Watch List
Things I've watched on TV or film (mainly since I started this blog), in rating order.
Series
Stranger Things |
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  (4.5)
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Netflix | 1-3 | Review | IMDB |
| The best television I've seen in a decade. It does take time for it to get under your skin, though. You need to push through until it does, but then you'll be hooked. | ||||
Ozark |
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(4.5)
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Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Gripping thriller with some fantastic characters. Everyone's a baddie, just pick the ones you sympathise with most. | ||||
The Queen's Gambit |
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(4.5)
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Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| Excellent show. Don't be put off by this being about chess; if you like a good story and good drama, you'll like this. Anya Taylor-Joy is fantastic in the lead role. | ||||
Lucifer |
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(4.5)
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Prime/Netflix | 1-5 | IMDB | |
| Thoroughly entertaining; good concepts, good storylines and good humour. | ||||
Star Trek: Discovery |
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Netflix | 1-3 | Review | IMDB |
| It has taken over from The Next Generation as my favourite Star Trek. | ||||
Sex Education |
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Netflix | 1-2 | IMDB | |
| I really enjoyed this, but 6th form wasn't like this my day. Stars Gillian Anderson. | ||||
Messiah |
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(4)
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Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| A great story. Disappointingly, Netflix don't have the balls for a second series. | ||||
Daredevil |
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Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Marvel, but a dark, gritty and brutal version of it. Vincent D'Onofrio is awesome as baddie Wilson Fisk. | ||||
Jessica Jones |
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(3.5)
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Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Entertaining Marvel adventure with good characterisations. | ||||
Away |
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(3.5)
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Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| The trip to Mars this is about is often incidental to the drama surrounding the characters. Pretty good. Stars Hilary Swank. | ||||
Devs |
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(3.5)
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BBC | 1 | IMDB | |
| Tech and quantum mechanics. Right up my street, this one. | ||||
Salvation |
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(3.5)
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Netflix | 1-2 | IMDB | |
| Meteor heading for Earth drama. This was on the cusp of 4 stars - an intriguing watch. | ||||
Designated Survivor |
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(3.5)
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Netflix | 1-2 | IMDB | |
| Fate makes last politician standing Kiefer Sutherland the US president. Worth a watch. | ||||
Travelers |
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(3.5)
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Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Entertaining time travel romp. | ||||
Lost In Space |
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(3.5)
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Netflix | 1-2 | IMDB | |
| Danger Will Robinson! Enjoyable remake of the 60s classic. | ||||
The Umbrella Academy |
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Netflix | 1-2 | IMDB | |
| Entertaining and funny sci-fi/superhero romp. | ||||
Better Than Us |
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Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| Russian series about androids, which is not as bad as it sounds. | ||||
The Boys |
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Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| Gritty take on the superhero genre. This is probably what it would really be like if we had superheros. | ||||
Altered Carbon |
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(3)
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Netflix | 1-2 | IMDB | |
| I enjoyed this sci-fi series more than my rating suggests, it just went on a bit too long. | ||||
Titans |
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(2.5)
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Netflix | 1-2 | IMDB | |
| It’s okay — plenty dark and plenty gritty — but, I dunno, DC just isn’t as gripping as Marvel. | ||||
Warrior Nun |
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(2.5)
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Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| I can take it or leave it, despite being in love with Alba Baptista. | ||||
Films
Avengers: Infinity War |
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(4.5)
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Film | IMDB | ||
| The best movie to come out of Marvel Studios. | ||||
Birdbox |
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(4)
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Netflix Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Well-acted and well-executed. The film grasped the essense of tense horror. | ||||
Avengers: Endgame |
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(3.5)
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Film | Review | IMDB | |
| I love the Marvel stuff but felt this left itself too much to do. Better on the second viewing. | ||||
Equalizer 2 |
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(3.5)
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Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Pretty good action movie. Denzel Washington does a good OCD version of Robert McCall. | ||||
The Hunt |
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(3.5)
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Film | IMDB | ||
| To start with, this has the look of something the like of which you've seen before. But there's a bit more too it than that. | ||||
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
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(3.5)
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Film | Review | IMDB | |
| I enjoyed it but found it hard to rate. In some ways it's not typical Tarantino. | ||||
The Girl in the Spider's Web |
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(3.5)
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Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Good movie, but the Scandanavian originals are better. | ||||
The Invisible Man (2020) |
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(3.5)
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Film | IMDB | ||
| A good take on this old classic. Very tense but perhaps 20 minutes too long. | ||||
Focus |
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(3)
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Film | IMDB | ||
| One of those light but pleasant films. A conman/woman story starring Will Smith and the delightful Margot Robbie. | ||||
Birds of Prey |
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(2.5)
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Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Meh. Some decent acting but the film didn't really float my boat. | ||||
Hunter Killer |
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(2.5)
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Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Okay if you have nothing better to do, but it missed the mark in many areas. | ||||
In The Tall Grass |
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(2)
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Netflix Film | Review | IMDB | |
| A promising concept that ultimately fails to deliver. | ||||
Mandy |
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Film | Review | IMDB | |
| I like bizarre and psychedelic but this didn't really work. | ||||
Serpent |
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(1.5)
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Film | Review | IMDB | |
| You'd have to be really, really bored to watch this. | ||||
The Fast and The Furious 8 (The Fate of The Furious) |
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(0)
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Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Ye Gods this needs burning. | ||||