Warfare is insanely good, the people complaining about it being army propaganda and offended by the footage of the crew at the end, are the reason why Donald Trump is in office.
Ex Machina probably sits on top. Have no issues with Civil War, tense and it felt weirdly like a very real future. Struggled with Men, thought it was pretty shit but still found it very creepy. Couldnt get passed 30 mins of Annihilation, but maybe ill give it another go.
Homegrove Annihilation
I got about half way through it before I put a brick through my Sammy
Homegrove this is great.
The Amateur (2025). Solid ⅗ mid budget action movie, that usually go straight to streaming these days. That said you can easily wait for this to hit Disney+ in about three months, I just went to cinema because matinee tickets were 12 €, and I had the time. Half a star added because Finland played an important plot point in this.
The Monkey (2025) 4/10.
I took my eye off the ball to crate dig in the middle of this for about 2 minutes and when I came I was lost at sea.
Two non-monozygotic (non-identical) twins inherit a drumming monkey toy from their absent father. When the monkey drums, bad shit happens. Somehow the 2 very different looking brothers grow into two Theo James’ in the present day and one tries to stop the other from deploying the aforementioned primate. Like a lot of Stephen King there’s the usual reflection on childhood as formative in subsequent character development but sadly like a lot of his adaptations the screenplay lacks the narrative of the book. Some inventive kills but over-use of CGI means they’re all unimpactful. Avoid unless you have nothing else to do.
Wasily I gave it extra points for making me laugh half a dozen times
Wasily apparently super loosely based on the King-short story. Funny thing is it’s a drumming monkey instead of one with symbals, because the latter is copywrighted by some toy company.
Minority Report (2002). More Spielberg for me. First time watching since I saw this in the movie theatre when it was released. The plot is full of holes, and the ending is so sappy it gave me a chuckle, but man the guy can direct action. The first chase scene is incredible.
The other Cruise/ Spielberg collab War of the Worlds is similarly flawed, but is even more awesome in it’s set pieces. Also both still look really good for CGI-heavy films from 20 years ago.
Marching powder. Wow. I can’t believe how shit this film was. Danny Dyer and the whole cast should have a stiff word with themselves as the acting is so dreadful. As for the story it’s just one cliche after another. Imagine all the old football factory type films rolled into one. 2 stone Island badges/ 10
Dubman What were you thinking, Dubbers?!
Think Rockstar have got something to do with the publishing / financing of Marching Powder. FML.
Along_the_Wire
I have no idea. Call it a senior moment
Was it not double nawty D-Man?
Black Bag (2025). This was fantastic. A sexy spy thriller that’s just 90 minutes long, and has zero fat on it. Soderbergh at his very best.
