90. The Banshees of Inisherin
Just an absolute pleasure of a film. There’s not really anywhere to hide so performances and dialogue are front and centre, and thankfully both are strong enough to make a fairly simple story entirely engrossing. Pitch black comedy at points with a streak of tragedy running through. Stunning scenery make for an incredible backdrop to Farrell and Gleeson putting on a masterclass. A must watch. [9]

66. Day Shift
Jamie Fox is a vampire hunter in LA who needs to get $10k of vamp fangs to save his family from moving to Florida. It's a horror/action/comedy that doesn't do any of those three things particularly well. There's a couple of decent action sequences, a couple of decent laughs and some half hearted gore. First half is promising, but it soon deteriorates into pretty dire shite. Special mention to the totally awful soundtrack and cinematography which makes it look like a TV movie at best. 4

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
I mean I wasn't really expecting much, but jesus, really quite bad.  I'm not sure it even kept the kids entertained, which was obviously the main reason for being there.  Like a [3] from me, as a grown adult.

acemuzzy wrote:

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
I mean I wasn't really expecting much, but jesus, really quite bad.  I'm not sure it even kept the kids entertained, which was obviously the main reason for being there.  Like a [3] from me, as a grown adult.

Saw the trailer before Jurassic World. It looked abysmal.

I've avoided everything and can't wait to see it, think it leaks today also.

Paul the sparky wrote:

Gremill wrote:

66. Day Shift
Jamie Fox is a vampire hunter in LA who needs to get $10k of vamp fangs to save his family from moving to Florida. It's a horror/action/comedy that doesn't do any of those three things particularly well. There's a couple of decent action sequences, a couple of decent laughs and some half hearted gore. First half is promising, but it soon deteriorates into pretty dire shite. Special mention to the totally awful soundtrack and cinematography which makes it look like a TV movie at best. 4

You liked that pish? Fucking hell Sparkles, are you ok?

Dark Soldier wrote:

I've avoided everything and can't wait to see it, think it leaks today also.

Is this it? Looks great.

91. The Kid Who Would Be King
I went in with fairly low expectations for this and it still managed to underwhelm. Maybe it’s pitched more squarely for kids than families, though I can’t imagine kids have much more patience for the bloated run time. Ponderous and fairly boring given the subject matter. Most of the kids are bland with Merlin the clear standout. The action was functional and effects decent, there were some good moments but the weaknesses stand out much more unfortunately. [4]

Red Lights Intriguing and very good drama about fake psychic/paranormal investigators with a supreme cast - De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Big Eyes, Toby Jones and Joely Richardson.   Never heard of this but it's an unusual and entertaining film. Worth a watch.

At the cinema… with *spit* Muzzy. 

Probably an 8, but to be honest, but I didn’t feel like it did the longing/desire stuff that well.

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

123. Barbarian This is quite a lot of fun but I think a lot of the higher review scores would have come from people who knew literally nothing about it. I tried to be like that but even though that's the narrative around the film the marketing does not seem to care about that and even though I tried to avoid as much as I could some stuff slipped through for me. So yes, try to go in not knowing anything if you can. [6]

Watched this aft. Reckon 6/7 is about right. I knew nothing going in, other than the one line description on IMDb. Enjoyed it.

Neither the Sea nor the Sand is a British film adaptation of a novel by Gordon Honeycombe who was a newsreader on ITV/TV-AM.  Was quite a suave guy in his mature years and at 6'4'' cut quite a figure and was the housewives' choice in various polls. Made a career as voice talent, stage acting and a novelist and playwright.

Anyhoo - it's an odd film - best described as a supernatural love story. It's made in the 70s and is replete with a couple of quite racy love scenes. Stars a Brit actress called Susan Hampshire who is at her peak beauty in this - I only ever saw her in things when she was a bit older. She is very expressive in this and it's a great acting turn which makes me think she was criminally under-used in the following years.

A neat little story delivered with some competence; albeit with a fair share of wooden support. Comes across as above TV-film but a bit below a full feature. It's quite slow paced but remains watchable.

67. Pontypool
Low budget Canadian horror set almost entirely in a local radio station in an old church basement during a winter storm, where it becomes clear from callers, police radio and their traffic reporter that something is going very, very wrong indeed outside. Anchored by a brilliant turn by the lead actor, it incredibly manages to offer something new and unusual to the overcrowded zombie genre - grim, original and apocalyptic. 9

Luckiest Girl Alive
The blurb and thumbnails made this look like a romcom about a big wedding. It’s not. It’s really not. Mila Kunis knocks it out of the park as a victim of teenage trauma wrestling with whether to chase revenge or rise above.

Now you’ve typed it, it probably is. That’s how the internet works.