Banshees of Inisherin

Why are you not my best friend anymore?

One and a half thumbs up

Glass Onion

Dave Bautista's forehead... is it coral?
Half a thumbs up. 

Fight Club

This is how I know The Pixies.

She Said

Decision To Leave

I am in awe of femme fatales' confidence to say things like 'I know you have been thinking of me everyday for the past 2 years'. What high self-esteem!

School of Rock

The others were all doing a 'let's rock let's rock' finger dance. It looked fun.

One thumbs up

The Good Nurse

Bridesmaids

Don't Worry Darling

How is Florence so much prettier in films than on the red carpet? She was amazing! Class above all the others.

Almost Famous

Call Me By Your Name

So I am just crying on the plane now. 

One and three quarters thumbs up - and I redact by former rating because I don't think I gave it a proper watch back then. 

Marie Antoinette

The montage! Almost certain this is why I have wanted those champagne coupes for ages now.

Top Gun Maverick

I rewatched the beach football scene three times in a row. It was so good. Thank goodness my plane neighbour 'nice Jennifer Coolidge lady' had her eye mask on.

Two thumbs up!

Twilight

I hope I haven't missed the baseball scene... DANIEL IT IS THE BASEBALL SCENE! Only because of Muse <3

One thumbs down - vampires want to eat her. 

Ever After

Wondered if Drew Barrymore actually carried the guy like that or if it was a stunt person. Asked my personal trainer if she could do it and she said probably yes. I was very impressed. 

One thumbs up - could have been a best worst movie contender, but I don't think it is even a bad movie. The accents though... ouch. 

White House Down

The flag twirling was disgusting. 

Two thumbs down - but personal thumbs up to Yvonne for again clean sweep winning MCFC People's Choice. It truly was shit. 

Paris, 13th District

See! The Asian girl can be the desirable hot mess! Loved that. 

One and a quarter thumbs up - but also glad this did not inspire more onto the Paris wishlist. 

Where The Crawdads Sing

Well my Wednesday night went from gym class and an online lecture to free movie and McDonalds in the car park. What a turn of events!

Half a thumbs up - well if I were a 13 year old girl I would have thought this is the best ever. But I'm not, and it is a bit lame. But there were very picturesque moments. I guess a marsh is not the same as a swamp. 

Unfaithful

I think 'erotic thriller' to me is what 'magic heist' is to Yvonne. I am in for either/or but preferably both!

One and three quarters thumbs up!

RRR

Best friendship montage (and callback!) I have ever seen

One and a quarter thumbs up - yes it could and should have been much shorter, but then we would miss out on so much ridiculousness. And those were the best parts!

Délicieux (Delicious)

I want the recipe for that potato and truffle appetizer. Or for someone to make it please.

One thumbs up - such beautiful scenes of food and the kitchen. Story was a bit meh at times. 

West Side Story

I don't like Ansel Elgort, so I am a bit annoyed that his beautiful face was very charming here and that he had quite a lovely voice. 

Two thumbs up - I surprised myself and loved everything about this! The costumes! The dancing! The Spanish! Maria and Tony were so cute! And a lot of songs ended up being familiar!

Top Gun: Maverick

The frat boys playing beer frisbee on Wailea beach had mad volleyball scene energy. It was glorious.

Two thumbs up - and two personal thumbs up to Nicole for 1. doing me a solid and waking me up in time for the football scene, and 2. "Aw they didn't kiss". Would have been an OH DAMN moment otherwise eh? :p

Death On The Nile

That beginning dance number was pretty much clothed sex with some dance thrown in. 

Half a thumbs up - nothing amazing but a perfect plane movie. Also helps I generally like Agatha Christies and whodunnits. 

Furious 7

Did they really just drive into that building?! No... cos they did it TWICE.

Zero thumbs up - but that was just lovely with the Paul Walker bit at the end. 

Parallel Mothers

Rain temporarily lost the ability to read clocks during this. It's 9:35am! Not 1:30pm!

One thumbs up - I quite liked the mothers storyline, but could have done without the history storyline. 

Top Gun: Maverick

They were not afraid to repeat the same themes/bangers that worked for original Top Gun. I like it!

Two thumbs up - might be hasty, but I cannot flaw it. There is action, there is sexiness, there are great songs, there is ham but without too much cheesiness. Perfecto!

Fast Five

Me (internally): When is 'This. Is. Brazil!" going to happen? I can't see this happening organically. Did the boys just make up the line?"

Daniel: *snatches away my cup noodles* "You are not ready for this"

Me: "Wait! What? Ohhh"

THIS. IS. BRAZIL!  

One thumbs up - it was ridiculous, and fun. This waaay better than Tokyo Drift (especially the wet rag lead guy), which in hindsight did not deserve it's rating. 

The Northman

I think I might be the only real-life person who finds Anya Taylor Joy good-looking.  

One thumbs down - like Game of Thrones but incoherent dialogue and not enough sexiness. 

Chungking Express

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall watching us watch this. Nicole and Matt on the ends smiling at the fun, whilst me, Reb and Daniel are just in the middle aghast. 

Zero thumbs up - It was all thumbs up in story one, but then thumbs down for story two. I know I shouldn't mark movies down because I don't like a character but the second girl just ground my gears. It was not cute for me. 

Everything Everywhere All At Once

I laughed, I cried, I literally gagged and vomited a little in my mouth twice (chapstick, gum). 

One and a half thumbs up - obviously biased, but I liked that it had its very Asian moments but was not an 'Asian story' per se, and that people are liking it for its originality. 

Turning Red

My reason for wanting to watch this was from reading a fantastic Guardian article ("Critics be warned: Turning Red is defiantly Asian and female - and there's more to come" by Jeff Yang). Which always makes me recall an old comment that certain "Prime Demographic" will have no problems connecting to a fish, or a car, but find non-white protagonists and stories too unrelatable. Piss Off. 

One and a quarter thumbs up - I have newfound respect for Billie Eilish now that I realise she and Finneas have helped create the CERTIFIED BANGER "Nobody Like U". Yes I am a 4*Townie now. 

Windfall

I just didn't believe Jason Segel's character at all.

Zero thumbs up.

Before Sunrise

 

I could not disagree more. Who gives a shit about being good at things. Literally the only thing that matters is relationships. 

One and three quarters thumbs up - Oh I loved it! Even the lulls, and frustrating characters moments - I liked that I didn't like them at times. 

You've Got Mail

I am giving moderate consideration to go on 'Mastermind' with this movie as my specialist subject.

Two thumbs up - this brings me a lot of joy, and just makes me smile with twee and delight at so many parts! Also Frank and Patricia are funnier and funnier with every re-watch. 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Spotted Juntao in this (one of Leia's admirals). Or so I thought. The actor is one and the same. But turns out I have been calling him Juntao when his Rush Hour character is actually NOT Juntao! 

One thumbs and a quarter thumbs up - I also completely blanked on Harrison Ford's character's name. Not-Chewy, not-Harrison, not-Indiana Jones, not-Lando Calrissian, not-Harrison (again)... Solo! Han Solo!

After Yang

"Oh this would have been so hard to film" - Nicole, in regards to a dance scene. A simple not-in-sync dance. It would NOT have been hard. 

Half a thumbs up - on paper there was a lot for me to like, but it didn't really live up to that. Was also annoyed that everyone's tone was TOO CALM the entire time; no variation. 

King Richard

Post-movie, the following searches were attempted:

1. For Will Smith's jacket because I want that look (on brand behaviour for me)

2. For candid photos of Uncle 5 Chu Loc (unexpected!)

Half a thumbs up - I was impressed they didn't necessarily make him likeable, and kept those difficult or frustrating moments in.

Gone Girl

Surprisingly, one of the better/more realistic portrayals of a brother and sister relationship. 

One and a half thumbs up - was prompted to watch this again after reading a Reddit thread about movie villains. Rosamund Pike is so chilling in this, it is so good. 

The Green Knight

I tend to make my own weird rules about magical worlds.

Magic? Talking fox? Tree man? Yeah I can believe that.

Gigantic giants? Yeah nah that is too much.

Half a thumbs up - final vibe verdict: 50% hot for knight Dev Patel, 40% story-line confused, 10% scared.

Power of the Dog

Have you ever seen anyone angrily hula hoop? Because the boy did. 

Side note: he was fantastic and any scene with him in it was riveting. Hula hooping included. 

One and a quarter thumbs up - and we did not need to use emergency Kirsten Dunst (Bring it On DVD cover) because we landed on Gherkin Dunst. Hehe. 

Spiderman: No Way Home

Spiderman banter was the best part. 

One thumbs up - decent amount of fun, but whoever said it was the best Marvel movie ever is so so wrong. 

House of Gucci

This literally happened.  

Zero thumbs up - no-one has any business dissing Lady Gaga's accent when Jared Leto's WALUIGI impression was right there. Bad movie, fun times.