The Movies I Watched in December

28 Years Later 2025  7/10

 

Adam's Rib 1949  7/10

 

The Beast in Me 2025  7/10

 

Black Bag 2025  7/10

 

Brats 1930  7/10

 

The Bullfighters 1945  5/10 

Carry-On 2024  6/10 

Caught Stealing 2025  7/10

 

Cheers. Season 8 1990  7/10

 

Cheers. Season 9 1991 7/10

 

Ciudad de sombras 2025  6/10 

Cronos 1992  7/10

 

Da xiang xi di er zuo 2018  8/10

 

Dahomey 2024  7/10

 

The Dancing Masters 1943  5/10 

Death by Lightning 2025  7/10

 

Don't Worry Darling 2022  7/10

 

Early to Bed 1928  6/10 

Eddington 2025  6/10

Helpmates 1932  7/10

 

A House of Dynamite 2025  6/10 

Jitterbugs 1943  5/10 

Katie Says Goodbye 2016  7/10

 

The Living and the Dead 2006  7/10

Miséricorde 2024  7/10

 

Munster, Go Home! 1966  5/10 

The New Yorker at 100 2025  6/10 

Prisoners 2013  7/10

 

Sirât 2025  7/10

 

Sisters With Transistors 2020  7/10

 

La tour de glace 2025  8/10

 

Train Dreams 2025  7/10

Wake Up Dead Man 2025  7/0 

 

You Were Never Really Here 2017  8/10

 

Florence Pugh

 

ph: Liz Collins

Florence Pugh

 

The Movies I Watched in November

Behind the Candelabra 2013  7/10

 

The Deep End of the Ocean 1999  6/10 

The Devil All the Time 2020  7/10 

Ekusute 6/10

Enola Holmes 2 2022  6/10

La fille inconnue 2016  7/10

 

The Forbidden Kingdom 2008  6/10 

Hiso hiso boshi 2015  8/10

Kimyô na sâkasu 2005  6/10

Kiss of Death  1947  7/10

Nihon shunka-kô 1966 6/10

No Man's Woman 1955  6/10 

Nocturne 2020  6/10 

Ojing-eo geim 2021  7/10

 

Otoshimono 2006  5/10

The Owl and the Pussycat 1970  6/10

Pandorum 2009  6/10

Qi jian 2005  7/10

Riaru onigokko 2015  6/10

Sisters 1972  7/10

Starship Troopers 1997 7/10

 

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation 2004  6/10

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder 2008  6/10 

Starship Troopers: Invasion 2012  6/10

Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars 2017  6/10

Tai gik Cheung Sam Fung 1993  6/10

Temptation 1946  6/10

Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi 2022 6/10

Wednesday 2022  8/10

 The Wonder 2022  7/10

Florence Pugh

 

ph: Liz Collins

Florence Pugh

 

Little Women (2019)

Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.

Lively, beautifully set and photographed, excellently cast adaptation of the classic and beloved novel; however, the non-linear telling of the tale diminishes the impact of the romances and tragedies and seems to assume the audience already has full knowledge of the story.

Midsommar (2019)

A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

While made in top quality with an involving performance by Florence Pugh and some unsettling scenes, the plot is quite muddled and offers a disappointing ending.

The Movies I Watched in June

After Life 2019  7

American Epic 2015  7

Ant Head 2018  6
Creep 2014  6
Da 5 Bloods 2020  7

The Double 2011  6
Fire (PoZar) 2020  7

The Front 2010  5
Hotel Artemis 2018  6
El Hoyo 2019  7

I Am Wrath 2016  5
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich 2020  6
Little Women 2019  7

The Man in Black 1949  6
Nothing Sacred 1937  6
Priest 2011  6
Sam Whiskey 1969  6
Shadows on the Stairs 1941  5
A Star is Born 2018  6
Terrifier 2016  6

Florence Pugh

Outlaw King (2018)

A true David vs. Goliath story of how the 14th century Scottish 'Outlaw King' Robert the Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat the much larger and better equipped occupying English army.

Professionally assembled history drama with a competent cast, some great landscape cinematography and lively battle scenes, but altogether not that exciting.