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My favorite part was when they took the computer generated dragons from the original and turned them into computer generated dragons

Watched on Sunday June 8, 2025.

Star Wars can be an epic space opera, good verses evil, or a cereal western like The Mandalorian. It can be a gritty war film like Rogue One, or sometimes it can be a fun little heist movie like Solo. Star Wars is one of the only franchises which can be multiple genres at once and thrive off it. Which is why I believe that this universe has space for everything.

I’ll watch Andor when I want peak storytelling, or sometimes I want to watch the prequels when I want to laugh at the silly dialogue. Which brings me to Solo - I watch Solo when I want some dumb silly fun, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Just because one type of film is objectively better than the other, doesn’t mean there isn’t enough room for both to exist and be enjoyed simultaneously in their own right. Star Wars is such a massive universe, it’d be a hindrance to lock it into one particular thing which has proven to work. Star Wars WORKS because it is so much. The table of Star Wars is big enough for multiple meals to be enjoyed.

That's why I love Solo. It’s not really hurting anyone or pulling any groundbreaking stuff. Solo is the kind of Star Wars movie where I love the little stuff. I love the characters. I love the soundtrack. I love the heist formula. I love the energy. I love the double cross at the end. I love Paul Bettany because he’s such a delightful freak. And common, the Kessel run is just SO Star Wars, THIS MOVIE IS JUST SO MUCH FUN AND HARMLESS? WHY THE HATE?!

Sure, Solo isn't the best Star Wars project, not by 12 parsecs, but that doesn't mean it’s bad. Just because it isn’t Empire or Andor, doesn’t automatically mean it’s worthless. There’s room for everything.

Star Wars is meant to be fun, and I think that people forget that.

The most 'hell yeah' movie ever made.

Watched on Sunday June 1, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 30, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

Holy shit…this was…something else. I genuinely can’t the last time I felt this uncomfortable watching a movie. Uncomfortable in a way which at times, I genuinely didn’t like looking at the screen. The film just has this deep, depriving dread and emptiness which is patient enough to lower your guard up until it unfolds. You can’t really tell where anything is going, and the longer you spend time with it, the lower you’ll start to sink into your chair.

Oddity doesn’t have a single uplifting moment, nor does it leave you feeling un-isolated, so it’s safe to say that I loved every minute of it. You’ll stare into the dark abyss of a shot which lingers just a little too long, and it builds tension in such a clever way. The film has a strange sense of realism while still feeling otherworldly, and it all just feels so horrible to watch, but in the best way possible.

The atmosphere and build up is just on another level. It constantly keeps you on edge while you know something is coming, you just don’t know when.

Watching Rogue One with the mindset of it being the true season finale to both seasons of Andor genuinely changes it into something different. Treating the film this way gives this whole movie a new sensibility of payoff. It’s the true season finale to the show and it’s just insane how different the show gives this film context, and again - payoff. 

Every character has a moment to shine. Every moment feels like a finale that was set up in the show, and it’s just mesmerized to me how seamless the transition is from Andor to Rogue One. The little threads and set-ups the show makes over 2 seasons, the foreshadowing, the characters, the overarching dread of the tragedy the film holds, everything in the show just completely changes this movie, and it felt like I was watching something I had never seen before.

Andor season 1, and season 2, concluded with Rogue One is - dare I say it, the new holy trinity of the franchise since the originals. This trilogy of content has made this era of Star Wars the most impressive, culturally relevant, rewarding, and captivating arc in the franchise’s history, and may genuinely be perfect.

…man I fucking love Star Wars.

Onto my fourth Scream movie now, and I gotta ask myself: Am I getting bored of these yet? The answer should be yes, but I’m happy to say FUCK NO. 

I’ll be honest, I could never HATE any of these movies at this point, because they’re just so fucking fun man, I could never be mad at them - except THIS time I AM mad because in this one ghostface didn’t eat enough shit I would personally consider acceptable for a Scream movie.

My buddy leaned across to me mere seconds into the first scene and whispered with murderous intent “I can’t wait to see how they die 👹”

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.

Thunderbolts* is surprisingly the most refreshing film in a run of a lot of hit or miss projects in the MCU nowadays. It’s a breath of fresh air for the franchise mainly because it offers something the MCU hasn't had in a while - sincerity. Characters actually have believable emotions, heart, and realism. Christ, I cared more for these characters in ONE movie than I did for Mrs. Marvel after her entire show?

This is a modern MCU movie with themes? Depth? Practicality? Minimalism? Like what? Characters ACTUALLY have emotion with each other. They share tender moments with each other AND THEY’RE THE BEST PARTS OF THE MOVIE? They squabble, they poke at each other, and they find a place in the journey they share. Most importantly, they grow on you as a viewer. And the action (while minimal) is excellently short, snappy, and fun. The best part about this movie is the simplicity.

Thunderbolts* is genuinely one of the most heartfelt, emotional, and rewarding projects marvel has put out since Guardians 3 or Loki, and I was fucking blown away that there were no annoying jokes or levity. 

Whilst watching Thunderbolts* I realized that I was giddy about marvel again. I was smiling. I was lost in the universe. Marvel was back, and this time it feels like its back to stay (at last).

Watched on Wednesday April 30, 2025.

20th Anniversary Re-release

Guys i’m telling you right now, seeing the opening battle in the cinema literally altered my brain chemistry, and not to mention witnessing “hello there” in glorious 4K was of course the highlight.

It’s so weird to me that we as a society used to believe this film was trash, but now we just think it’s cool? that’s so fucking sick man i love that. And I love that us early 2000’s kids who grew up with these movies have all turned into adults now, and we have come back to these movies in a strange nostalgic way that we just look back incredibly fondly on.

Revenge of the Sith just goes to show how much disney fucked the sequel trilogy. And yeh, the prequels aren’t the best, but at least Lucas PLANNED these before he made them unlike disney. Like it or not, this movie feels like a grand finale and it goes out with a fucking bang.

This will always hold a special place in my heart, that being the high ground.

…Okay that didn’t really make sense but you get where i’m going with this.

A two hour episode of scooby-doo except the entire mystery gang fucking explode

Sinners is a unique distinction for genre blending of which Coogler experiments some really wacky ideas and concepts. His blend of nocturnal vampire horror, historical drama, and how music relates to the soul combines almost perfectly in ways which they definitely shouldn’t. Seriously, there was some crazy ass shit I didn’t expect to see here.

I don’t often say this, but I just really fucking enjoyed watching this. It’s a weird comment to make, but I just loved watching this.

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

Walking out of the cinema feeling sick from the haunting realism and bleakness, coming into the cinema lobby and hearing ‘Man in the Mirror’ by Michael Jackson was the exact type of tonal whiplash I needed after this.

I would genuinely kill a victorian child to obtain the ability to create a time machine, just so I could travel to 1996 and experience this live. Then do nothing else with the time machine, and simply come home.

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.

Theatrical Re-Release of ‘John Wick’ 

“YEAH…IM THINKIN’ IM BACK”

It’s been a while since I’ve watched John Wick, but since I first saw this, it’s been on of my favorite films to date, and I still strongly believe this is the definitive ‘action movie’. John Wick is the movie you show someone if they don’t like action movies TO MAKE them like action movies. It’s the movie which single handily re-defined the action genre. There's a reason every action movie coming out today tries to mimic the style and choreography of these movies. And not a single one comes close. Whether you like it or not, John Wick is fucking cinema like it’s his bitch. 

Okay, so having seen this 4 or 5 times, and NOW having seen this in a theatre? I can definitively say that you have NOT seen John Wick until you have watched this in the cinema. This experience was TRANSCENDENT. I was so fucking locked in and I experienced this movie in a completely new light and i’m not even exaggerating in the slightest. I was with my buddy Will who had SOMEHOW never seen this, and the entire movie we just kept looking across each other with goofy grins on our faces, nodding along to the beat of the club music while Wick becomes a one man army like he's in a fucking video game.

This is just the coolest movie ever man, I forgot how simple, yet effective the film is since the sequels are so fucking nutty and insane. I genuinely think that this one might be my favorite of the 4. It’s a perfect full fledged bombardment of synth waves and bullets to the face, and Reeves delivers an utterly badass performance - I can’t stop quoting the entire film. 

This movie means so much to me. I genuinely think this is one of the greatest action films made in the 21st century, and possibly in general. Everything is fucking perfect with this movie, and I will die on that hill believing this.

This movie was literally made for me personally.

Be seeing you, Mr. Wick.

Watched on Sunday April 6, 2025.

I watched this over a week ago with my buddy Will, who had been wanting to show this movie to me ever since our friendship was crafted. It’s his favorite movie. That says all you need to know about him. Will doesn’t just enjoy this movie. He LIVES IT. Motherfucker has made this his entire personality which is why i’m friends with him.

Safe to say Will was very excited to show me Pick of Destiny.

…and boy was I in for a treat.

Once I witnessed Jack Black doing a push up with his errection I could instantly see why this was Wills favorite movie. My third eye had been opened. There was no point in treating this as an actual movie, because Pick of Destiny is something else entirely. It’s a way of life. And my buddy Will lives it everyday - dick jokes and heavy metal.

I can now understand why Will brought an electric guitar, and I can imagine him furiously duelling Satan himself in a guitar battle whilst calling him a bitch in his room every night.

This movie IS my friendship with Will. It stands for everything HE stands for. And godamn do I ire that.

Thank you for showing me this Will. I physically cannot rate this any less than 5 stars because of what this movie stands for.

It stands for friendship and beauty itself.

Thank you Pick of Destiny, you’re pretty cool in my books.

perhaps the most aware I have ever been watching a movie that I am in fact ‘watching a movie’.

...I’m not quite sure how else to explain that, but I hope that makes sense to the right people.

A stylized blast filled with great action and a vibe which is so unserious and cool. The soundtrack was fucking sick and I love when action movies like this get kinda silly and over the top. Action comedies SHOULD be WAYYY over the top and this definitely hits the mark for me.

Didn’t over-stay its welcome. It got in, kicked some ass, played some banging music, and got out.

Oh and, seeing the CEO of sex on the big screen was probably one of the moments of all time.

Michael Fasbender demanding someone to unclench their anal sphincter is defiantly something that I wouldn't have predicted.

Watched on Thursday March 20, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday March 18, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday March 11, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 9, 2025.

Watched on Friday March 7, 2025.

Watched on Friday March 7, 2025.

I can’t help but feel like if Yorgos Lanthimos directed this we would have an oscar winner on our hands

Watched on Thursday March 6, 2025.

Inception has been a film I've been wanting to watch for years now, and I've been saving it for a special day. So when I saw my local IMAX was showing a re-release? My pants literally exploded.

This was everything I was hoping for. Nolan delivers yet another mind-fucking spectacular with insane visuals and a vastly layered narrative. The film is so packed full of insane details and is layered and presented in the most engaging and intense way possible. This shit is so insane and it demands your full attention from the very first scene.

Seeing this in IMAX was so nuts, it was so insanely loud my drink literally vibrated off the fucking side table. It was the perfect way to watch this for the first time. I'm so glad I waited to watch this in the intended deafening spectacle.

To me, Nolan movies always feel like the version of cinema.

I have to watch this again as soon as possible or I may self combust.

Okay, this was REALLY not what I was expecting. This was so fucking goofy? Like, SO silly and self aware that I kind of fucked with it? I didn’t expect to be that impressed by this but I gotta give credit where it’s due because this knows exactly what it is and I can’t ever shame self-awareness. 

Me and my buddy were like the only ones in the cinema, and we were fucking cracking up man. This shit is so funny and not even in a funny-bad way? it’s just genuinely funny? wtf? I wasn’t laughing AT the movie for a change?

“you look like a ‘before’ picture” is fucking genius and I’ll be using that insult wherever possible.

I would genuinly rather shit in my hands and clap than watch this again

Watched on Friday February 21, 2025.

Watched on Sunday February 16, 2025.

Sometimes when I watch horror, I’m disappointed when it doesn’t scare me the way I want it too. I’m constantly seeking to relive the “high” of a horror movie which genuinely scares me - and it rarely comes by. But sometimes, i’m craving some horror shenanigans. Sheer bafoonery if you will. A horror movie which is as unserious as it can possibly be, and just as self aware how silly it is. And sometimes, I prefer the latter, especially today - because I watched The Monkey.

Osgood Perkins became one of my favorite recent directors after Longlegs, and now especially with The Monkey. This is due to a simple reason: Osgood Perkins is such a fucking weirdo. And you can tell with his movies. He’s just an absolute freak who wants to make some strange shit. He’s like me. He knows what I WANT in a horror movie. He makes these movies for ME PERSONALLY. 

To me, Longlegs and The Monkey are two sides of the same coin: Longlegs is delightfully uncomfortable, and The Monkey, is delightfully goofy. And man, the fact that Osgood can just make both of these types of horror movies shouldn’t be overlooked. His RANGE is insane.

This movie goes so hard when it didn’t even have too. By the end of this movie, all shit was thrown out the window and I was kinda just left thinking “I actually don’t know how crazier he could have gone”. And I fucking love that shit so much. Just absolutely stupid shit which has no other mission but to have fun.

I’ve been saying for years, if something is self aware, it instantly has charm to me. And boy does this have some.

Thank you for making another movie for me Osgood. Keep them coming. I love you sm <3

My girlfriend accidentally spilt half my redbull on the floor just as we sat down before the film started, and it kinda set the tone for the rest of my experience watching this movie.

Scott Derrickson is one of the most hit-or-miss directors for me working today, but this time he has landed in a strange grey area. He really shines here as a visionary director with an interesting style, but The Gorge remains yet a suaceless by-the-numbers sci-fi action flick with some cool ideas, but bland execution.

The film completely changes halfway through and briefly turns into a Resident Evil game for a while, and its SICK ASF! However, it unfortunately goes back to being bland once it starts to get interesting. It's such a shame because that middle act was cool as hell, and it showed some really interesting shit! It gets pretty fucking wild and weird and was a nice surprise, but doesn't fully commit to its sudden change in tone which is the most disappointing aspect for me. Derriskion blows his load too early and can't commit to go crazier.

The film becomes too tonally dissonant and confused with its narrative and genre, but Teller and Joy carry the film, despite Teller briefly sporting the fakest beard I think I have ever seen in a movie.

Bonus unexpected Whiplash reference? Shit, okay movie? Didn't know you were chill like that.

Watched on Wednesday February 12, 2025.

Watched on Friday February 7, 2025.

• Warfare
• Sinners
• Thunderbolts*
• The Monkey
• Companion
• Final Destination Bloodlines
• Novocaine
• Mickey 17
• How to Train Your Dragon
• Heart Eyes

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2022 really opened my eyes to a lot of films and different genres. I discovered films I would have never watched if I hadn't started going to the cinema more this year, and I'm very glad I did because some of these films were amazing!

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Babylon
4. The Batman
5. Top Gun: Maverick
6. Barbarian
7. Avatar: The Way of Water
8. The Whale
9. The Menu
10. Prey

...plus 37 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“Lately some of you 2024 movies have been a little… out of sorts. Erratic... Unreliable... Downright sloppy.

…Not you though Dune! you’ve been great”

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Perfect Days
3. Hit Man
4. Civil War
5. Challengers
6. Hundreds of Beavers
7. Better Man
8. Late Night with the Devil
9. The Last Stop in Yuma County
10. Longlegs

...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. It’s energy, surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.“

These films are all terrible pieces of shit and I hate them all immensely.

(I’m goofing. I don’t know who I would be without these films)

1. Star Wars
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7. Solo: A Star Wars Story
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
9. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
10. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

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

Most of these films are like the same to me.
Any MCU projects fits in 1 of these 3 categories:
1: literally has no right being as good as it is, like, how dare you be a GOOD film? 😭
2: fun I guess
3: 😐

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2. Avengers: Infinity War
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. Thunderbolts*
6. Spider-Man: Homecoming
7. Deadpool & Wolverine
8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
9. Avengers: Endgame
10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

“Normally, both your asses would be dead as fucking fried chicken, but you happen to pull this shit while I’m in a transitional period, so I don’t wanna kill you, I wanna help you. But I can’t give you this case; it don’t belong to me. Besides, I’ve already been through too much shit this morning over this case to hand it over to your dumb ass.”

This Tarantino guy is really onto something huh?

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Django Unchained
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
5. The Hateful Eight
6. Inglourious Basterds
7. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
8. Death Proof
9. Jackie Brown

   
   

10. Kill Bill: Vol. 2

"On second thought, I hope she suffers quite a bit before she dies. I just hope her pathetic screams can't be heard from my room, because I was thinking about having a lie down, and I need peace and quiet. I was playing golf, and the last thing I need is some woman dying slowly and loudly."

I love this man's brain.

1. Poor Things
2. Dogtooth
3. The Favourite
4. Kinds of Kindness
5. The Lobster
6. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
7. Nimic
8. Alps
9. Necktie

Ranked purely as my favorites of the year, not necessarily objectively ranked on quality compared to one another, it's just what I personally enjoyed more. It's really hard to rank some of these, but at least nothing could be as bad as The Black Phone!

1. Rye Lane
2. Oppenheimer
3. Poor Things
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
5. Talk to Me
6. John Wick: Chapter 4
7. Scrapper
8. Past Lives
9. Godzilla Minus One
10. Evil Dead Rise

...plus 51 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

"I don't believe in magic, but a few times in my life I've seen things. Things I can't explain. And I've come to believe that it's not so much what you believe........ it's hard you believe it."

1. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

   fuck the haters! maybe not the most popular decision, just personally my favourite.

2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

   sometimes overshadowed by Raiders and Temple for me, but still just as great.

3. Raiders of the Lost Ark

   yeh, we get it. we all know it’s good. you can stop going on about it.

4. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

   already so underrated 

5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

   what a strange movie.

My first annual spooky season!
(Not ranked)

• The Thing
• Maniac
• Scream
• The Stuff
• The Witch
• Friday the 13th
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Five Nights at Freddy's
• The Cabin in the Woods
• The Exorcist

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