20. Ride Along
Much to my dismay, watched this on Saturday. Rubbish. Felt like it was an action movie that got re-tooled for Kevin Hart comedy purposes, except they forgot to put any jokes in. Ice Cube appears to be visiting from a completely different film entirely. 3

I still really like Jackie Brown. Great film and very underated.

21. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Rewatched this and liked it a lot more second time around. Really funny. "I've got balls coming out of my arse!" 8

Two fantastic movies mentioned right there

The Usual Suspects was kinda fun. Fargo, meanwhile, is basically the perfect movie.

12. Rocky III - 4 Mar
Hulk Hogan! Mr T! A shredded Stallone!
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22. Independence Day: Resurgence - terrible sequel. If you liked the original do yourself a favour and don’t watch this.

I had wiped that film from memory and the pain has just come flooding back reading your post.

13. Rocky IV - 6 Mar
Surprisingly emotional, but feels like I’ve seen this before. Recently.
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14. Rocky V - 7 Mar
These are getting worse. At least it’s a little bit different to the last few.
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15. Rocky Balboa - 7 Mar
Oh dear. Pointless rubbish. Not even a nice muscly man to look at. Stallone looks too old and the other guy looked like a weed.
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16. Creed - 7 Mar
Seen this before and I quite like it. A couple of great long takes, that first bout was brilliant. Even the boxing was ok.
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Rocky IV fails because it killed Apollo Creed off.

18. Captain America 1
I really like this one, it's a fun action adventure film which also manages to make you care for the characters. Well I did. Also, what a cast! Tommy Lee Jones is MVP, just some great line readings.
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19. Avengers
I kinda forgot how much of a step up this film was not only in the scope of the story but also how much better the visuals look compared to all the previous films. Really set the look and tone for the upcoming films. Whedon may be in the sin bin now but he really does know how to write a script and knows effective visual film language.
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20. Raya and the last Dragon
I got really frustrated with this movie. To me it felt rather messy and like they got halfway through making it, realised it was too serious and so tried to lighten it up but unfortunately they Dreamworks'd it. I really don't like lazy anachronistic references in films like this, just commit to your setting! Have confidence! Stunning to look at of course though.
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24. Villains
Fugitive lovebirds uncover a dark secret after breaking into the house of oddball nutjob couple in this very competent comedy horror. 7.5

25. A River Wild
Fairly thrilling um, thriller that sees Meryl Streep's expert rafter take her family down river to save her marriage, whilst attracting the attentions of bank robbing duo Kevin Bacon and John C. Reilly. Great whitewater action camera work. 7.5

26. Identity
Ten strangers stranded at a motel start getting bumped off and John Cusack leads the chase to find the killer. Fairly entertaining, twisty thriller. 7

27. Game Night
Fun lowbrow flick sees Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams' game night turn into real life mystery when Bateman's bro Kyle Chandler is kidnapped. 7

28. Hollow Man
Paul Verhoeven's slightly creepy direction leads this sci-fi horror as Kevin Bacon's scientist develops an invisibility serum that sends him la la. 6

29. It's Complicated
Gentle and amiable romcom featuring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin as divorcees who embark on a secret affair. The film could have done with more Lake Bell who is an absolute goddess, Baldwin is good value though and looks to be enjoying himself. 6.5

30. Jumanji: The Next Level
Fun sequel that is an inferior retread of sorts of the first film and carries a lesser impact as a consequence. Awkwafina is a good addition to the line up however. 7

31. The Wailing
Top tier Korean horror. A series of killings and queer goings on in a village draws in a local policeman who finds himself and his family suddenly the focus of some heavy supernatural shit. Long but fascinating and multilayered, a great lesson in storytelling. Big shout out to the intense exorcism scene. 9

32. Do the Right Thing
Super cool slice of 80s hood life written, directed by and starring Spike Lee. Racial tension bubbles up on a roasting day in Brooklyn, centred around a pizzeria. A fusion of music and subcultures and a visual treat for a sneakerhead like me. 8.5

33. In Bruges
Funny yet dark tragicomic drama from Martin McDonagh starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two hitmen sent to Bruges to lie low by Ralph Fiennes. 8.5

34. Coming to America
Peak Eddie Murphy plays Akeem, an African prince travelling to America to find his bride. A feast of memorable skits, one liners and Murphy and Arsenio Hall's genius cameos. 8.5

35. Coming 2 America
A likeable, modern sequel to the original that is inferior but manages not to tarnish its memory. Eddie Murphy becomes the Zamundian king and must now relearn the message from the original film as he discovers he fathered an illegitimate son in Queens. 7

36. The VVitch: A New England Folktale
Compelling, unnerving and unsettling period debut horror from Robert Eggers. A banished Puritan family encounter an unnatural evil from the woods by their homestead. Great performances all round and a wonderfully authentic script. 9

Heard good things about VVitch.

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Really quite good period courtroom drama. Cracking cast. Very few women though, like most things written by Sorkin.