Just a heads-up that I'm probably going to stop doing these soon, as they can become a chore sometimes and I use DreamWidth / LiveJournal less and less these days. Apologies to the three of you still reading! Anyway, for now, have another quick round-up:

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - That kind of... left me cold. Waaay too much teenage angst, ( Read more... )

Oops, I've left it far too long again between film review posts, and the backlog has got massively out of hand. Again. I'd better attempt a round-up:

Saltburn - Working class student Oliver (Barry Keoghan) is invited to spend the holidays at his wealthy classmate Felix (Jacob Elordi)'s country mansion. You might think you know where this is ( Read more... )

2023 was the year I ran a marathon in under 3h45m and climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa! Let's break it down a bit more:

• 2 holidays away - Norfolk with friends in April, and Tuscany by myself in September (my first trip abroad in over 4 years!)
• 1 new arrival in the family - my cousin's baby daughter, Isobel
• 1,023km run - including 1 marathon (setting ( Read more... )

Meg 2: The Trench - Jason Statham is back for more giant shark cheesiness, and it's pretty much what you'd expect. Obviously it's a sequel, so there have to be more giant sharks (as well as a giant octopus, because why not?). Cliff Curtis, Page Kennedy and Sophia Kai also return from the first installment, now joined by Wu Jing. There's a plot ( Read more... )

Asteroid City - Look, it's Wes Anderson; you know what you're getting - whimsical, forcibly-staged comedy full of characters that take bizarre events in their stride. Setting it within a TV version of a stage play, set in a stylised version of a 1950s American desert town, lends itself to his style, and it works better than some of his other ( Read more... )

Renfield - Nicholas Hoult plays the titular bug-eater. It's modern day America, so there are self-help groups for those trying to escape abusive co-dependent relationships. This is important when your boss is Nicholas Cage in full Hammer Horror mode and has decided to team up with the mob. The always-likeable Awkwafina plays the cop ( Read more... )

Sorry, short reviews only. Longer ones take me too long and I'm not sure anyone reads them anyway! They're mainly a reminder for me of the films I've seen.

Violent Night - David Harbour plays a suitably grumpy Santa (the real Santa) who comes to the rescue when a rich family is held hostage by gangsters. The filmmakers know what they're aiming ( Read more... )

Don't Worry, Darling - Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack (Harry Styles) live the American dream in a 1950s utopia, all under the benevolent eye of Jack's boss, Frank (Chris Pine). But something feels wrong. Why aren't the women allowed out of town? Are deaths being covered up? Why can't Alice remember things? And what is the Victory Project all about ( Read more... )

It's actually been quite a while since I last went to the cinema - I've been far too busy of late!  But it's been far, far longer since I got round to posting any reviews.  Being increasingly reminded of how many of these are now available for home viewing made me think I really ought to catch up, so here we go:

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of ( Read more... )

Another eclectic mix this time around:

The Batman - Another reboot, this time even grittier than before. A serial killer (Paul Dano, who I don't think is ever actually named as The Riddler) is on the loose in Gotham. Bruce (Robert Pattison) and his batsuit are on the trail, which leads into the web of corruption inhabited by Selina Kyle (Zoë ( Read more... )