I’m a fan of Makoto Shinkai’s work. They’re all good films. Personal favourite being The Place Promised In Our Early Days. Most of his work is melancholic bittersweet stuff which I love. 

Haven’t seen his latest yet, Suzume.
Edit; April 14th U.K. release. Gonna refresh cinema websites like a motherfucker until booking opens.

The comedy ending, yeah.

I don't remember it. Haven't the foggiest

Die Hart
Pretty awful Kevin Hart vehicle which struggles to decide if its an out and out comedy or meant to be taken semi-meta (although it fails on every count) Avoid like the plague [3]

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Whereas this is absolutely wonderful stuff. Not much I can add to whats been written about it, just to say that it lives up to the hype. [9]

Glass Onion: A knives out mystery
Odd title aside (not the glass onion bit, surely this is a Benoit Blanc mystery?) I really enjoyed this. The cast, the pacing, the dialogue were all good and Craig is great as Blanc - I would happily watch a series of movies of the guy doing this routine. Didnt really like the ending as it felt a bit OTT but it was a very fun journey getting there. Not as good as knives out but still really enjoyable. [8]

Godzilla vs Kong 
Why is this so fucking long - 2 hours with only a few fun fight scenes to justify it. I was like Abe Simpson at one point shouting "just eat the damn orange!". The human characters are wafer thin and none are likable or interesting so why so much focus on them? The destrcution scenes are fun, and I did enjoy the moments of Kong vs Godzilla (less so when Meca godzilla shows up) but this was so slow and dull. Obviously its stupid but that was a given going in. [4]

Death on the Nile
This really wasnt too bad. In much the same way that Daniel Craig does a lot of heavy lifting in Glass Onion, I really enjoyed Brannaghs take on Poirot (I've never read the books so no idea how accurate this is). Its feels like a throw-back movie but I still enjoyed it. The setting is a nice change of pace and the mystery itself was fine. Its almost like an expensive made for TV movie but in a good way. Not as bad as I feared going in [6]

Murder on the Orient Express
So after the surprise of Death on the Nile we went for the first of Brannaghs Poirot movies. Its a better film with a more interesting plot so while that worked for the order we watched in, I can imagine watching Death on the Nile after this might feel like a slight comedown. Its still nothing amazing but the 2 hours flew by and the resolution to this movie is more interesting than the second. Again, its nothing super special but I still enjoyed it. I felt the rest of the cast was better in this one as well but some of the actors are underused. Apparently a third movie is in the works and I'll be glad to watch it based on these 2 [7] 

Vivo
Not my first time watching this Miranda Musical, but its one of my daughters favs so got an outing this year. The music is typical Miranda, toe-tapping with some nice flourishes. Not everyones taste but I quite like it and some of the songs are very solid. The movie is simple and effective and while never ground breaking, how can you not enjoy a movie that features a Honey Badger? [6]

I just discovered that the main guy in Everything Everyone Whateverything was Short Round in Temple of Doom. #pointlesstrivia

You mean Data in Star Wars, Shirley?

I'm more impressed that James Hong (the actor who played the dad) also played Lo Pan in big trouble in little China in 1986 and more or less looks the same.

That film is 37 years old! He was playing an old guy back then!

Wasn't that Sean Connery?

27. Cocaine Bear
Very strong first film energy in this one with it all feeling very slap dash and not great flow throughout. Also not very funny or thrilling or anything. Waste of time.
[2]

28. 65
Adam Driver's dino crisis. Can't really go wrong with a 90 minute dinosaur action adventure thing with one of the best actors working today. Not especially thrilling and the score sucks ass but it was a fun way to kill some time.
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I think I need to watch some film films soon.

I’ve enjoyed the short bits on YT. Where can I find this?

b0r1s wrote:

I’ve enjoyed the short bits on YT. Where can I find this?

It's on Netflix.

Gremill wrote:

16. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Big dumb and funny sequel that makes little to no sense, has a fuck tonne of swearing and violence, awful special effects and Salma Hayek looking never hotter. Quite a lot of it feels like they were making it up as they went along but having a blast as they did. Whether you like it will depend on your tolerance for Ryan Reynolds schtick. I have developed quite a tolerance, so it was a great way to spend a couple of hours. 7

It’s got some fun Sam Jackson moments as well, so if you like watching Sam Jackson Sam Jacksoning you can add a bonus point or two.

You People
A bit of an odd comedy - its a play on the old culture class idea when a couple gets married (in this case Black Muslim Girl and White Jewish Guy). It feels like it would have worked better if it was played more straight although one or two jokes hit (its heavy on cringe) they arent really where the films strength is. Jonah Hill co-wrote and stars and despite looking a bit too old is pretty solid and Eddie Murphy as the militant Dad is really strong when things are kept more real. Wouldnt call it a must see but its not terrible. Feel there was a proper solid movie in there that couldnt commit (the ending is a good example) [6]

Side note - the more I see this kind of thing, the more I feel I dont get much of America anymore. Obviously a movie isnt fact but so much of this kind of thing presents an overall culture that is full of exclusionary cliques. Its part of the movies message so probably heightened for effect but more than ever I see this kind of thing and think I'm glad I dont live there.

Frozen 2

I'm sure I went to see this with the daughter when it came out but I couldnt really remember it. Its a bit more deep than the first (not saying much) and still has a certain charm to the songs and characters. How either movie became so big really is amazing as there is much better animation movies out there but its ok. [6]

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

there's no reason this needed to be 2.5 hours long. Tight 90 and you could have told this exact same story.

I still would happily sit through the first John Wick and enjoy it. But the 2 sequels were hard going. It felt like they had the same problem as Pirates of the Carrabian movies - they really wanted to prove they were "proper" movies and deep with epic world buidling when in reality we all just want a bit of excitement in a tight and easy enough to follow story. I dont expect John Wick 4 to buck the trend.