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ittedly I'm not a huge fan of this franchise, and while it has been a while since I've seen most of them I just never really had a love for the series. Thankfully this is definitely one of the better ones, I enjoyed myself! I had issues and things I wish were different, but at the end of the day the quality isn't important, I got to see my good friend Tony Todd one last time. He gets a very touching send off, got a little misty eyed.

Very messy and oddly edited/paced at times, and the flashbacks are EGREGIOUS, you can tell the studio had their yucky prints all over this, but damn, it's very fun. I was cheering for Tom Cruise every time he did a big run. I teared up at the end, so that counts for something.

If Christopher Eccelston flapped his ears he'd probably take off flying.

The worst vice is advice.

The last 20 minutes of this are insane. The entire film didn't feel like it was leading to that, but it happened anyway and I love it, genuinely one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Also, in a career of incredible performances, this is one of Pacino's best.

Hurry up the credits.

They were never going to believe you. Not the council. Not today. But I do. I believe you. We'd like to volunteer. Some of us, most of us, we've done terrible things on behalf of the rebellion. We're spies. Saboteurs. Assassins. Everything I did. I did for the rebellion. And every time I walked away from something I wanted to forget I told myself it was for a cause that I believed in. A cause that was worth it. Without that, without a cause, we're lost. Everything we've done would have been for nothing. I couldn't face myself if I gave up now. None of us could.

Was hoping to finally love this after Andor wrapped but alas. Definitely more emotional after watching Cassian's journey play out, but this suffers for not having him be the main character. The action towards the end still has its moments of fun, but most of the cast being random people who just ed the rebellion the day of doesn't really do much for me. I think the music is mostly used quite badly here, so is the use of the majority of legacy characters. Anytime Andor, Mon Mothma, Saw Gerrera and Krennic are on screen I do get a warm feeling, I just wish it carried into the bigger whole. It gets a heart for my good pal Cassian Andor being in it. I love you so much my friend. Until we meet again.

Goodbye.

I also thought Death Stranding was boring at first, Mr Burnham. The trick is to play until Heartman shows up.

Three of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen. #needthat

This is probably perfect but I find it so stressful I genuinely have a hard time watching it. I had to mentally prepare for this rewatch, the film just makes me feel like I'm slowly dying over two hours. Adam Sandler goes beast mode.

I enjoyed it! Doesn't do anything revolutionary, but it's nice for one of these movies to actually be about something. The first half suffers from a lot of the typical MCU issues (everyone always has to be the funny one) but the second half kind of shifts and the dynamic between the cast gets pretty good. David Harbour is really funny and Lewis Pullman is great as Sentry, actually excited to see him show up again.

You'd get more enjoyment if you just searched Final Destination (2000) all deaths HD and watched that instead.

This happened to me once.

This belongs in a good movie-seum or something I dunno, it's good.

A very stupid movie that I like. Kind of all over the place but it's impossible for me not to enjoy it. The Phantom Menace is better though.

I really wasn't prepared for how visually stunning this film would be, the use of colour, the editing, the shot compositions, it's all incredible stuff and the direction brings it all together to become something special. Maybe one of the best looking films of the last decade. It's also nice to watch something where Ewan McGregor is allowed to keep his accent.

We should pool all of Earth's resources together and find a way to bring back Robin Williams.

I knew the premise going in but I was still completely surprised by it when the real plot kicked into gear. Beautiful looking film, fantastic soundtrack and use of music, it's tense and exciting and genuinely engaging, even before they get to the action and suspense. Obviously owes certain aspects to other films, but there's an originality to a lot of this that's great to see.

They should make 10 of these, I need to see the Horsemen in space.

Watched this very legally from a 100% official source and it accidentally had a commentary track over the top of it by some random people, not even anyone who actually worked on the movie, just a group of strange men talking. It was horrible and largely unfunny but I kept dying of laughter, the most I've ever enjoyed watching this somehow.

Frollo has Jeremy Irons energy.

Dredd.

When Eddie takes out and loads Yosemite Sam's gun I feel something in my bones, and then the entire Toontown section after that is just incredible. This movie is so good.

Great sense of energy and visual style, a film only the Wachowskis could make. Also this happened to me once. I don't talk about it.

Roger Rabbit is like me, punching well above his weight romantically because he's a funny little weird guy. Bob Hoskins is perfect here, his character gets over alcoholism by embracing whimsy. Donald and Daffy sharing the screen together for the first time and having crazy beef is probably the realist thing in this. Maybe the best movie ever?

To me, this is a goofy movie, because I'm quite serious.

A very stupid movie but in kind of a charming way at times. Can't tell if it thinks it's smart or knows it's dumb though. Woody Harrelson is transphobic in one scene for some reason. Don't say that, Woody!

The last 15 minutes of this does unfortunately sour me a little on the whole film, but I did enjoy it. Messy at times but overall (mostly) good.

It's so perfect it's gotta be fake. Right?

So cool to have a filmmaker who when forced into making more out of their beloved franchise actually tires to make something good. There's so much going on in this film, some of it is odd, some of it doesn't work, all of it is inspired and all of it is heartfelt. If the original trilogy is a fine stroke of the brush, then this is a scattershot of paint, it's still beautiful, just broader and messier and less focused. So glad that if this had to happen, it happened like this.

That's the thing about stories, they never really end, do they?

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

In of a 1:1 translation of the source material, Ray Stevenson's Punisher is absolutely perfect. The way he carries himself, how he talks to people, his looks, it's great. He's so mean! Spot on performance.

The film itself is fun. I don't think there's a whole lot to it when it comes to keeping the quieter moments as engaging as the action. You're not going to get a strong character study or an examination of his methods and morality or even something like the role law enforcement plays in it all. There is a little of his internal regret and the failings of his crusade I suppose, but it's not particularly compelling in what it amounts to and I think the great moments with Frank (that don't feature his extreme brutality) are completely attributed to Stevenson.

Regardless of how thin it can be, it's hard to not enjoy it. The final action set piece throughout the hotel is incredible. It's the best the Punisher has ever been portrayed in live action, it's probably the best he ever will be portrayed too. Absolutely sucks we lost Ray Stevenson when we did.

This is nonsense. There's a lot I could say about this movie but that sums it up. Utter nonsense.

Imagine how much better this would be if it was live action and it looked like shit.

This review may contain spoilers.

What kind of man makes a... a phone call like that?

To me this is one of the most poignant films ever made. The final thirty minutes are the most powerful thing Scorsese has ever done, it's such a different change of pace from the three hours that came before, but it works wonderfully. The film is also incredibly funny, way more than I ed it being. I think it's a great move that once Hoffa is killed the levity is basically all but gone.

It's hard to pick favourite Robert De Niro, Al Pachio and Joe Pesci performances, but this is probably mine for all of them, or at least very close. Stephen Graham is a highlight here, I wish he was in it more but his impression is long lasting. Also I didn't really notice the first time somehow, but the soundtrack is fantastic, genuinely one of the best aspects.

Hellboy definitely gives that infant shaken baby syndrome.

Fun! Does feels like Del Toro is holding something back though, and a lot of this is getting by on pure vibes, but it's hard not to enjoy Ron Perlman in this role.

What the hell, sure.

Hop on the Stephen Graham train with me.

I don't usually enjoy fan films for a variety of reasons, the main one being that fans interpretations, explorations and love of characters/properties are a lot of the time very shallow and boring, misguided or just flat out wrong. This is an exception though, it does a really great job showing how much the Punisher sucks as a person, how selfish he is and how fundamental unheroic his crusade is. This and Punisher War Zone are the closest to perfect representations of the Punisher in live action, and they likely always will be considering the current state of comic book movies and the fact that Frank Castle is, for all intents and purposes, a Disney character in an era where they aren't interested in taking any chances.

Read your newspaper every day, you'll understand.
Which section?
Obituaries.

In of performance I think Thomas Jane is tied with Ray Stevenson as my favourite iteration of the Punisher. They are the only two that I believe really nail and embody the character. When it comes to the writing though, Frank is definitely too sympathetic and heroic here. War Zone handles the character and violence much better, as it's a way more fun film overall. This isn't bad though, it's got some fun sequences and like I mentioned, Thomas Jane is pretty good.

I think this one is kinda fun when Jake Gyllenhaal is on screen. It's ugly and directed poorly and not particularly funny, but I love Mysterio, what can I say?

Two Stephen Graham's exist, silly and funny Stephen Graham or depressed and unhinged Stephen Graham. So he's basically me.

From the director of Deadpool comes... Terminator 2! Again! Lifeless, sanitised, boring, ugly, embarrassing, forced, and basically any other negative adjectives that exist. Features some particularly grating "badass" dialogue, everyone feels like they're trying way too hard to be tough or funny for the sake of the audience. Whoever wrote this thinks adding "fuck" to a line makes it really cool, but it just adds a layer of insincerity to any given exchange. Worthless movie.

The best Scream sequel obviously. Could possibly have been on par with the original if the new characters were developed and the first two acts were as great as the finale, it's definitely missing something early on, but it's really fun. The only good killer reveal after Billy and Stu.

Might be the funniest film ever made, so many scenes that feature David Arquette or Matthew Lillard kill me every time I watch this. Quality stuff.

Well, if you want to try and turn this into some anti-war protest, expect to hear your "mountain of conflict" sound bite everywhere, from ringtones to, fucking, a dance mix on YouTube, and I will marshal all the media forces of darkness to hound you to an assisted suicide.

I think it's beautiful that Malcolm Tucker doesn't know what Star Wars is but he's watched Eraserhead. This movie is basically Dr. Strangelove for people who know who Ant and Dec are.

Don't ever call me fucking English again.

An epic confrontation between the guy from Fortnite and the guy from Mortal Kombat.

If you don't like but you enjoy the other Matrix films then you're stupid. Yes, even you. Especially you, actually.

Adam Driver meows at a cat.

There's a pretty long stretch of this where it's the best film ever made. When the film occasionally stumbles it makes up for it and then some. The Burly Brawl! The highway chase! So many great sequences, but also so many great character moments, Morpheus is just the best here. There's a vampire and werewolf in this! Cool!

Unfortunately way more unfocused and unbalanced than I would have liked. I feel like the premise has so much potential and this doesn't really live up to that idea. Has some fun moments throughout and Robert Pattinson is always entertaining to watch, but overall it massively disappointed me. Also Mark Ruffalo wasn't as horrible as I'd heard, he was mostly(?) fine, him and Toni Collette definitely thought they were in another movie though. A better movie? A worse movie? Who knows!

I think this is a very easy premise to mishandle, it's so inherently silly but requires to be taken (mostly) seriously for it to work. So many filmmakers would struggle to make this anything close to good, the balance of tones alone is very specific and odd and probably very difficult to walk, but Bong Joon-ho manages pretty well. Tilda Swinton is like a real life Wallace and Gromit character here.

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

1. The Matrix
2. The Matrix Revolutions
3. The Matrix Reloaded
4. The Matrix Resurrections

1. Queer
2. Challengers
3. Trap
4. Red Rooms
5. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
6. Longlegs
7. Dune: Part Two
8. Juror #2
9. Love Lies Bleeding
10. A Real Pain

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

1. Oppenheimer
2. John Wick: Chapter 4
3. Anatomy of a Fall
4. The Iron Claw
5. Killers of the Flower Moon
6. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
7. Godzilla Minus One
8. The Killer
9. Evil Dead Rise
10. Saw X

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

1. Decision to Leave
2. The Fabelmans
3. Crimes of the Future
4. TÁR
5. The Batman
6. Elvis
7. The Banshees of Inisherin
8. The Bob's Burgers Movie
9. Avatar: The Way of Water
10. Nope

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Saw
2. Saw VI
3. Saw X
4. Saw V
5. Saw II
6. Spiral: From the Book of Saw
7. Saw III
8. Jigsaw
9. Saw IV
10. Saw 3D

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
2. Twin Peaks
3. Blue Velvet
4. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
5. Lost Highway
6. Eraserhead
7. The Elephant Man
8. Mulholland Drive

1. Alvin and the Chipmunks
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
4. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

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

1. Day of the Dead
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Night of the Living Dead
4. The Return of the Living Dead

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. New Nightmare
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
7. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1. Alien
2. Prometheus
3. Alien: Covenant
4. Aliens
5. Alien³
6. Alien Resurrection
7. Alien: Romulus

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

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

1. Evil Dead II
2. The Evil Dead
3. Army of Darkness
4. Evil Dead Rise
5. Evil Dead

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