Reviews
Alien: Romulus (2024)
Am insult to the originals..
Dear Hollywood or whoever it may concern, please stop writing and creating this rubbish and do stop making these poor Alien franchise movies, there hasn't been a good one for over 30 years..
Had read many half decent reviews of this so expectations were, but high, but hopeful..
Way too much fan service, lines and references to previous films that give you pure eye roll..
I struggled right to almost the end of this one, despite the unlikeable characters, the cliches, and repeated dialogue from other films, along with the poorly done cgi of old characters, and then we got to the birth scene, and at that point i decided that was that, and I switched it off..
Don't waste yr time..
Leave the World Behind (2023)
One of worst endings to a film ever..
Starts off pretty good, first hour builds the tension, leaves your wondering what's going on, who can be trusted, etc.. few plot niggles narked me, like why is every Tesla white and how many do the local dealers have in stock.. given their limited range they can only have all come from the local area and they all come from the same direction.. also why does everywhere have blackouts except where they are??
Then the the second hour it stalls big time, nothing really happens in hour 2, its all just filler, idle chit chat, then you wait the last half hour or so waiting to find out what's going on, who's behind it etc, and you find out basically nothing, and for me the end is just one of the worst in cinema.. credit's appeared and I was like, whhaaat is that it??
A total anti climax and waste of 2 hours..
Justified: City Primeval (2023)
Not the same
Yeah ok so it's got Raylan Givens in it, but it's just another generic cop series and for me is just not the same without all the other characters and the settings, that made the original series what it was.
Have been eagerly looking forward to this for ages since i first read they were bringing it back, and even made me rewatch the original in full to remind myself, but was left disappointed and really struggled to get into it.
Part of the attraction of the oriiginal was the constant tension and fiction between Raylan & Boyd, and without all that, this one just doesn't click.
Average at best.
The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
Random story cashing in on the franchise
Total waste of two hours. Nothing really happens that you need to know..
As my old man used to say, well that was something about nothing!!
Save Me (2018)
Taken for tv
Basically this is Taken with all the action scenes written out. Disappointing ending.
ZeroZeroZero (2019)
Too many flashbacks
Every episode constantly and randomly jumps back and fore from real time to flashbacks and back again with no notice, making the narrative quite difficult to follow.
Spenser Confidential (2020)
Boring
I normally like Mark Wahlberg, but this was boring. It dragged along and struggled to hold me..
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Boring
Was excited for this, and have found it totally boring.
4 episodes in and hardly anything interesting has happened.
Full of boring flashbacks and backstory.
All this series has done, is introduce the F word to the classic STU, and it feels out of place to hear it.
Giving up on this...
Knives Out (2019)
Doesn't live up to the hype..
Things seemed to be going ok with this, until the "I vomit when I lie" part.
Then it lost me, that's some crazy lazy writing and spilled the whole movie from then on..
El Camino (2019)
Meh
Was ok, but didn't really see the point!! Didn't really add anything that we needed to know, and he looked about two stone heavier considering he'd been kept prisoner, they could have made him lose a bit of weight for the role.
The Hustle (2019)
Avoid
Wife just forced me to sit through this with her.
Comes to something when literally the funniest part of a film is when a hotel room is called Suite Caroline.
The Boys (2019)
Refreshing change to the genre
Starts off great, middle few eps dip a bit, but then finishes on a high.
A refreshing take on the supe genre.
Looking forward to more of the same..
Long Shot (2019)
Average
Implausible plot, overly long, drags on a bit, and not at all funny, didn't even raise a smile.. But watchable..
Another Life (2019)
Terrible
Wasn't able to even finish the first episode. What drivel!
Send a bunch of twenty somethings from love island on the most important mission in human history dressed like they going clubbing??
Perform a dangerous acceleration manoeuvre around a star, all standing up!!
Two way hologram messaging across 8 light years in real time with no delay!!
Who wrote this??
Avoid!!
Forged in Fire (2015)
Interesting show that teaches too..
Came home one night to my son watching this, and found it really interesting, I don't normally like reality shows featuring Joe public, but quickly became a fan and have learnt a lot just from watching.
One thing that bugs me though, the way every judge constantly asks "You ready?" before every single test!!
Venom (2018)
Enjoyable
Really enjoyed this, good action scenes, good fx, splashes of humor..
Looking forward to some sequels..
The Predator (2018)
Everyone is right, it's pants!!
I got about 35mins into this before I gave up.. Absolute garbage!!