Yes, been a long and strange day. Will see where it goes. Hopefully Iām not up at 6am watching cricket & working tomorrow
The Hungover Games 2014 Netflix. Is cheap on a level that makes 1980ās Dr Who look like a Hollywood blockbuster.
It has attempts at gross-ness that are just simply sad. And it has attempts at jokes that die on their feet.
It has about a 3/10 imdb rating.
It also has an audience rating of 62%.
And that is actually deserved.
The cast is superbly picked their āimpersonationsā of their roles are pretty much spot on.
Gay Thor is cheap bad wrong and annoyingly amusing.
The Depps have some funny moments.
The gratuitous nudes have a genuinely funny couple of moments near the start of the film.
Itās a lads movie after a few beers. It isnt very good but there are moments (childishly mainly involving bewbs)
The crap cheap sets actually add to it.
If all of the gags had worked it could have become a minor cult classic.
But it is decent Vodka popcorn.
I laughed at things I shouldnāt have done.
Outside the wire. Netflix.
Think Extraction (MCU actor shooting things up in unusual locations). Edge of Tomorrow Army base with no time travel, Robocop and a Denzil Washington movie. Without Denzil.
Ukraine. Civil War, 2036, DMZ, US Troops peace keeping.
A good yarn with a bunch of moral shit going on to confuse anyone, some plot holes and, tbh, some jumpy editing at times.
Was still entertaining when you want a change from bingeing and the moral question is a biggie.
The sort of movie that will probably create a new franchise. It wasnt slick like MCU but I think as itās currently #1 we may see some more of Anthony Mackie
Decent popcorn stuff with a bit more depth than usual. Could have been much better without The Expendables in Albania feel to the cinematography
Finally got round to watching Wind River, I had been avoiding it because I thought the title made it sound like some kind of soppy back country love story, fair to say I couldnāt have been more wrong, enjoyed it a lot.
Nightbreed is on the horror channel at 9 tonight, havenāt seen it in years, Iām worried it might have dated a bit but still looking forward to it.
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Dark Waters. 2019
True story of a very long legal battle against Dupont for knowingly poisoning people. Mark Ruffalo stars, with Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman.
If you donāt know the story, strap in and be prepared to be shocked, pissed off and even a bit scared.
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Arrow released a lovely Blu-ray set of this a while back. Has several different cuts of the film and lots of production info and docs. Might be out of print now though.
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Iād still love to see someone try Weaveworld. Thatās a 10 episode HBO/BBC thing right there.
10?? And the restā¦
I see thereās a new multi episode adaptation of the Stand, good timing 
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I read it is a bit darker than some would like.
Which, considering the book was bloody dark is a surprise
Very good film. Horrifying that is based on real events.
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He is still suing Dupont even now
The Dig
now on netflixā¦ rather good
If you liked āThe Dishā you will like this
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A different film stuck away in Hidden Gems on Netflix is Burnt.
It is a film to watch with the other half but I enjoyed it.
Basically Bradley Cooper heads up a cracking cast in this 2015 film that got buried in A Star is Born hype.
Bradley plays a washed out extreme version ex junkie Gordon Ramsay type.
It features the only fine dining UK noshery Mrs P_F has ever been to - The Langham and charts Bradās rehabilitation into being Michel Roux - or his pursuit of 3 Michelin Stars.
It is a good film. Some twists. Some cookery shit.
Different and enjoyable.
You overpaid.
I hear the Pizza Express in Woking is the new hotspot for the hoi polloi
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It was paid for.
You should know that by now 
The only Michelin 2 star Iāve paid for & it was unbelievable
News of the World. Netflix.
Directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks
This is a simple yet deep and an old fashioned movie. Almost a historical drama as much as a āWesternā.
It is quite marvellous.
Vibes of True Grit & The Searchers, two classic films that step out of being just āWesternsā.
Tom Hanks in any other year would likely get an Oscar nomination for his role as the battle weary post civil war Confederate Captain travelling across the dystopian countryside of Texas as it comes to terms with losing. The only way he can earn a living is to Read the News to local audiences. He stumbles across a lynching and a lost girl who had been captured by Kiowa Indians and ārescuedā.
The film itself could make a run at Best Picture.
It is that compact, depressing and uplifting and beautifully filmed & constructed.
9.5/10 first proper film Iāve enjoyed in lockdown
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Weirdly Iāve read that the film wouldnāt stand up there with other great Westerns.
Mrs C_S and YoungAdult#1 thought it was OK.