Captain America: Civil War

Anyone who knows anything about me, knows that I will never shut up about that helicopter scene. SO. HOT. 

One and a half thumbs up - probably my favourite out of the Marvels. Lots of fun, and everyone is in it.  

The Last Letter From Your Lover

Single letter nicknames e.g. 'J' 'B' 'E' are just THE WORST. Even worse is if you give that nickname to yourself. *insert You've Got Mail rant*

One thumbs down - cliche on cliche on cliche. It was very pretty though. Shailene's ensemble outfits were just the best. 

Arrival

Is a well-lit room banned in military intelligence compounds? What terrible visual hygiene.  

One and a quarter thumbs up - it was good and very intriguing, but once again this dumb-dumb did not really get it. 

Schindler's List

I thought Ralph Fiennes was in this... Voldemort sure looks a lot like Liam Neeson right now. 

It was Liam Neeson. 

Two thumbs up - one tissue was not enough. That emotionally fucked me. 

Patriot Games

Oh that is Sean Bean! Hehe "Seen Bean"

One thumbs up - and turns out Jack Ryan is like Batman; there are many iterations.  

Rear Window

So pretty! I loved everything about her in this, but especially the 'Paris dress'. 

One and three quarters thumbs up!

Leon The Professional

This director and his movies with young or infantile girls creeps me out. And turns out he has married teenagers.... more than once (21 is still icky). 

Zero thumbs up - eh, the action got overwhelmed by my discomfort. And this once again supports my Natalie Portman argument - you think you like her films because of Natalie-Portman-the-cool-celebrity but really there are a lot of stinkers.

Fatal Attraction

I had to keep scanning my head to see the movie because my field of view was really narrowed when I was hiding behind my fingers. I also shrieked and jumped... a lot. 

One and a half thumbs up - real life scary but manageable because no ghosts. Very good, tight, no time wastage. Bonus: very cute dog. 

Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex *But Were Afraid To Ask

I think I generally prefer Woody Allen films he does NOT feature in as an actor.

Zero thumbs up - I only enjoyed like half the vignettes (Gene Wilder, Game Show, Woody as sperm) and at best my reactions were "oh yeah" *light smile* or "heh" *light singular laugh*

Batman Forever

I, for one, enjoy the comedic flailings of Jim Carrey. 

One thumbs up - I liked this much more than Batman Returns, even though the reviews rate this lower. I really liked the entire ensemble cast (sultry Nicole Kidman! Cackly Tommy Lee! Better-than-Keaton Kilmer)

Batman Returns

"The penguins are converging on Gotham Plaza"

An armed army of penguins?? This is the dumbest thing ever! Look at how un-intimidating they are! 

Half a thumbs up - it was a bit too silly, and only mild to medium fun. Tolerable scary level, which is to say it was not as scary as the childhood memories of this Batman poster in Grandma's glass coffee table - Danny DeVito Penguin was terrifying!

Chef

My favourite 'authentic' moment was that a 40 something year old man would need his 10 year old son to make a Twitter for him; that he would misuse it; and hold the phone further out to read it haha!

Two thumbs up - this movie just makes me happy. It is also making me want to travel to the States, roadtrip to eat Cubanos, Texas BBQ and beignets... and go pyrex hunting in huge American antique stores!