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Sets itself up with a fantastic, fun and straight to the point first act, then instantly slams the breaks. Not bad, but definitely a slighter effort from Kelly Reichardt. I do respect any film that fills its cast exclusively with character actors though.

Watched on Friday June 6, 2025.

Watched on Thursday June 5, 2025.

This is exactly what every long distance road trip feels like. It Ends absolutely nails its depiction of life’s never ending existential dread and unanswerable questions through a creative, scary, funny genre-bender of a film. It’s not quite a horror, but there’s one sequence early on that’s legit terrifying, and after that I was locked in. Hope this gets a good release - it’s such a clever little indie.

Watched on Wednesday June 4, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday June 4, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday June 3, 2025.

Loving hanging out with my close personal friend John Wick. This is two hours of Ana de Armas murdering everybody in increasingly absurd ways. No plot required, just death. It’s for sure got narrative shortcomings, and it never really explores the Ballerina academy aspect of its premise (which was one of the main things I was excited to see), but it’s absolutely a worthy successor to the John Wick universe. Let’s franchise the shit out of this one too. I’d watch more.

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

Going to need Wes Anderson to make a basketball movie ASAP.

Watched on Wednesday May 28, 2025.

It takes truly great filmmaking to turn Untouched by the Veronicas into something terrifying, but the Philippou brothers have pulled it off. Gnarly, fucked up movie. Some real sick imagery and sound design here that I won’t be able to get out of my head. Sally Hawkins is chilling, but man, Sora Wong and Jonah Wren Phillips give two great and gut wrenching child performances. Really good stuff. Really good movie. Bleak as all hell, and maybe won’t have a lot of rewatch value because of it, but it had me on edge the entire runtime.

It really felt like Hailee Steinfeld and Bumblebee were going to kiss multiple times throughout this.

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

You’ve just gotta trust him, one last time. Tom Cruise takes on God in a film that no ordinary human being could possibly survive filming. But Cruise is no ordinary human being, and this is an excellent finale to one of cinema’s greatest action franchises. It’s a lot more somber and reflective than you’d expect, with call backs and tie ins to previous entires in every second scene (and holy mother of god it’s unrelenting with this at the start), but when it kicks into gear it’s unstoppable. The finale is an all timer, as is an incredible underwater sequence. Rolf Saxon and Tramell Tillman are fun additions. It may not be a series high, but it’s a perfect ending.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

“I think I’ll live.”

As much as I enjoy the Final Destination sequels, they all basically hit the same beats. The kills are great, but narratively you know what’s coming. Final Destination: Bloodlines doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it sure does find an interesting way to roll. Really, pleasantly surprised at much I enjoyed this. It’s a fresh and explosive take on the Final Destination series - bigger, bloodier and funnier than these films have ever been before. Even the 110 minute runtime, somehow, works in this film’s favour. They won’t hit quite the same without Tony Todd, but I’m all for keeping this series going if this is the new standard. Tony Todd couldn’t have asked for a better final appearance. A perfect send off for the king of horror.

Watched on Friday May 9, 2025.

Watched on Thursday May 8, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 6, 2025.

Should’ve just been a Cad Bane mini series.

Imagine g up to be a secondary villain in the Ant-Man sequel and then 10 years later they bring you back as a key hero in the new Avengers movies. There’s a charm to Thunderbolt’s b-hero team up that really works. It’s cute, but also has things to say, and it says it in a really creative way, especially by Marvel’s recent standards. What Thunderbolts lacks in action and excitement it makes up for with heart and great character work. No idea what these next Avengers films are going to be like, but dammit, I want to see these characters again. Lewis Pullman is the MVP and Florence Pugh can absolutely carry a movie like this, but any time David Harbour wasn’t on screen I found myself thinking “when is David Harbour going to come back?”

Shoutout to my favourite actor David F. Sandberg, whose missing persons poster features in this film way more than you’d ever imagine. I had a great time with this. It’s a carnival of horrors. I love when films like this kick the horror off right away and give you an unrelenting, gory, scary ride all the way through. Nonstop fun, nonstop scares. I’ll be watching this again.

Half of this has the energy of a TV procedural, the other half is a Jon Bernthal/Ben Affleck buddy hangout movie where they get drunk and go barn dancing. Surprisingly funny. Very silly. Something so absurd happens in this and it’s what The Movies are all about. A fifty year old man sitting front row in a not-sold-out session applauded when it was over.

Watched on Monday April 28, 2025.

Watched on Sunday April 27, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 26, 2025.

Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.

Watched on Thursday April 24, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday April 22, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 21, 2025.

Watched on Sunday April 20, 2025.

Movies are so cool. Ryan Coogler is so cool. Music that transcends time, horror that echoes on for eternity. Kinda plays out like From Dusk Till Dawn, but as a From Dusk Till Dawn fan this is a compliment. THAT musical scene in IMAX had me levitating. But also? Shoutout to the Irish jig. Good movie.

Watched on Friday April 18, 2025.

Watched on Thursday April 17, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday April 15, 2025.

Watched on Sunday April 13, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.

Watched on Friday April 11, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 9, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday April 8, 2025.

Finally going to commit and watch all 30+ movies with this big f’ing lizard. Will update with thoughts in the notes as I go.

• Godzilla

  Film #1 - Rewatch
  Date Watched: 28/12/24
  Obviously a classic. Some great post-nuclear fallout allegory tightly woven into a grand piece of entertainment. Some of the scientist story stretches a little thin, but it’s still a great watch. Completely forgot they kill Godzilla in this. And not just kill - absolutely completely decimate the fella. 

• Godzilla Raids Again

  Film #2 - Rewatch
  Date Watched: 28/12/24
  Didn’t a single thing that happened in this outside of that spiky villain popping up. It’s not bad. Not great, but not bad. Gets a little more action-heavy, but still retains the first film’s self seriousness. I laughed when they started watching the first film for research though. Also very fun that Godzilla is just a different Godzilla, but does that mean he’s really… raiding again">View the full list on Letterboxd.

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

Ranking these got too hard so, alternatively, please enjoy an alphabetised assortment of some of my favourite movies. Totally biased and not at all consistent with any other list/rating I've ever given/made.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Adaptation.
3. Alien
4. All That Jazz
5. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
6. Army of Darkness
7. Arrival
8. Back to the Future
9. Before Sunset
10. The Big Lebowski

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

absolutely no consistency here to other lists I’ve made and that’s okay

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Oppenheimer
3. Decision to Leave
4. Dune
5. Another Round
6. Parasite
7. Suspiria
8. Phantom Thread
9. Moonlight
10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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

if Nosferatu doesn't make this list when I see it in January I will be very disappointed

UPDATE: Nosferatu made the list 🙌🏼

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Challengers
3. The Brutalist
4. Better Man
5. Anora
6. Nosferatu
7. The Substance
8. A Different Man
9. Sing Sing
10. The Seed of the Sacred Fig

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

They gotta let these fuckers fight again

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

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

1. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
2. A Different Man
3. Megalopolis
4. The Substance
5. Kinds of Kindness
6. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
7. All We Imagine as Light
8. I Saw the TV Glow
9. Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
10. My Old Ass

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I was very confident that John Wick 4 would make this list but turns out 2023 was a really good year for movies!

1. Oppenheimer
2. Saltburn
3. Poor Things
4. The Iron Claw
5. Killers of the Flower Moon
6. About Dry Grasses
7. Past Lives
8. Barbie
9. Beau Is Afraid
10. Talk to Me

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

Tempted to put High Life on here two years in a row. Also spent way too long genuinely considering if I should add Dora...

UPDATE: Apologies to Long Shot for being booted off this list. Gone, but not forgotten. Thank you for your service.

1. Parasite
2. Uncut Gems
3. Pain and Glory
4. Marriage Story
5. The Irishman
6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
7. Midsommar
8. Us
9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
10. Avengers: Endgame

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

Game over

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

I didn't finish The Old Oak so I don't know where it would rank!! Also lol @ every ticket I cancelled last minute going on to get rave reviews

1. About Dry Grasses
2. Cobweb
3. Monster
4. Asteroid City
5. The New Boy
6. The Zone of Interest
7. May December
8. Strange Way of Life
9. Anatomy of a Fall
10. The Animal Kingdom

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

Based on US releases.

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. Inside Out
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Ex Machina
5. The Martian
6. Steve Jobs
7. The Hateful Eight
8. The Lobster
9. Bridge of Spies
10. Sicario

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

Yes, this is correct.

1. Inherent Vice
2. Gone Girl
3. Interstellar
4. Whiplash
5. Mommy
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
7. Boyhood
8. The Rover
9. Frank
10. Foxcatcher

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

y'know, in hindsight, this year fucking rocked

1. Prisoners
2. Her
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
5. Before Midnight
6. Fruitvale Station
7. Captain Phillips
8. 12 Years a Slave
9. Coherence
10. Snowpiercer

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

1. Phantom Thread
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Lady Bird
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. Call Me by Your Name
6. Baby Driver
7. Get Out
8. I, Tonya
9. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
10. Okja

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

honourable mention to Piranha 3D

1. The Social Network
2. Toy Story 3
3. Inception
4. Incendies
5. 127 Hours
6. Black Swan
7. True Grit
8. Easy A
9. Insidious
10. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

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

mahna mahna!

1. Hugo
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
3. The Muppets
4. The Tree of Life
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
6. 50/50
7. The Skin I Live In
8. Melancholia
9. Drive
10. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

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

please don't trust my opinion on anything

1. The Master
2. Looper
3. Django Unchained
4. Amour
5. Skyfall
6. Argo
7. The Cabin in the Woods
8. Seven Psychopaths
9. Silver Linings Playbook
10. Life of Pi

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

Based on US release dates.

1. Moonlight
2. Arrival
3. The Nice Guys
4. Silence
5. La La Land
6. Moana
7. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
8. Captain America: Civil War
9. 20th Century Women
10. Swiss Army Man

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

1. Suspiria
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3. A Star Is Born
4. BlacKkKlansman
5. You Were Never Really Here
6. Avengers: Infinity War
7. Hereditary
8. High Life
9. If Beale Street Could Talk
10. Roma

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

Total bias towards my son Baby Groot. I haven't seen all of these anymore...

1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
3. Captain America: Civil War
4. Avengers: Infinity War
5. Black Panther
6. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
7. Thor: Ragnarok
8. Iron Man
9. Guardians of the Galaxy
10. The Avengers

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

The real best film of the year is AFTER SHE DIED

1. Decision to Leave
2. The Fabelmans
3. TÁR
4. Aftersun
5. Petite Maman
6. Avatar: The Way of Water
7. Babylon
8. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
9. Nope
10. Everything Everywhere All at Once

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

I have spoken.

1. The Star Wars Holiday Special
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. Return of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi
9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
10. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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

IDK why I'm still updating this. It's arbitrary. They all make me cry.

1. Toy Story 3
2. Toy Story 2
3. Toy Story
4. Inside Out
5. Finding Nemo
6. Monsters, Inc.
7. Up
8. WALL·E
9. Coco
10. The Incredibles

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

Lego Batman would obviously be number 1

1. The Dark Knight
2. Batman Returns
3. Batman
4. The Batman
5. Batman Begins
6. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
7. The Dark Knight Rises
8. Batman Forever
9. Batman & Robin

If the poster doesn’t have orange or pink it doesn’t make the cut.

1. Dune
2. Licorice Pizza
3. Titane
4. Malignant
5. The Power of the Dog
6. Spencer
7. The Mitchells vs. the Machines
8. The Green Knight
9. Godzilla vs. Kong
10. Red Rocket

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

You could rank these in literally any order and I would agree.

1. The Master
2. Phantom Thread
3. Magnolia
4. Punch-Drunk Love
5. There Will Be Blood
6. Inherent Vice
7. Licorice Pizza
8. Boogie Nights
9. Hard Eight

1. Another Round
2. Minari
3. Kajillionaire
4. Palm Springs
5. Nomadland
6. Soul
7. The Invisible Man
8. Babyteeth
9. First Cow
10. Da 5 Bloods

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

Are we allowed to count Joker in here?

1. Shazam!
2. The Suicide Squad
3. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
4. Wonder Woman
5. Zack Snyder's Justice League
6. Joker
7. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
8. Wonder Woman 1984
9. Man of Steel
10. Aquaman

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Genuinely might be one of the great modern horror franchises.

• The Conjuring
• The Conjuring 2
• Annabelle: Creation
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
• Annabelle Comes Home
• The Nun
• The Curse of La Llorona
• Annabelle

follow along as I attempt to maintain sanity in self isolation and pretend like I don’t normally live like this anyway. this list started from the moment I stopped working. ended when cinemas reopened.

not including short films (but for some reason including TV... I don’t know why...) and excluding my sneaky visit to the cinema right before it closed.

1. The Mummy
2. The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie
3. Wildlife
4. F for Fake
5. The Strangers
6. GoldenEye
7. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
8. Tango & Cash
9. The Devil Wears Prada
10. The Blair Witch Project

...plus 102 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Django Unchained
3. True Romance
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
6. The Hateful Eight
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
9. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
10. From Dusk Till Dawn

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

The films I look back on and think "oh yeah, that movie," based entirely on vague memories of films I haven't seen in 7 years and should in no way be considered an actual ranking of this decade's movies. But also please hold this list against me and take it as hard facts, thanks.

1. The Social Network
2. The Muppets
3. Prisoners
4. Hugo
5. Phantom Thread
6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7. Inside Out
8. Paddington 2
9. Suspiria
10. Lady Bird

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

If the new PTA film gets a 2020 release date just bump that up to the top, thank you

1. Dune
2. Eternals
3. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
4. Last Night in Soho
5. Mank
6. Soul
7. Tenet
8. Halloween Kills
9. Antlers
10. Next Goal Wins

Please do not trust this list - I have only been watching movies for the last three weeks and don’t the last time I slept

1. Uncut Gems
2. Parasite
3. Waves
4. Jojo Rabbit
5. Marriage Story
6. Ford v Ferrari
7. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
8. Ema
9. Joker
10. Bad Education

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This will definitely change as I give it some breathing room but that’s no fun, so hey, here you go

1. Marriage Story
2. Ema
3. Joker
4. Martin Eden
5. Seberg
6. The King
7. Ad Astra
8. Pelican Blood
9. The Truth
10. The Laundromat

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

Ranking all the Child's Play/Chucky films out there. And there's been some serious duds...

1. Child's Play
2. Child's Play
3. Child's Play 2
4. Curse of Chucky
5. Bride of Chucky
6. Cult of Chucky
7. Child's Play 3
8. Seed of Chucky

Includes the two films I saw at TIFF last year.

1. High Life
2. Parasite
3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
4. The Nightingale
5. Booksmart
6. Her Smell
7. Monos
8. The Dead Don't Die
9. The Mountain
10. The Public

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

thank you Netflix

1. Black Mirror: White Christmas
2. Black Mirror: San Junipero
3. Black Mirror: USS Callister
4. Black Mirror: Black Museum
5. Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits
6. Black Mirror: Hang the DJ
7. Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation
8. Black Mirror: The National Anthem
9. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
10. Black Mirror: The Entire History of You

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

*sigh* and Fantastic Beasts too, I guess...

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
10. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

One day I’ll get around to the Rob Zombie movies, but today is not that day...

1. Halloween
2. Halloween
3. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
4. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
5. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
6. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
7. Halloween II
8. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
9. Halloween: Resurrection

Ranking all the Friday the 13th films! Of course, I'll edit this list once I've seen more of them. I was going to wait until I'd seen them all before I actually made this list, but I was too tempted.

1. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
2. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
3. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
4. Friday the 13th Part 2
5. Friday the 13th
6. Friday the 13th
7. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
8. Friday the 13th Part III
9. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
10. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Including the three TIFF films I saw back at the Sydney Film Festival.

1. If Beale Street Could Talk
2. Roma
3. High Life
4. Widows
5. Her Smell
6. Vox Lux
7. First Man
8. Shoplifters
9. Halloween
10. The Front Runner

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked in order of preference. Only includes films I’ve watched during the festival, not ones I went on to watch later.

1. You Were Never Really Here
2. BlacKkKlansman
3. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
4. Shoplifters
5. Disobedience
6. Outlaws
7. Climax
8. Hearts Beat Loud
9. The Kindergarten Teacher
10. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

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

Ranking all of the short films made by Pixar.

1. Day & Night
2. Partysaurus Rex
3. Piper
4. For the Birds
5. Knick Knack
6. Presto
7. Toy Story of Terror!
8. Luxo Jr.
9. Lava
10. Partly Cloudy

...plus 35 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Feature films only.

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Rushmore
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Moonrise Kingdom
6. Isle of Dogs
7. The Darjeeling Limited
8. Bottle Rocket
9. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Now that I've seen Gone Girl I felt that I should rank all of the films directed by David Fincher from best to worst, so here we go.

1. The Social Network
2. Se7en
3. Gone Girl
4. Zodiac
5. Fight Club
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Panic Room
9. The Game
10. Alien³

Now that Interstellar is out and I've seen it, I had to update the list to accommodate for that masterpiece.

1. Interstellar
2. The Dark Knight
3. Inception
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. Memento
6. Batman Begins
7. Dunkirk
8. The Prestige
9. Following
10. Insomnia

Ranked from worst to best. Or maybe not best. Best sounds like a compliment. Maybe worst to least worst...

DISHONOURABLE MENTIONS: Wonder Wheel, Fist Fight, Baywatch, Baywatch, Geostorm.

1. The Snowman
2. Transformers: The Last Knight
3. CHiPS
4. Rings
5. The Emoji Movie
6. Fifty Shades Darker
7. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
8. All Eyez on Me
9. A Few Less Men
10. Flatliners

My rankings of all the Spider-Man movies.

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming
4. The Amazing Spider-Man
5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
6. Spider-Man 3