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From Dusk Til Dawn meets O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

Beautifully filmed, killer music, a number of truly strong performances, solid gore effects, and the first half of the story was really intriguing.

The moment when Grace yells at the vampires from inside the juke t is where it all begins to unravel.

Many, MANY dangling plot threads. Stupid character choices. Way too many "endings" (very MCU in that regard).

This could have been a truly amazing movie, instead it's just a well-made, pretty cool one.

YUCK

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It's awkwardly paced, even boring in places, but the good bits more than make up for it.

There wouldn't be another human/dog hybrid this upsetting on screen until Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009/2010)

Watched on Thursday May 29, 2025.

A bare minimum of plot, but expert film-making. Solid world-building without the requisite expository dialogue. Strong performances. Cheesy needle drops.

Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

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What happens when you pair 1980s X-Men with the animation studio behind G.I. Joe and the Muppet Babies?

Well, this.

(loosely based on Uncanny X-Men issues #129-139)

Also, Wolverine is Australian for some insane reason.

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This 12-episode series blends a number of Wolverine stories together while adding new characters/elements.

Mariko (Uncanny X-Men #118, 1979) of course is the love interest
Shingen and Yukio from the classic Wolverine miniseries (1982) appear
Omega Red?! (1992) stops by to cause some problems
Even Cyclops stops by for a *VERY* brief cameo
Also for whatever reason the yakuza is allied with AIM.

The whole experience is wildly uneven - there are some standout moments, but they are few and far between. Casting Milo Ventimiglia to voice Logan in the English dub was a mistake - he simply doesn't sound tough enough.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

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Andrew Garfield should have won that Academy Award.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

The dialogue, the over-acting, the lip-syncing, the tone, even the lighting is bad. That doesn't even take into how BEYOND CREEPY the scenes between Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder are.

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

Simon Templar is truly the master of disguise.

A better watch than any of the other Transformers films, which still isn't saying much.

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The only exciting thing about this film was the introduction of adamantium to the MCU - bring on the X-Men already!

Watched on Sunday April 27, 2025.

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While it looks great most of the time, the villain(s) are incredibly dumb and the whole thing is just no fun at all. The rooftop fight between Leo and Raph is the standout scene by a wide margin.

Watched on Tuesday April 22, 2025.

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Michael Rooker turns in a truly chilling performance as psychopathic drifter Henry.

Watched on Tuesday March 25, 2025.

A vapid and regressive waste of time. For cringey edgelords only.

Mark Millar is a hack.

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I was never a big Star Trek fan, but my dad had a copy of this on VHS when I was a kid, and the earwig scene lived rent-free in my memory for decades after the fact.

Now re-watching it some 30ish years later, it really doesn't live up to the hype as the "best" Star Trek film. It's leaps and bounds better than Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but still achingly slow, quiet, and beyond cheesy.

If this is truly the "best" Star Trek film of the original six (1979-1991), then maybe they should have stuck to television.

Watched on Saturday March 22, 2025.

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TRADITION

Watched on Thursday March 13, 2025.

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Brutal. Unflinching. Important.

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Watched on Saturday March 8, 2025.

The beautiful game

Always updating - let me know if I've missed something!

• Football
• Newcastle United v Liverpool
• Wales v. Ireland at Wrexham
• Harry the Footballer
• Football
• The Great Game
• His Life's Match
• The Goalkeeper
• Sporting Love
• Family Football

...plus 291 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

X-Men and X-Men-adjacent releases

• X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men

  Pilot for a TV show that never went into production.

• Generation X

  Pilot for *another* TV show that never went into production.

• X-Men: The Mutant Watch
• X-Men
• X-Men
• Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
• X2
• The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
• X-Men: Darktide
• X-Men: The Last Stand

...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Films where Irish is spoken.

Let me know if I missed something and I'll add it!

• The Quiet Man
• Darby O'Gill and the Little People

  The leprechauns speak Irish to each other

• Innisfree
• Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley
• Kings
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army
• The Guard
• Black '47
• The Nightingale

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

Films about horse racing, dog racing, and bullfighting do not count.

• Bonzo Goes to College
• Gus
• Matilda
• Animalympics
• Ed
• Air Bud
• Air Bud: Golden Receiver
• Soccer Dog: The Movie
• MVP: Most Valuable Primate
• Air Bud: World Pup

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

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
• Game Player's Gametape for Nintendo Cartridges - Vol. 1, No. 6: Ultra Games
• Operation Blue Line, Starring: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Coming Out of Their Shells Tour
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Making of The Coming Out of Their Shells Tour
• Vanilla Ice: Ninja Rap
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mania: Behind the Shells — The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'

...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Planet of the Apes Test Reel
• Planet of the Apes
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes
• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• Battle for the Planet of the Apes
• Back to the Planet of the Apes
• The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
• Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
• Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

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

Great films over 150 minutes (2.5 hours) long, longest first.

• Malcolm X
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 0.5 mm
• Oppenheimer
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Great Escape
• Saving Private Ryan
• Dune: Part Two
• Blade Runner 2049

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I know these aren't objectively great pieces of art, but for one reason or another, they scratch a particular itch.

• The King's Man
• John Carter
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• The Postman