1978 Superman. The one where he turns back time by flying around the earth

M3GAN 3.5/5 - It’s way funnier than it has any right to be. I’m pretty excited for the sequel

The Final Destination (4) 2/5 - One of the main characters is billed as “Racist” and another is first billed as “MILF”. The cgi is also way too heavy and not very good

Clown in a Cornfield 3.5/5 - MUCH better than I expected, I expected dogshit, so pretty good was a surprise. I liked the characters, the clowns, and the plot

Looper 3.5/5 - I view time travel movies on a spectrum from Primer to Looper. Primer explains the details of time travel and has insane internal consistency whereas Looper stares down the camera and says “fuck you, don’t think about it”. Which is all to say that I liked it, it has a Christopher Nolan vibe like “the plot makes sense as long as you don’t think about it too hard”

Godzilla: King of the Monsters 3.5/5 - Godzilla fights a bunch of Kaiju. It’s pretty cool, I wish I had seen it in a theater

Terrifier 2/5 - I don’t know if this is a movie or film student’s final showing off their technical skills. There’s not really a plot, just a bunch of cheaply, but well made, practical effects in loosely connected scenes

Waterworld 1.5/5 - I had heard so much about this but had never seen it, man there is so much going on in this. I love that most of the movie is practical effects, which apparently cost a metric shitload of money. There’s just too many plots, too many scenes, too many characters, and too much that doesn’t make sense

Finally watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Was pleasantly surprised by the ending. It’s too bad the sequel is gonna be on Netflix, oh well 🏴‍☠️

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Little did I know I would be escaping into a romance novel with a sprinkle of mystery set in the idyllic Côte d’azur which most mesmerized me. If you’re expecting typical Hitchcroft, forget it for it’s a much lighter fare.

The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Not quite to the standard you expect from Studio Ghibli and it felt more like a last hurrah when I found myself noticing too many similarities between this and many of his previous works. It’s messy, it’s disjointed, it’s surrealistic, and it’s absurd; it’s Miyazaki turned up to 11 and seems to be made for the Miyazaki acolytes.

Plane (2023)
Plane promises the viewer will see Gerard Butler as a pilot forced to save his passengers in hostile situations alongside unlikely companions and it delivers precisely that.

My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Legendary director Wong Kar-Wai’s first foray into the western market and it is disappointing. Let me clarify, it’s not bad, yet it is knowing that it’s from WKW, like your straight-As student suddenly handing in a C. Everything seemingly felt contrived and I don’t know if it’s the language or the actors or both.

Total Recall. I liked the part where arnold uses a random bystander as a human shield. And where he pushes a random dude off the stairs.

The Punisher warzone. Very cheesy but fun. Especially where a parkour dude randomly gets blown up by a rocket launcher.

Uncharted

I finally watched all the Rocky/Creed movies.

Blood Vessel (2019).

An improbably diverse group of U-Boat attack survivors find their way aboard a seemingly abandoned Nazi vessel, discovering, in time, what happened to the previous occupants.

The movie has 3 things going for it:

1. A perfect title.
2. Commitment to make-up and practical effects in most scenes(the standout being the main antagonist)
3. The production either filmed on a real vessel, or they have very talented set decorators. Given how many B-grade creature features (esp. ones set in WW2) wind up being 80 minutes of stereotypes tramping through the woods, the production value was not unappreciated.

Is it good? Not really. Does it make good on its premise? Also, no. Is it better than it could have been? Absolutely.

Worth a watch for fans of foam latex.

The newest Little Women. The one with Pugh, Chalomet, etc.

It seemed very “meh” to me. I do not understand how it won Best Picture.

Eggar’s take on Nosferatu.

Basically the same as Bram Stoker’s Dracula (the one with Keanu), but way less entertaining.

Assessment. A nice cast, decent story and great visuals.