| April 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Wild Robot | The pacing in this film is kind of baffling. Be prepared for a story that's quite... bitzy. I feel like the screenplay needed to divert from the book a little more. | |
| March 2026 | ||
| Novocaine | Jack Quaid is a charisma bomb. Watching his geeky action star save the day is very charming. | |
| February 2026 | ||
| TMNT 2019 | The TMNT origin story through the lens of Michael Bay. It's no better nor worse than what you'd expect it to be. | |
| January 2026 | ||
| A 90s Christmas | Uncharismatic cast and a high concept idea that never reaches its heights. | |
| December 2025 | ||
| Mean Girls | Finally watched this. Laughed out loud many times. Gosh the movies were great back then. | |
| October 2025 | ||
| Elio | A really solid piece of Pixar fare after a decade of mostly trash. | |
| September 2025 | ||
| 10 things I hate about you | Nice to revisit this problematic delight. | |
| Moana 2 | Soulless, poorly written garbage cashing in on the name. Up there with classics like 'Aladdin and the King of Thieves'. Avoid! | |
| August 2025 | ||
| Fountain of Youth | Charmless, D-grade rip-off of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. | |
| Luck | Mediocre. In universe logic is too fragile. | |
| The Gorge | It starts out with a lot of intrigue but moves along at a frenetic pace. Once the big mystery is uncovered it's basically like watching someone play a video game. | |
| January 2025 | ||
| Deadpool and Wolverine | It's pretty average. Not a patch on 'Deadpool ever after' | |
| December 2024 | ||
| Doctor Who - Xmas 2024 | The Christmas special was pleasant enough though they are definitely skewing younger in their storytelling. | |
| Hot Frosty | Does what it promises and does it well. A pleasant diversion on a Christmas afternoon. | |
| November 2024 | ||
| The Wedding Singer | Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore at their best. Really good simple rom-com. | |
| Pleasantville | Charmingly delightful to revisit. | |
| Ghost Buster: Frozen Empire | Just terrible pandering garbage. Awful! Just goddamn awful. | |
| The Fall Guy | Fun action film with a couple of stellar stunt sequences. | |
| Relax, I'm from the Future | Charming indie film with a fun spin on time travel. | |
| October 2024 | ||
| Inside Out 2 | Generic pap. Misses what's so glorious about the first one. Disappointing to hear its so commercially successful. | |
| August 2024 | ||
| Red vs Blue - Restoration | Just terrible maudlin garbage. Poor pacing. Bad story. Wobbly fan service. | |
| Quantumania | Feels like the same generic Marvel script and they just switch out the names and the locations. | |
| May 2024 | ||
| My Octopus Teacher | Very personal doco about a guy who befriends an octopus. Weird presentation but novel enough to be engaging. | |
| March 2024 | ||
| Jungle Cruise | Knows what it is and does a good job at it. | |
| National Treasure | A very dumb film about clever treasure hunters. Oddly charming in its own way. | |
| Dial of Destiny | A weirdly more grounded film than the others with too much CGI and the chance at a much better ending. | |
| Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Very fun to watch. Loses its way in the last ten minutes but still good Indiana Jones film. | |
| The Last Crusade | The best Indiana Jones film. Great action. Great performances. | |
| Temple of Doom | Cheesy but with plenty of nostalgia. | |
| February 2024 | ||
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Beautifully crafted classic film. | |
| Elemental | Very average Pixar fare. | |
| The Marvels | Lacked good storytelling and relied mostly on Ms Marvel being very watchable. | |
| January 2024 | ||
| Bill and Ted face the music | Not a patch on the original. | |
| December 2023 | ||
| Renfield | Very gory dark comedy. Good performances. | |
| Confess Fletch | Not a great story but John Hamm is always watchable and the writing is amusing. | |
| DnD: Honour Amongst Thieves | Playful romp that was pleasant enough to watch and some great action scenes. | |
| November 2023 | ||
| The Super Mario Bros. movie | This was more enjoyable that it had any right to be. Nostalgic soundtrack did most of the heavy lifting though. | |
| Don't Look Up | Slightly heavy handed satire and not really super funny. | |
| October 2023 | ||
| Happiness for Beginners | Just the worst rom-com ever. A couple of nice moments. No chemistry between stars. | |
| Love at First Sight | Trashy rom-com with a good heart. | |
| Puss in Boots - Final Wish | Better than average. No real surprises. | |
| September 2023 | ||
| Nimona | Beautiful, funny and left me thinking for days about the terrible messaging in it. | |
| Finch | I couldn't stop thinking about the AI of the robot and how it didn't make sense. Also didn't care for the dog. | |
| March 2023 | ||
| Encanto | A little too many 'manifest destiny' vibes but good songs. | |
| Lightyear | Pretty fun Pixar fare. | |
| Luca | Mediocre kid's film. Nothing in this for adults. | |
| Star Trek Beyond | A decent little adventure with some cool stuff. | |
| Thor: Love and Thunder | It feels like a lot of deleted scenes were left in the movie. Doesn't deserve the emotional scenes it wants to have. | |
| February 2023 | ||
| The Sea Beast | Pretty solid little kids film. I liked it enough. | |
| Enola Holmes 2 | Not a great detective story but pleasant enough to watch. Has my surname mentioned in it which was a treat. | |
| January 2023 | ||
| Star Trek - 2009 | Watching this again after TNG makes me realise just how bad this movie is. Too much sex and violence. | |
| Bad Eggs | Needed some comfort food. Such a pleasure to see this again. 20 year anniversary this year. | |
| December 2022 | ||
| Turning Red | Some charming moments but it's very targeted towards a specific demographic that I am not a part of. | |
| TimeCrimes | Odd little Italian time travel story. Does plenty with a little. Slightly better than average. | |
| Galaxy Quest | Such a great film. It takes its conceit and runs with it. | |
| Star Trek - Nemesis | Not as clever as the others. A bit too rambunctious and doesn't really earn the emotional beats. A portent of what was to come. | |
| November 2022 | ||
| Star Trek Insurrection | Top notch sci-fi. | |
| Star Trek First Contact | I remember this movie well. So lovely to revisit it. Probably my favourite. | |
| Star Trek Generations | So much more context this time. Like a good episode. | |
| August 2022 | ||
| TrainWreck | Documentary on Netflix about the Woodstock 99 riot. Lots of semi-misinformation. The creators had an agenda. | |
| May 2022 | ||
| Dr Strange 2 | Standard MCU fare with little story and pretty set pieces. Not that impressive. | |
| April 2022 | ||
| Palm Springs | Charismatic time loop film. I had my expectations too high but nice enough. | |
| Everything, Everywhere, All at once. | Frenetic and silly. Enjoyable without being life-changing. | |
| Johah Hex | I half watched this while doing something else and it seems like nonsense. | |
| March 2022 | ||
| The Adam Project | Great sci-fi conceit that turns into generic action a third of the way through. | |
| February 2022 | ||
| The Tinder Swindler | Interesting but somewhat unsatisfying true crime story. | |
| January 2022 | ||
| Knives Out | A pretty decent murder mystery film. | |
| December 2021 | ||
| Spiderman - No Way Home | The underlying mechanism that requires linking cool set pieces together feels a bit unnatural and uninspired this time round. Good fan service though. | |
| Spiderman - The Europe one | Spiderman does whatever a spider can. Was pleasant enough but probably would have been better if I hadn't been spoiled on plot points. | |
| November 2021 | ||
| GhostBusters: Afterlife | Though character development was minimal and plotting formulaic it was fun to watch. | |
| No Time to Die | A fun enough James Bond movie. | |
| August 2021 | ||
| Bo Burnham's Inside | Oh my heart! This was incredibly artful and touching. | |
| July 2021 | ||
| Inner Space | It's amazing how simple the storylines from these old films were. | |
| June 2021 | ||
| Code 8 | Neat world building ends without a decent climax. | |
| Space Cop | Irredeemable. | |
| The Switch | Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston in a terrible terrible film about rape by deceit. Fun to make fun of. | |
| May 2021 | ||
| Jumanji - Welcome to the Jungle | Vaguely amusing kid's film with a handful of decent laughs. | |
| April 2021 | ||
| The Platform | Brazilian psychological thriller. Wonderfully engaging until it just stops. Dead. Unsatisfying. | |
| Venom | Enjoyed this when I was on a plane. Revisiting it is... grounding. | |
| Soul | Like pizza, even when they're average, Pixar movies are great. | |
| March 2021 | ||
| Spy | Melissa Macarthy does a great job. Very funny and engaging film. | |
| February 2021 | ||
| The Apartment | It's nice watching old films occasionally. They care so much about the product but have no short-cuts to help them with pacing. | |
| Cadillac Man | Robin Williams and Tim Robbins is an intimate little film where little happens. | |
| Beverley Hills Cop | Holy Cow! This film is still so great. When the theme cropped up I had a nostalgic moment. | |
| Robocop 2 | A pale imitation of the first film but does has some delightful moments. | |
| January 2021 | ||
| CrackerJack | I love a good underdog sports movie. This one about lawn bowls is one of my favs. | |
| November 2020 | ||
| Spectre | Latest James Bond. Ticked every box. Great fun. | |
| John Mulaney | The 2 stand up specials on Netflix were a good comedy feast. | |
| October 2020 | ||
| DOOM | Doom was a pretty dumb film with a couple of decent moments. Overall disappointing. | |
| Green Lantern | This may be the cheesiest thing I've ever seen. It is... not great. | |
| Enola Holmes | Cute teen adventure that kept my interest. | |