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Got to see the first half of this one during a cinema maintenance shift and was really intrigued by it but never got around to finishing it before it ended its theatrical run. Shoutout to the Air New Zealand in-flight entertainment catalog.

Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

This review may contain spoilers.

It feels like mid-budget thrillers have really started to oversaturate themselves in the box office these past few years and Drop is certainly no exception.
You’ve seen it before - the lead finds themselves unwittingly caught up in a sinister plot and must play along or face the consequences until they find the right moment to strike.

Amongst its contemporaries, however, there are plenty of areas where this movie is able to land a cut above the rest. Visually, a few neat tricks and camera movements went a long way in keeping me engaged as it became more and more absurd that Violet’s date had not already packed up and left. Meghann Fahy gives a fantastic performance as she fully embraces her role, even as things get frantic. The movie really starts to unravel towards the end. 

Her son looks like he would be afraid to enter a public swimming pool, not sure how he was able to pick up a gun from the body of a criminal and place it on his little remote control tonka truck…

The most insufferable guy you know has this in his top four. Usually love a ‘turn your brain off’ kind of movie but this was a struggle from start to end.  Killed the vibe on going to Vegas 💔

Watched on Thursday April 24, 2025.

Watched on Thursday April 17, 2025.

Chappell Roan and Caroline Polachek tracks in a film about a man rescuing the girl of his dreams that he went on one date with… yeah ok. This is exactly the kind of movie I would expect to see Jack Quaid star in, and I mean that offensively.

Will forever go down as that one movie I had to watch on a stretcher bed because we thought it was a camping chair when packing for the drive-ins.

Watched on Friday April 11, 2025.

Could be linked to my cinema worker trauma but these meme movies are so unfunny and ultimately do more harm to the industry than good. Nobody expected a good movie to come out of this, but it kills me to see etiquette thrown out the window in the name of ‘funny’ in an age where younger kids are already set back so far developmentally from the pandemic and having an iPad shoved in their face from birth idk. 

Maybe I am the only guy on the planet who does not fuck with Jack Black? Like, millennials do the exact same shit every day and get torn to shreds for it. Did not have to see him sing four seperate times.

Not good but some of you are so dramatic as if this was a big dip in quality from the other Disney live action remakes… they are all bad be so frrr.

Rachel Zegler was a real highlight though she was not given much to work with here. Gal Gadot was also in this movie! 😀

Watched on Sunday March 30, 2025.

Theo James playing both twins like it’s a fucked up episode of Liv and Maddie 😭😭

Not one aspect of this is good. Feel like we don’t have to adapt every last Stephen King short story into a feature length movie.

Dumb as helll. Soundtrack took me right back but some of you people are clinging onto this era way too hard. Makes me want to cancel my flight into Florida.

Some genuinely tense moments in this very stupid-sounding thriller, but a lot of the class commentary didn't hit the issue deep enough to leave a mark. At least it put Bill Skarsgård (with some of the worst tattoos I've ever seen) on the map for me.

Not everyone in this family was born with the gift to bring pictures to the screen… Gia Coppola you need to count your days. 

The entire premise revolves around being ushered off the stage and reflecting back on the career you’ve had while trying to find a new path while the world has evolved away from you. It could not be less subtle that Shelly has grown out of touch as she insists to that being a showgirl is a form of stardom to the other girls who see it merely as a paycheck. So much of the film’s exposition is told rather than shown and it is a mighty waste of Anderson’s talent.

Even as Coppola builds towards the final show it feels like Shelly is never allowed to move forward, both in her future and her grief. It is at this point where the film ends, feeling like a chapter left unfinished on the final page. Hoping we’ll see Pamela given some more opportunities in the future.

Watched on Thursday March 6, 2025.

Watched on Thursday February 20, 2025.

An instant classic, feels like a true modern take on an early nineties buddy comedy with its own fresh takes and a solid script. I’m going to need another film with Keke Palmer and SZA asap, nobody else is doing it out here like they are !!

Actually think this started off quite solid given the track record over at Marvel, though it wasn’t long before Brave New World fell into the same issues that have plagued the multiversal saga since day one. This movie serves as the next development for three of the studio’s least successful projects, not one of them involving the Captain America your girlfriend probably thought was going to make an appearance.

If there’s anything to salvage here, I do think that Sam Wilson has more to offer than Bucky Barnes and the new Falcon seems like a fun addition to a rebuilt Avengers lineup. It’s a shame that I am not looking forward to the time when we get a movie where that happens. Nothing but a pair of hulking red bootycheeks.

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An absolutely charming little film about a young girl having to come to with the death of her mother while navigating life all on her own, only to have her world flipped upside down again after her estranged father makes his way back into her life.

Regan excels at showcasing the world through a childlike lens, with buildings painted in saturated pastels and a dreamy soundtrack. It’s a nice way to show that despite the pressure Georgie faces to “grow up” faster than her peers, she still sees the world as a twelve year old would. While she clearly has the wits to survive on her own, she needs and longs to have a ive parental figure in her life again.

Watched on Thursday January 30, 2025.

Watched the second half of this movie first after a party because it just happened to be what was on tv, then went back and saw it from the beginning several days later. It’s really nothing to write home about, I just hate not watching things in full. Meh.

Companion doesn’t do or say anything profound by any stretch of the imagination, but sometimes a fun, tightly-paced, borderline stupid comedy is enough. Sophie Thatcher is simply gorgeous and it was sooo exciting watching Jack Quaid (playing a version of himself, I presume) get murdered.

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Don't want to shame anyone on here but I have very mixed feelings. More power to anyone who finds excitement in the reversal of power dynamics and the high stakes tension, you do you!

For a film described as an "erotic thriller", there weren't many scenes that I would consider particularly steamy. Harris Dickinson is my number one celebrity crush and even then I wasn't feeling it outside of the rave! Somehow felt too plain while still landing in an uncomfortable spot.

Hits the wrong message for me when no lasting repercussions come of the affair. If puss in boots is so bad at sex you feel the need to seek it out from elsewhere either talk to him about it or get divorced holy fvck!

Maybe I don't get it because I don't yearn for anything idk.

Went to the Australian Open for the first time and came out a tennis fanatic. Wimbledon is definitely the classiest slam of the lot with all of its prestige, so I suppose you can’t be too surprised someone thought it should serve as the basis of a romcom. 

Plays things very safe but still a cute watch while the sport has my interest. Wish Lizzie’s character arc was done a bit better, my only real complaint is that she sometimes didn’t feel like there was enough depth to her outside of Paul.

Doesn’t really have much to do with the movie itself but the grass courts look the coolest imo and they pair up really nicely with the all white dress code. Would be fun to see live one day.

When the world needed her most, Cameron Diaz returned. Welcome back Princess Fiona! 💚

So cool to look back on something that largely shaped the depiction of the teenage experience on screen, even to this day. Went in blind and was expecting to watch the popular bad boy taunt nerds and ride his motorcycle around the neighbourhood, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a sensitive and relevant take on hyper-masculinity complete with subtle queer undertones between the two male leads.

The pacing of most films from around this time are so silly in hindsight like your boyfriend drove off a cliff fifteen minutes ago and now you're oogling over James Dean... get it together girl.

Feels like it has been so long since I’ve walked out of the theatre so electrified by what transpired on screen. Mikey Madison delivers a career-defining performance in Ani, who you can’t help but root for as her short-lived love story is torn away. You feel sick from the moment Toros makes his way into the picture and it’s a feeling that sticks with you right until the end. 

Her relationship with Igor becomes a surprising highlight of the film as while he sees his actions as comionate, Ani rightfully sees someone who has no reason not to harm her. This tense chemistry lends itself to some of Anora’s most tender and confronting moments, but also it’s funniest. 

Probably my favourite movie to come out of last year but I’ve got to let it sit with me.

There's one scene in this where a makeover is treated like the creation of a Frankenstien's monster which I thought was an awesome commentary on the high school social structure and then it felt like nothing similar ever happened again.

Obviously takes heavy inspiration from Heathers, to the point where it struggles to forge its own voice. It manages to find itself in the end though, and getting there is a whole lotta fun. Wish it had an epilogue to cap things off a little better, really wanted to see Julie and Fern thriving before the credits.

I always try to go into a film with an open mind, however, there are some topics that do not excite me at all and religion is near the top of that list.

You can feel the tension amongst the conclave and its silently warring factions in every scene - even those most devout in their faith differ strongly in their ideals and can find themselves corrupted by politics, gossip, and the promise of power.

Did not see the final twist coming at all, finally made me sit up in my seat. Definitely worth a watch if you're interested in the subject matter.

Literally who the fuck was this made for? Project X for kids who ate paste.

Call it controversial, but I don't understand how you could watch this in full and believe that it is supposed to be about a lesbian who is "turned straight" by a man. While yes, that does seem to be the case on paper, it is clear to me at least that Alyssa (and Banky for that matter!) are bisexual and would have been explicitly treated as such had this movie been made a decade later.

Maybe I am giving Kevin Smith too much credit here, but I think Alyssa's stance and security in her own sexuality was and is ahead of its time. She knows that she favours the experiences she's had with women, but won't downright oppose being open with others who possesses the right qualities. As someone who likes to be intentionally ambiguous about their queerness, I really appreciate such a grey and nuanced depiction of sexuality on screen - even though there were definitely better ways to go about it. If you think the answer is a polycule, you're stupid.

A lot of reviews on here will wave off this film as bad because of this, especially as Holden is an unlikeable egotistical asshole, which I think undermines Alyssa's agency and the decision to move forward with the relationship. You see her call him out on his shit every step of the way and it's his own inability to understand her desires (because he is special and she is a prize to be won) that ultimately causes them to part. She doesn't "turn" straight after they break up and it's not like she ever insinuated being with a man provided anything that she was "missing" dating women!

Anyway yeah I liked it.

JT Mollner employs every cinematic parlour trick there is to disguise an ugly narrative.

Knew from the trailer I was going to hate this one but as per the rules of family movie night I wasn’t allowed to turn it off. It’s a sin to make a movie so smug with itself, but a crime for it to be so boring.

While I can certainly appreciate the craftsmanship that Eggers’ has poured into bringing his vision to life, Nosferatu has no pulse at all. So much time is spent getting into the weeds of making the movie give off a eerie ‘vibe’ but it comes at the cost of any emotion to balance out the cold environment, ultimately resulting in a very dull re-telling. I like the utilisation of shadows as a visual motif almost as if they were their own character, and naturally Lily Rose Depp was fantastic. 

Saw someone else argue it was all smoke and mirrors which just about sums up my thoughts.

Watched on Sunday December 29, 2024.

Very bittersweet, but made my soul feel warm and toasty. Really nice to squeeze this in on Christmas Eve when I’ve been sick and drowning with work. There is nothing more sacred to be than a movie about lonely people finding their place. ❤️

Was never that hopeful about this one since the last good movie Disney gave us was the original Moana eight years ago, compounded by the mid development shift from series to feature that has worked out so well in the past. 

Falls into every single unfortunate trope animated sequels have, re-hashing the same thematic beats of the first movie but falling short of the highs that it tries to emulate. You can tell which songs are meant to be the successors of previous hits, yet not one will stick around in your head once you walk out the theatre.

Certainly a result of having to distill five episodes into one package, a handful of new characters are introduced with hardly any development over the course of the journey. This is most devastating for the bat lady, who was clearly designed to appear like the antagonist and would’ve made for a great surprise ally in the final act. Instead, she appears for one song, helps out at the end, and then we don’t really see her again. Squandered potential everywhere you look.

Absolutely no clue why I was so keen to watch this one, it hasn’t aged very well at all. The editing that so many would have frothed over in the naughties is nauseating today, every time something would play in reverse I became temped to fast forward through it. However, you could argue that such a style works in the film’s favour as you dive into the sleazy world that was going to college at the turn of the century. Ellis is unforgiving in his portrayal of these characters, driven only by their desires for sex and drugs. Cannot recommend if you’re not a fan of movies where everyone is awful.

Why did so many of these “thing” biopics come out last year who the hell was asking for them? I liked all the pixel graphics they used to remind you the movie is about a video game.

At some point in my earlier teens, I had decided that boardriding was the coolest shit in the world and vowed that I would one day learn to skate. I purchased my first board online three months ago and have since been too busy to touch it.

The camerawork and colour grading work is so badass, it perfectly encapsulates the scrappy feeling that the Z-Boys ushered in with their modernisation of the sport. Awesome true story about the legends of their craft, with a really bittersweet ending that got to me.

Just guys being dudes in the best way possible.

Watched on Friday November 22, 2024.

The more I sit with this movie the less I feel I can relate to it. I find the concept to be a little boring tbh, but I would hate to talk to my future self and my desire to try anything with “magic” in the name died off hard when I turned 18. 

It’s an odd choice to make your protagonist unashamedly queer and have her talk about the rest of her life with her partner just to shove her into a relationship with some man named Chad. Big shoutout to her brother with the huge crush on Saoirse Ronan.

Mum had to pull out the iPad after it finished to do her own research on the Von Erich’s family history.
Nothing will ever make me feel as satisfied than when my parents enjoy one of my movie picks.

Love love love how this movie is truly about the women of the hour by making sure each victim is given the time to have their story told rather than only the ones who survived. All women should be entitled to own a gun.

Anna this was fantastic, can’t wait to see what you direct next!

My only exposure to SNL has been limited to the sketches that have gone viral on social media and unless it's part of the Weekend Update I tend to find them corny as hell, so I can only imagine what a full episode would be like.

That said, I really enjoyed the frantic chaos of Saturday Night and the tension that built over the 90 minutes before heading to air. I am truly in love with the production process and seeing a team of cobbled together twenty somethings put in their all to bring something radically new to television screens across America made me feel like my own show business dreams weren't entirely dead.

It’s tense in an almost electric kind of way, with some standout performances and a ton of whip pans (you can never have too many).

Have no intention of ever watching the steaming pile of garbage that is the first Smile movie so I have nothing to compare this with, but the only time I felt genuinely unnerved was when she kept ripping out those chunks of hair. Girl quit it!

Went quadruple platinum back in the day at the video rental place near my grandparents beach house. (Blart crushed it, btw)

As far as Adam Sandler’s comedies go, this one probably falls close to the top of the list for me. There are a ton of stupid and unnecessary plot details that serve solely as the setup to a cheap one-liner, but unlike his later stuff I didn’t find it too grating. The Subway bit was really funny I’ll give him that.

Have known this film as “the one with Nicki” for years. Honestly the most notable thing about it.

My definitive ranking of every film and miniseries within the Marvel Cinematic Universe as I rewatch them over an excruciating period of time.

1. WandaVision
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Thunderbolts*
4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. Captain America: The First Avenger
6. Black Panther
7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
8. Spider-Man: No Way Home
9. Doctor Strange
10. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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

sorry i wont delete it this time xoxoxo

• Josie and the Pussycats
• D.E.B.S.
• Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
• Jennifer's Body
• Election
• Pleasantville
• Little Shop of Horrors
• Dogfight
• Go
• After Hours

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

Films I think I might enjoy more upon a second watch with a more seasoned palette.

• Moonlight
• Morvern Callar
• The Empire Strikes Back
• My Own Private Idaho
• Call Me by Your Name
• The Florida Project
• Jackie
• Babylon

1. Shrek 2
2. The Wild Robot
3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
4. Shrek
5. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
6. Kung Fu Panda
7. The Bad Guys
8. Madagascar
9. Over the Hedge
10. Trolls

1. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2. Lilo & Stitch
3. The Princess and the Frog
4. Zootopia
5. Hercules
6. Tarzan
7. Alice in Wonderland
8. Moana
9. Mulan
10. Tangled

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

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

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

you can ignore the ratings, most of these are masterpieces

1. Teen Beach Movie
2. High School Musical 2
3. Lemonade Mouth
4. Descendants 2
5. Descendants
6. Starstruck
7. Z-O-M-B-I-E-S
8. Teen Beach 2

   bias is hard on this one x

9. High School Musical
10. Descendants 3

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

Flashy, stylish, campy fun.

• Josie and the Pussycats
• Mean Girls
• Barbie
• Easy A
• Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Clueless
• But I'm a Cheerleader
• Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
• Jennifer's Body

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Movies I loved so much that they’ve shaped a part of my personality <3

• Her
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Josie and the Pussycats
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Death Proof
• Pulp Fiction
• American Psycho
• Rear Window
• Matthias & Maxime
• Baby Driver

...plus 70 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I want to live there, man.

• TRON: Legacy
• Blade Runner 2049
• Drive
• Fallen Angels
• After Hours
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Speed Racer
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• Scooby-Doo

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

I know I haven’t gotten around to so many of their bigger ones, I’m working on it I promise.

1. Ponyo
2. Grave of the Fireflies
3. The Secret World of Arrietty
4. The Boy and the Heron
5. My Neighbor Totoro
6. Kiki's Delivery Service

1. After Hours
2. Taxi Driver
3. Shutter Island
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
6. The Color of Money
7. The King of Comedy

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Moonrise Kingdom
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Asteroid City
6. The French Dispatch
7. The Darjeeling Limited
8. Rushmore
9. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
10. Bottle Rocket

• Fight Club
• Joker
• American Psycho
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• Her
• Taxi Driver
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Nightcrawler
• (500) Days of Summer

  everyone who likes this is an awful person <3

• Good Time

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

These never fail to make me feel good :)

• Little Miss Sunshine
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• La La Land
• Lady Bird
• The Nice Guys
• Easy A
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Her
• Luca
• Monsters, Inc.

...plus 23 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Way harder than I thought it would be.

1. Lady Bird
2. La La Land
3. Blade Runner
4. After Hours
5. The Royal Tenenbaums
6. Little Miss Sunshine
7. Arrival
8. Drive
9. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
10. Her

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

everything i watched from departure to returning home

• The Maze Runner
• Bolt
• The House Bunny

  we refused to finish this one

• White Chicks
• Baywatch
• The Interview
• We're the Millers
• Transformers

1. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
4. Death Proof
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

1. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2. Baby Driver
3. Hot Fuzz
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. Last Night in Soho

Watching a movie once a week for the entire year with cassie to hopefully knock some great titles from my watchlist. Films are in order of watch date and were determined at the start of the year, with a remaining movie picked from the list at random each week.

• Ingrid Goes West
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
• Juno
• Baby Driver
• Lady Bird
• Little Women
• Star Wars
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Love, Simon
• Little Miss Sunshine

...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Everything I can watching in 2020 but won’t add to Letterboxd because I can’t the exact date I had seen them on. The list is in no particular order.

• Frozen II
• Hercules
• Never Been Kissed
• The Secret World of Arrietty

  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - will rewatch and log one day

• Anastasia

  ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½

• Onward

  ⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Tiger King

  ⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

  ⭐️⭐️⭐️

• High School Musical
• High School Musical 2

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