable of reaching such great heights. It's so slick and funny, the group here possibly having the best dynamic of the entire franchise. That Burj Khalifa sequence too - utterly thrilling!!

He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the summer.

Growing up I never realised this was written by John Hughes but watching it again it's clear as day because it's so Home Alone in places. Used to watch this so much as a kid and still really fun to watch now. Mr Wilson is a good man for having the patience he does with a kid trying to kill him.

Fear has found a new home.

You've seen a cocaine bear, get ready for meth gators. Wild.

Quite a significant drop off in quality from the first film, even if there still some laughs to be had. Maybe it's because the idea of a lads holiday suits these characters more. I really hate the sequence with them trapped in the Australian outback.

Villains aren't born. They're made.

The SPUMC really died with Kraven aka The Hunter.

How tragic. RIP.

From the very opening scene, you know you're in for a good film when Philip Seymour Hoffman is operating on such a level. He's the best thing about this entry, Tom Cruise revitalising the franchise along with J.J. Abrams and crew, and it only keeps getting better from this point.

Out of school... out of their league.

Just like the series, there's moments in this film that make me cry from laughter. Wonderfully awkward and vulgar, that dance sequence to impress the girls an all timer moment.

Expect the impossible again.

This film is so extra I can't help but at least enjoy it. In fact, it definitely grows on me with each viewing. It's obviously the black sheep of the franchise and that's cool.

Trapped... Four desperate men and a strange half-anima girl.

I know this is Kubrick's first film and all, but it feels like the film the kids are making in Super 8.

You're cordially invited to a violently romantic comedy.

Jimmy Warden makes his directorial debut with Borderline, a comedy thriller that promises a game of cat and mouse amidst a home invasion scenario, yet delivers far more than you'd expect. This twisted little indie thriller certainly surprised me.

Duerson (Ray Nicholson), a helplessly romantic sociopath escapes from a mental institution and invades the home of Sofia (Samara Weaving), a '90s pop superstar. He just wants to be loved; she just wants to survive.

The marketing and synopsis for Borderline will have you believe this is very much a two person show set, for the majority, in one location. While that would have been fun to watch, what Warden does with his film is thankfully something a little more quirky and, as a result, far more interesting. There's way more characters in play than expected and they all intertwine throughout, culminating in a rather bizarre finale that treads a fine line but just managed to keep me invested.

This day and age, dealing with a subject such as mental health in your film needs a careful approach, and Warden does a decent job in making Duerson feel like a rounded character rather than just an outright caricature. By the end of the film, it's clear as day that Duerson is as much a danger to himself than he is others, the end credits hitting rather hard in particular. The music from the Mondo Boys works so well with the tone of it all, persisting with the offbeat tone the film carries with it throughout.

The performances on show add to the quirky nature of the film, Ray Nicholson in particular inheriting the signature smile from his father to bring about a sense of unease to proceedings. This is the second time we've seen him with a bit of an unnerving smile aimed at a famous popstar so he better avoid getting typecast moving forward. Samara Weaving is always choosing such interesting projects and, while she may not have the most to do here, her screen presence and fine comedic timing sees her add undeniable quality to the film. The MVP though is Alba Baptista as Penny, a fellow escapee who aids Duerson in the home invasion - her desire to bring such pain to various characters throughout both entertain and disturbing in equal measure.

Borderline feels like it could easily become a cult classic, Jimmy Warden delivering a film that, with a little refining, could easily be a surprise hit. If you're looking for a film to this week, make it this quirky indie thriller.

Go ahead, you tell him you didn't do your homework.

A lot of people will argue this doesn't work because Arnie isn't a good actor but it only works because he's in it. We all know he has his limits but he truly makes this become such a fun family comedy. So god damn quotable too.

Don't go down without a fight.

Builds up to absolutely nothing in the end, and only manages to deliver a few decent sequences. Maybe we just need to stop with these films that A Quiet Place has obviously kickstarted a flood of.

Expect the impossible.

Will never tire of the film that started it all, obviously on a much grander scale these days in of stunts and locations. This film is just so electric for me, Tom Cruise living life on the edge the best kind of Cruise. As ludicrous as it is compared to the other stunts we see later in the franchise, the channel tunnel sequence in this is just chef's kiss beautiful.

Survival is the only option.

An action thriller without any charisma whatsoever. Imagine this in the 90s, it'd star two Hollywood icons and be spoken about for years to come. This arrived and was forgotten almost immediately.

The ballad of a true original.

If Timothée Chalamet wins Best Actor at the Oscars, it'll just be the Academy repenting for their sins of fucking up and not giving Bradley Cooper the win for A Star is Born.

• From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
• 28 Years Later
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• Superman
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Companion
• Babygirl
• Here
• Flight Risk
• Presence

...plus 82 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

2025 UK releases ranked.

1. Sinners
2. Nosferatu
3. A Real Pain
4. The Brutalist
5. Nickel Boys
6. We Live in Time
7. Thunderbolts*
8. A Complete Unknown
9. The Monkey
10. Saturday Night

...plus 29 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2. Mission: Impossible
3. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
4. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
5. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
6. Mission: Impossible III
7. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
8. Mission: Impossible II

1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. Avengers: Endgame
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
6. The Avengers
7. Spider-Man: No Way Home
8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
10. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

...plus 37 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Definitive best of the decade list. Obviously going by UK release dates (Duh!)

1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. Parasite
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once
5. Dune: Part Two
6. Oppenheimer
7. Sinners
8. The Batman
9. Godzilla Minus One
10. Avatar: The Way of Water

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

UK releases ranked.

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Challengers
3. Anora
4. Poor Things
5. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
6. Inside Out 2
7. The Zone of Interest
8. The Iron Claw
9. The Holdovers
10. Better Man

...plus 223 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Blow Out
• Before Sunrise
• Before Sunset
• Before Midnight
• Titanic
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Brawl in Cell Block 99
• Dragged Across Concrete
• Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
• Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two

...plus 245 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2. Loki
3. Deadpool & Wolverine
4. Thunderbolts*
5. The Marvels
6. Captain America: Brave New World
7. Echo
8. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
9. Secret Invasion

1. Final Destination
2. Final Destination 3
3. Final Destination 5
4. Final Destination 2
5. The Final Destination

• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
• White Shadows in the South Seas
• With Byrd at the South Pole
• Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
• Shanghai Express
• A Farewell to Arms
• Cleopatra
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Anthony Adverse
• The Garden of Allah

...plus 117 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 7th Heaven
• Street Angel
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
• Coquette
• The Divorcee
• Min and Bill
• The Sin of Madelon Claudet
• Morning Glory
• It Happened One Night
• Dangerous

...plus 90 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Last Command
• The Way of All Flesh
• In Old Arizona
• Disraeli
• A Free Soul
• The Champ
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Private Life of Henry VIII
• It Happened One Night
• The Informer

...plus 89 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Come and Get It
• The Life of Emile Zola
• Kentucky
• Stagecoach
• The Westerner
• How Green Was My Valley
• Johnny Eager
• The More the Merrier
• Going My Way
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

...plus 79 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 7th Heaven
• The Patriot
• The Big House
• Cimarron
• Bad Girl
• Little Women
• It Happened One Night
• The Informer
• The Story of Louis Pasteur
• The Life of Emile Zola

...plus 87 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Great McGinty
• Citizen Kane
• Woman of the Year
• Princess O'Rourke
• Wilson
• Marie-Louise
• The Seventh Veil
• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
• Battleground
• Sunset Boulevard

...plus 74 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Shrek
• Spirited Away
• Finding Nemo
• The Incredibles
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
• Happy Feet
• Ratatouille
• WALL·E
• Up
• Toy Story 3

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 7th Heaven
• Two Arabian Knights
• The Divine Lady
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Skippy
• Bad Girl
• Cavalcade
• It Happened One Night
• The Informer
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

...plus 88 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• One Night of Love
• The Informer
• Anthony Adverse
• One Hundred Men and a Girl
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• The Wizard of Oz
• Stagecoach
• Pinocchio
• Tin Pan Alley

...plus 129 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Cleopatra
• Mary Poppins
• Thunderball
• Fantastic Voyage
• Doctor Dolittle
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Marooned
• Tora! Tora! Tora!
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• The Poseidon Adventure

...plus 52 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Anthony Adverse
• In Old Chicago
• Jezebel
• Gone with the Wind
• The Grapes of Wrath
• The Great Lie
• Mrs. Miniver
• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• None But the Lonely Heart
• National Velvet

...plus 79 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Wings
• The Broadway Melody
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Cimarron
• Grand Hotel
• Cavalcade
• It Happened One Night
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• The Great Ziegfeld
• The Life of Emile Zola

...plus 87 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Battle of Midway
• Kokoda Front Line!
• Moscow Strikes Back
• Why We Fight: Prelude to War
• Desert Victory
• The Fighting Lady
• The True Glory
• Design for Death
• The Secret Land
• Daybreak in Udi

...plus 76 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Skinamarink
2. Broker
3. Insidious: The Red Door
4. Close
5. Return to Seoul
6. Carmen
7. ages
8. Mercy Falls
9. Dream Scenario
10. Cat Person

• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• Juror #2
• Mufasa: The Lion King
• The Shadow Strays
• Moana 2
• Kinds of Kindness
• Megalopolis
• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
• Self Reliance
• Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Bird is only bottom as I need to see it again - just on here to log it as part of the group.

1. Anora
2. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
3. We Live in Time
4. Saturday Night
5. Nightbitch
6. The Apprentice
7. Hard Truths
8. Joy
9. Maria
10. Queer

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Aliens
2. Alien
3. Predator
4. Prey
5. Alien: Romulus
6. Alien: Covenant
7. Prometheus
8. Alien³
9. Predators
10. Alien Resurrection

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Aliens
2. Alien
3. Alien: Romulus
4. Alien: Covenant
5. Prometheus
6. Alien³
7. Alien Resurrection
8. AVP: Alien vs. Predator
9. Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

With Dark Phoenix on the horizon, I watched the entire X-Men franchise again and ranked them for your pleasure, or displeasure.

1. Logan
2. X2
3. X-Men: First Class
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past
5. X-Men
6. Deadpool & Wolverine
7. Deadpool
8. Deadpool 2
9. The Wolverine
10. X-Men: The Last Stand

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Jurassic Park
2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
3. Jurassic World
4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
5. Jurassic Park III
6. Jurassic World Dominion

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2. War for the Planet of the Apes
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
5. Planet of the Apes
6. Beneath the Planet of the Apes
7. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
8. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
9. Planet of the Apes
10. Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1. Godzilla
2. Godzilla vs. Kong
3. Godzilla × Kong: The New Empire
4. Kong: Skull Island
5. Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Here's a list of my favourite films from each year of my life. Just for a bit of fun but would be interesting to see what yours are.

1995 was a tough choice.

• GoodFellas
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Reservoir Dogs
• Jurassic Park
• Pulp Fiction
• Se7en
• Independence Day
• L.A. Confidential
• Saving Private Ryan
• The Matrix

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

2023 UK releases ranked.

1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
4. Godzilla Minus One
5. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
7. Babylon
8. The Fabelmans
9. Barbie
10. Anatomy of a Fall

...plus 229 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Io Capitano
• The Eternal Memory
• To Kill a Tiger
• 20 Days in Mariupol
• The Barber of Little Rock
• Island in Between
• Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
• Invincible
• Knight of Fortune
• Red, White and Blue

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Poor Things
3. The Zone of Interest
4. The Holdovers
5. Hit Man
6. All of Us Strangers
7. Maestro
8. The Killer
9. May December
10. The Bikeriders

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Armageddon Time
• Speak No Evil
• Matriarch
• Athena
• Luckiest Girl Alive
• Werewolf by Night
• They/Them
• Where the Crawdads Sing
• The Sadness
• The Innocents

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

MCU TV shows ranked bar What If...? which doesn't exist on here.

1. WandaVision
2. Loki
3. Hawkeye
4. Ms. Marvel
5. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
6. Moon Knight
7. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
8. Echo
9. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
10. Secret Invasion

We all did that This Is Your Film list, where you pick your favourite film from every year of your life. Now, the real challenge is picking the worst film from every year of your life. Welcome to This Is Your Film Nightmare.

• Troll 2
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
• Super Mario Bros.
• Street Fighter
• Mortal Kombat
• Striptease
• Batman & Robin
• Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
• Wild Wild West

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Suicide Squad
2. Zack Snyder's Justice League
3. Wonder Woman
4. Man of Steel
5. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
6. Shazam!
7. Blue Beetle
8. The Flash
9. Aquaman
10. Shazam! Fury of the Gods

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranking the works of Martin Scorsese (that I've seen, obviously)

1. GoodFellas
2. Raging Bull
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Departed
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
6. Killers of the Flower Moon
7. The Irishman
8. The King of Comedy
9. Gangs of New York
10. Shutter Island

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Here's my definitive ranking of all the Marvel and DC film adaptations I've ever seen.
Some of these I really want to watch again so these could very well change.

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Batman
3. Batman Begins
4. Spider-Man 2
5. Avengers: Infinity War
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
8. Avengers: Endgame
9. Logan
10. Captain America: Civil War

...plus 90 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Bumblebee
2. Transformers
3. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
5. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
6. Transformers: Age of Extinction
7. Transformers: The Last Knight

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home
5. Spider-Man
6. Spider-Man: Homecoming
7. Spider-Man: Far From Home
8. The Amazing Spider-Man
9. Spider-Man 3
10. The Amazing Spider-Man 2

1. Fast Five
2. Furious 7
3. Fast & Furious 6
4. Fast X
5. The Fast and the Furious
6. F9
7. The Fate of the Furious
8. Fast & Furious
9. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
10. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

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

2022 UK releases ranked.

1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. The Batman
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
4. Avatar: The Way of Water
5. Glass Onion
6. The Northman
7. Bones and All
8. Elvis
9. The Woman King
10. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

...plus 219 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. John Wick
2. John Wick: Chapter 4
3. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
4. John Wick: Chapter 2

1. Scream
2. Scream 4
3. Scream 2
4. Scream
5. Scream VI
6. Scream 3

1. Rocky
2. Creed
3. Rocky IV
4. Creed III
5. Creed II
6. Rocky II
7. Rocky Balboa
8. Rocky III
9. Rocky V

1. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
4. WandaVision
5. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
6. Loki
7. Black Widow
8. Eternals
9. Hawkeye
10. Ms. Marvel

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. Captain America: Civil War
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
5. Thor: Ragnarok
6. Black Panther
7. Spider-Man: Far From Home
8. Doctor Strange
9. Spider-Man: Homecoming
10. Ant-Man and the Wasp

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