πŸŽ₯ Queer, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Outside of Layer Cake - one of the best Daniel Craig movies outside of his Bond work that I have seen. I hadn't registered that it was a William Burroughs story when I first saw it and so my initial - leaving the theatre thought was .. not clear. Mainly because it wasn't what I expected. Once I joined the dots. YUP - pieces fell into place. BUT - holy mackerel - Jason Schwartzman - another one of those side roles that might just slip you by. Excellent all round - and even the end all made sense - in the end.


πŸŽ₯ The Miracle Club, 2023 - β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

One of those lovely little movies that you come across and get into and when it all ends you are sad.


πŸŽ₯ Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

How could you ever NOT love Wallace and Grommit - so good.


πŸŽ₯ Ferry 2, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…

I watched the series and then I watched [πŸ–‡οΈ the first movie](https://john.philpin.com/2025/02/11/ferry.html) and then I watched this second movie .. and I dunno - I keep watching them - but they don't get better. But somehow I am drawn in. No explanation.


πŸŽ₯ Ferry, 2021 - β˜…β˜…β˜…

Watched it a while back - so logging it here. Not bad - but maybe watch the series first to garner some context.


πŸŽ₯ Carry-On, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…

I like both actors - so despite the warnings of β€˜the new diehard’ I ploughed ahead. it was a fine movie - but both actors have substantially better performances and films/shows on their cv.



πŸŽ₯ Conclave, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

My first ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ in a looong time.
Stunning
Marvelous
Bravo
Encore


πŸŽ₯ Juror #2, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

It’s up there as one of his better ones - and like a lot of his better ones .. quiet, tight, personal.


πŸŽ₯ That Christmas, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Lovely


πŸŽ₯ Wicked, 2024 - β˜…β˜…

Against my better judgement .. decided to go see it. I’m sure it’s a fine movie - just not my cup of tea - but so many people I know kept telling me how great it was. Yeah no. At least for this bear.

Don’t hate me. Don’t tell me that missed something. I didn’t.


πŸŽ₯ Father Figures, 2017 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

An older movie that I hadn’t heard of with an awesome cast… I was nervous .. but decided if it was going to be bad, we could always switch it off. We got to the end .. Owen plays Owen, Ed plays Steve Carrell and the rest did a good job … stellar .. no .. but waaaay better than I expected which prolly explains the 4 stars.


πŸŽ₯ The Transporter Refueled, 2015 - β˜…β˜…

Not sure why?


πŸŽ₯ Gunpowder Milkshake, 2021 - β˜…β˜…

I dunno - I thought it might be fun - it was for a short while - another failure to communicate. Sorry - and no idea how it ended.


πŸŽ₯ The Marksman, 2021 - β˜…β˜…

Liam doing what Liam does. I couldn’t be bothered to get to the end, so two stars is generous.


πŸŽ₯ Chief of Station, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…

Not bad to begin with.. but kind of fell off into cliches .. and isn’t Aaron a bit old to be brawling and fighting in the field?


πŸŽ₯ The Union, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…

I dunno .. Marky, Halle AND J.K. .. great cast .. so you expect a bit more than average? Don’t you? That said the choreography of chasing the case down the side of a building was well done. But if that’s the peak .. you wonder why I gave it 3 stars. Don’t you?


πŸŽ₯ Rebel Ridge, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Three and a half stars … rounding up to 4 .. just for the audacity to remake Rambo and not give Sky any credit. Seriously .. not bad at all.


πŸŽ₯ Argylle, 2024 - β˜…β˜…Β½

Cute. A good watch on a lazy sunny afternoon.


πŸŽ₯ The Instigators, 2024 β˜…β˜…

Average score for an average movie. Casey? Never been overly bothered, but Matt is capable of so much more.

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