? Films
🎥 On The Waterfront ★★★★
In a nutshell - if you havent seen it - watch it. If you have seen it - watch it again.
🎬 Not sure if this one has been hiding or if it just arrived on Netflix. But - added to queue and on the cards for tonight.
🎥 ABBA: The Movie, 1977 ★★
Abba was never my bag, so why I went to see this in the Odeon (I think) cinema in Streatham, South London - I have no idea. It was fine - until it exploded into the closing credits. All this time later - I still remember the image and the music - a movie all by itself. Only two stars - but try to find the closing credits - sound up - on a big screen - dark room. Still 🤯
🎥 F1, 2025 ★★★★
I have no idea why it took us until last night to finally get round to watching. But get round to watching we did. I now have even less understanding as to why the delay.
If you still haven’t seen it … rectify the situation ASAP.
🎥 Big Fish, 2003 ★★★★★
When I first saw this film … film, not movie - film … I logged it as one of my top, personal favourites of all time.
My opinion hasn’t changed.
🎥 Nobody 2, 2025 ★★
Not as good as Nobody - but then Nobody caught me out - where as Nobody 2 was - well ... Nobody 2. Colin Hanks looks so much like his Dad. Sharon Stone looked nothing like Sharon Stone - and yet was. The whole film was way better than any of Chevy's vacation movies - and the set up for the final action scene was lifted straight out of The A Team - and just as much fun.
🎥 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, 2026 ★★
This is a film - not a show and so lacked .. a lot. It also requires the watching of the magnificent series that preceded it to really get it. So yes … enjoyed, but if you haven’t seen the shows … don’t bother and if you have, you will be disappointed.
.. and very glad I missed it in the Theaters.
The star rating might seem harsh - it seemed that way - even to me - but this is a good example of how a normalised rating system can help you - dear reader - get better clarity on the 'why'. To cut to the chase - I did enjoy it - any film that sits with 2 or more stars in here are worth watches - but at this level - a lot of caveats.
🎥 The Courier, 2020 ★★★
Yeah .. No.
BC did a really good job - including the transformation - but so slow …
And if you know me and historical dramas .. doubling down on the ‘yeah .. no’