Watch List

Things I've watched on TV or film (mainly since I started this blog), in rating order.

Series and Films.

Series

Stranger Things
(4.5)	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
(4.5)	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
(4.5)	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
(4.5)	Prime/Netflix	1-5		IMDB
Thoroughly entertaining; good concepts, good storylines and good humour.
Star Trek: Discovery
(4)	Netflix	1-3	Review	IMDB
It has taken over from The Next Generation as my favourite Star Trek.
Sex Education
(4)	Netflix	1-2		IMDB
I really enjoyed this, but 6th form wasn't like this my day. Stars Gillian Anderson.
Messiah
(4)	Netflix	1		IMDB
A great story. Disappointingly, Netflix don't have the balls for a second series.
Daredevil
(4)	Netflix	1-3		IMDB
Marvel, but a dark, gritty and brutal version of it. Vincent D'Onofrio is awesome as baddie Wilson Fisk.
The Flight Attendant
(3.5)	HBO/Sky(UK)	1		IMDB
Thriller starring Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory). Very watchable indeed.
Jessica Jones
(3.5)	Netflix	1-3		IMDB
Entertaining Marvel adventure with good characterisations.
Away
(3.5)	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
(3.5)	BBC	1		IMDB
Tech and quantum mechanics. Right up my street, this one.
Salvation
(3.5)	Netflix	1-2		IMDB
Meteor heading for Earth drama. This was on the cusp of 4 stars - an intriguing watch.
Designated Survivor
(3.5)	Netflix	1-2		IMDB
Fate makes last politician standing Kiefer Sutherland the US president. Worth a watch.
Travelers
(3.5)	Netflix	1-3		IMDB
Entertaining time travel romp.
Lost In Space
(3.5)	Netflix	1-2		IMDB
Danger Will Robinson! Enjoyable remake of the 60s classic.
Snowpiercer
(3)	Netflix	1-2		IMDB
Post-apocalyptic thriller. Think of this as 3 stars and rising. It starts getting properly good in series 2.
Lupin
(3)	Netflix	1		IMDB
French series about a 'gentleman burglar' that's quite entertaining.
The Umbrella Academy
(3)	Netflix	1-2		IMDB
Entertaining and funny sci-fi/superhero romp.
Better Than Us
(3)	Netflix	1		IMDB
Russian series about androids, which is not as bad as it sounds.
The Boys
(3)	Netflix	1		IMDB
Gritty take on the superhero genre. This is probably what it would really be like if we had superheros.
Altered Carbon
(3)	Netflix	1-2		IMDB
I enjoyed this sci-fi series more than my rating suggests, it just went on a bit too long.
Titans
(2.5)	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
(2.5)	Netflix	1		IMDB
I can take it or leave it, despite being in love with Alba Baptista.

Films

Avengers: Infinity War
(4.5)	Film			IMDB
The best movie to come out of Marvel Studios.
Birdbox
(4)	Netflix Film		Review	IMDB
Well-acted and well-executed. The film grasped the essense of tense horror.
Promising Young Woman
(3.5)	Film			IMDB
I rarely like things that are BAFTA nominated, but this was on point. Powerful and sad. Stars Carey Mulligan.
The Silencing
(3.5)	Film			IMDB
Dark and mood film about a former hunter who has lost is daughter. I enjoyed this.
Avengers: Endgame
(3.5)	Film		Review	IMDB
I love the Marvel stuff but felt this left itself too much to do. Better on the second viewing.
Equalizer 2
(3.5)	Film		Review	IMDB
Pretty good action movie. Denzel Washington does a good OCD version of Robert McCall.
The Hunt
(3.5)	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
(3.5)	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
(3.5)	Film		Review	IMDB
Good movie, but the Scandanavian originals are better.
The Invisible Man (2020)
(3.5)	Film			IMDB
A good take on this old classic. Very tense but perhaps 20 minutes too long.
Focus
(3)	Film			IMDB
One of those light but pleasant films. A conman/woman story starring Will Smith and the delightful Margot Robbie.
Birds of Prey
(2.5)	Film		Review	IMDB
Meh. Some decent acting but the film didn't really float my boat.
Hunter Killer
(2.5)	Film		Review	IMDB
Okay if you have nothing better to do, but it missed the mark in many areas.
Villains
(2.5)	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.
In The Tall Grass
(2)	Netflix Film		Review	IMDB
A promising concept that ultimately fails to deliver.
Mandy
(2)	Film		Review	IMDB
I like bizarre and psychedelic but this didn't really work.
Wonder Woman 1984
(1.5)	Film		Review	IMDB
Shockingly bad. Give it a miss.
Serpent
(1.5)	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)
(0)	Film		Review	IMDB
Ye Gods this needs burning.