Films and TV programmes I've watched
Some notable things I've watched since I started this blog, along with ratings and, where I've written them, reviews.
Films
Avengers: Infinity War |
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| 5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| The best movie to come out of Marvel Studios. Snobs will turn their noses up at Marvel stuff of course, but this is one of my favourite movies of all time. | ||||
Don't Look Up |
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| 4/5 | Netflix Film | Review | IMDB | |
| A parody (maybe) of our current society. Definitely worth watching. | ||||
No Time To Die |
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| 4/5 | Cinema Film | IMDB | ||
| A fitting and thrilling end to Daniel Craig's run as James Bond. I still think Skyfall was Craig's best Bond movie, though. | ||||
Birdbox |
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| 4/5 | Netflix Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Well-acted and well-executed. The film grasped the essense of tense horror. | ||||
Avengers: Endgame |
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| 4/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| I love the Marvel stuff but felt this left itself too much to do. Better on the second viewing (and I upgraded the rating to 4.0). | ||||
Stillwater |
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| 3.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| Matt Damon stars in this drama/thriller. It's not an action-packed thing - it's thoughtful. | ||||
A Quiet Place Part II |
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| 3.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| In some ways it's just another monster movie, but it has something about it. I liked it. | ||||
Collide |
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| 3.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| Entertaining action movie starring Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley. Worth a watch. | ||||
The Little Things |
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| 3.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| Dark cop thriller with Denzil washington and Rami Malik. I liked it. | ||||
Anna |
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| 3.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| Think Atomic Blond with a smattering of Red Sparrow. Entertaining action flick. | ||||
Promising Young Woman |
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| 3.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| I rarely like things that are BAFTA nominated, but this was on point. Powerful and sad. Stars Carey Mulligan. | ||||
The Silencing |
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| 3.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| Dark and mood film about a former hunter who has lost is daughter. I enjoyed this. | ||||
Equalizer 2 |
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| 3.5/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Pretty good action movie. Denzel Washington does a good OCD version of Robert McCall. | ||||
The Hunt |
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| 3.5/5 | 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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| 3.5/5 | 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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| 3.5/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Good movie, but the Scandanavian originals are better. | ||||
The Invisible Man (2020) |
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| 3.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| A good take on this old classic. Very tense but perhaps 20 minutes too long. | ||||
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness |
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| 3/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| As a standalone film this is fine - entertaining and fun. I just don't like the way the over all MCU is going. | ||||
Focus |
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| 3/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| One of those light but pleasant films. A conman/woman story starring Will Smith and the delightful Margot Robbie. | ||||
Spider-Man: No Way Home |
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| 2.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| Not a brilliant film, but it's made all the worse by the way way they're trying to jam all the other Spiderman films into the canon. | ||||
The Eternals |
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| 2.5/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| It's okay, like, but it didn't do much for me. | ||||
Birds of Prey |
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| 2.5/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Meh. Some decent acting but the film didn't really float my boat. | ||||
Hunter Killer |
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| 2.5/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Okay if you have nothing better to do, but it missed the mark in many areas. | ||||
Villains |
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| 2.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| A generous 2.5 here. Allegedly a comedy-horror, but I think it's stretching the definitions of both comedy and horror. It's okay I suppose. | ||||
Great White |
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| 2/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| A promising concept that ultimately fails to deliver. | ||||
In The Tall Grass |
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| 2/5 | Netflix Film | Review | IMDB | |
| A promising concept that ultimately fails to deliver. | ||||
Mandy |
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| 2/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| I like bizarre and psychedelic but this didn't really work. | ||||
Locked In |
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| 1.5/5 | Film | IMDB | ||
| Poor story, wooden acting. This is one to miss. | ||||
Wonder Woman 1984 |
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| 1.5/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Shockingly bad. Give it a miss. | ||||
Serpent |
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| 1.5/5 | 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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| 0/5 | Film | Review | IMDB | |
| Ye Gods this needs burning. | ||||
Series
Stranger Things |
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| 4.5/5 | 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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| 4.5/5 | Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Gripping thriller with some fantastic characters. Everyone's a baddie, just pick the ones you sympathise with most. | ||||
Hawkeye |
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| 4.5/5 | Disney+ | 1 | IMDB | |
| For my tastes this is the best of the post-Endgame Marvel series' so far. I wish there had been more than 6 episodes. | ||||
Mare of Easttown |
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| 4.5/5 | Sky | 1 | IMDB | |
| Awesome series. It's dark and gritty and Kate Winslet is fantastic in the lead role. I hope there's another series of this. | ||||
The Queen's Gambit |
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| 4.5/5 | 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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| 4.5/5 | Prime/Netflix | 1-5 | IMDB | |
| Thoroughly entertaining; good concepts, good storylines and good humour. | ||||
Jessica Jones |
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| 4/5 | Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Watched this for a second time. Gritty and dark. JJ is grumpy superhero with loads of character flaws. | ||||
WandaVision |
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| 4/5 | Disney+ | 1 | IMDB | |
| If you're looking for a Marvel fix after Endgame, this should serve. You'll wonder what on Earth is going on for the first few episodes. | ||||
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier |
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| 4/5 | Disney+ | 1 | IMDB | |
| More of the original MCU and I like it. | ||||
Star Trek: Discovery |
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| 4/5 | Netflix | 1-3 | Review | IMDB |
| It has taken over from The Next Generation as my favourite Star Trek. | ||||
Sex Education |
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| 4/5 | 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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| 4/5 | Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| A great story. Disappointingly, Netflix don't have the balls for a second series. | ||||
Daredevil |
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| 4/5 | Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Marvel, but a dark, gritty and brutal version of it. Vincent D'Onofrio is awesome as baddie Wilson Fisk. | ||||
Ms Marvel |
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| 3.5/5 | Disney+ | 1 | IMDB | |
| I'm enjoying this. It's a change of pace from most Marvel stuff. I might revise this up when I've watched the whole series. | ||||
The Sinner |
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| 3.5/5 | Netfix | 4 | IMDB | |
| This is a mixed bag. Series 1 is excellent, series 3 is poor and the other two series are above average. Bill Pullman stars. | ||||
The Flight Attendant |
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| 3.5/5 | HBO/Sky(UK) | 1 | IMDB | |
| Thriller starring Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory). Very watchable indeed. | ||||
Away |
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| 3.5/5 | 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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| 3.5/5 | BBC | 1 | IMDB | |
| Tech and quantum mechanics. Right up my street, this one. | ||||
Salvation |
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| 3.5/5 | 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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| 3.5/5 | Netflix | 1-2 | IMDB | |
| Fate makes last politician standing Kiefer Sutherland the US president. Worth a watch. | ||||
Travelers |
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| 3.5/5 | Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Entertaining time travel romp. | ||||
Lost In Space |
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| 3.5/5 | Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Danger Will Robinson! Enjoyable remake of the 60s classic. Series 2 and 3 are particularly exciting. | ||||
Snowpiercer |
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| 3.5/5 | Netflix | 1-3 | IMDB | |
| Post-apocalyptic thriller. It starts getting properly good in series 2. | ||||
In From The Cold |
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| 3/5 | Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| Fairly entertaining romp. Probably didn't need the sci-fi elements. | ||||
Witcher |
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| 3/5 | Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| It's okay, fairly entertaining but not outstanding. | ||||
Jupiter's Legacy |
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| 3/5 | Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| Another dark and moral-questioning superhero outing. It's fine and I'd hope it improves from 3 stars in series 2. | ||||
Lupin |
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| 3/5 | Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| French series about a 'gentleman burglar' that's quite entertaining. | ||||
The Umbrella Academy |
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| 3/5 | Netflix | 1-2 | IMDB | |
| Entertaining and funny sci-fi/superhero romp. | ||||
Better Than Us |
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| 3/5 | Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| Russian series about androids, which is not as bad as it sounds. | ||||
The Boys |
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| 3/5 | 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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| 3/5 | 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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| 2.5/5 | Netflix | 1-2 | Review | 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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| 2.5/5 | Netflix | 1 | IMDB | |
| I can take it or leave it, despite being in love with Alba Baptista. | ||||