The Hunt (2020)
Fun one on UK Netflix right now - if you like B-Movie action/comedy/horror like Feast, I figure you'd like this. You can feel the Blum and Lindelof fingerprints all over it, and Gilpin is fantastic.

Pig.

Had no idea what to expect as I based my selection on a brief description.  Actually that's not quite true - I was expecting a John Wick/Taken 'someone's rattled his cage' revengeance/rescue thing.  This is not that, and it's much better for it.  Enjoyable, quirky and original.  A very pleasant surprise. [8]

I thought the prequels were OK. They completed the story arc and stepped up the fan service as they got nearer to Ep.IV.

Of course the dialogue and acting was wooden. Who watches Star Wars for that? The script and direction made even Natalie Portman look wooden (still gorgeous in Ep2 and 3 though).

I can see why. Lucas' selection of that wee lad in Episode 1 was the beginning of the end. There's that video of him going all gooey eyed during the auditions. All Star Wars fans were fucked from that point on.

When it comes to hokum (which is Star Wars) my taste is in the gutter. I'm so easy to please with that type of film I'm an apologist for most tripe. But I draw a line at Episodes 8 and 9.  Ep8 was just a pile of contrived shit (though I liked the hyperspace jump scene) and Ep9 wiped out the point of Eps1-6 and the Vader story arc. So fuck that in the bin.

10. Face Off
Peach, I could eat a peach for hoourrrs
[9]

23. Event Horizon
Haven't seen this for 23 years but thought I'd see if it was as scary as I remember it being. It's actually not bad - it's a medium budget sci-fi that actually looks cheaper than the $60m it cost. First 2/3 is pretty great creepy sci-fi but suffers from characters making decisions that make the scientists in Prometheus look like risk averse logic Gods. Last third is absolute pish and the ending is baffling. Would like to have seen the original 2.5hr cut. 6

22. Belfast
It doesn't stray far out of the expected lanes for this kind of movie but it's still a very good one. The main kid is great and you can feel some elements were pulled straight from memory in the way they were shot.
[8]

Family trip to the cinema for Encanto. Pretty decent for a Disney.

18. The Lost Daughter
So many ‘that guy/gal’ faces in this almost distracted from a wonderful film. It simultaneously manages to carry an air of menace but also an ethereal quality throughout as time periods slip in and out, teasing details and possibilities. Colman is superb (as always seems to be the case) and I’m definitely keen to see what Maggie Gyllenhaal does next. [8]

19. Pig
I obviously didn’t read/remember Moot’s comments because I was also expecting a Wick style one man rampage. I’m also glad it didn’t go that route and instead seems to delight in doing the opposite of what is expected at most points. It’s some of the best of Cage, several great scenes but the restaurant in particular was brilliant. [8]

15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 13/2
I wasn’t a fan of the brown film stock / tint to the visuals but did mostly enjoy the slower pace and characterisation and twists and turns of this episode. 
[7]

I don't remember that one at all, which probably says all you need to know. Thought we would've seen another one by now but maybe another reboot in a few years with a new cast.

17. The Crush
Obsessed, nutjob teen girl infatuates over Cary Elwes' older, handsome man neighbour in this Alicia Silverstone career launching, lightweight thriller. 6

18. Hot Tub Time Machine
Four men inadvertently travel back to 1986 via a faulty hot tub and must attempt to re-enact past experiences to return. Silly and shallow but fun, with a likeable cast holding it all together. 6.5

Aye, it didn't demand a lot of my attention, but it held what I could afford.

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Got a soft spot for HTTM - it's daft as fuck, but fun all the same.

The running joke with Crispin Glover's arm was great.

The Sorrow and The Pity is a 4hr 20min documentary about the experiences of people during the occupation of the French city of Clermont Ferrard.

This film features in Woody Allen's Annie Hall and that's what put me onto this. It's a superb, challenging work. Speaking with those who fought in the Resistance and those who did not.

filmed 25 years after the war, there is a lot of shame, conveniently poor memories, and anger - depending on who is being interviewed.  I watched this over two nights as it is split into 2 parts and so provides a natural break.

Among the interviewees is a still suave post Suez Anthony Eden.

Recommended.