Turns out the world needed another Batman movie. Who knew. This time it’s (naturally) a bit grittier than the previous ones. I enjoyed the home-grown sensibility of some of the costumes & gear, and there’s little point in focusing on
Jungle Cruise
This film features opportunities for The Rock to stand in a jungle looking pissed off wearing a khaki shirt. Plenty-silly treasure caper, which whilst predictable (or at least, trope-heavy) was still a good fun ride. Chalk it up as one
Nobody
This kicked arse. I’d read some review excerpts with Odenkirk, but in no way paid enough attention to any of the stuff going on at the time to get a bead on what this was about. However the line “from
Baywatch (Extended cut)
Basically this was just watching Baywatch again because it was so gloriously ridiculous the first time – except this version had extra bits that weren’t considered good enough to be in the film for the first time around. The good
Boss Level
Ah, the ol’ time loop film eh? Forever doomed to be compared with Groundhog Day. Except instead of trying to get his end away with Andi MacDowell, this bloke was more interested in not getting the shit kicked outta him.
Alita: Battle Angel
This has been in the “to watch” pile seemingly FOREVER, and I’m so glad I got around to it (thanks, COVID!) because it was a great little tale. Screaming out for a sequel (unless I’ve misunderstood the storytelling mode), and
John Wick: Chapters 1-3
Not a great deal to say for this one – when you’ve got Covid 19 and are off work, you watch films. A trilogy of ludicrous, perfectly-executed masterpieces. 👍👍
Red Notice
This film was basically the same concept as The Hitman’s Bodyguard: that is to say, take a couple of fun-to-watch actors, then loosely give them a plot to hang from as they fanny about being over the top & ridiculous
No Time to Die
And then they went to a glamorous place, to find someone. Then there was loads of shooting, and they found the name of someone else, so they went to another glamorous place to find them. And then there was loads
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Bond For Workgroups 7.0 or something, right? I didn’t remember exactly what the last of the M:I franchise I saw was although I do recall wondering when they dropped from quasi-decent action/thrillers into complete farce. Seems that with this instalment