Watched on Sunday October 21, 2018.
October 27, 2018 at 12:23AM27 October 2018
17 October 2018
First Man, 2018 - ★★★½
Geminee? The fact that this pronunciation bothered me so much suggests that not everything is as good as it should've been. If the rest of the film had lived up to my expectations would I have even noticed? Apparently the pronunciation is kind of accurate (but still wrong). There's a lot that's great, the time jumps beautifully edited without any need for explanation at the start of the film. Justin Hurwitz's score sounding ever so similar to La La Land. The lunar sequences are amazing but I can't help but wonder if that's more because of the the shaky, grainy, close-up look of the rest of the film rather than the IMAX majesty. I already think I'll appreciate more if I watch it again but not so sure if I have any desire to do that.
October 17, 2018 at 10:22PM15 October 2018
My #LIFF2018 Plan
All the films I'm planning on seeing at the 2018 Leeds International Film Festival.
- Peterloo
- Chris the Swiss
- Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
- Before Sunrise
- Possum
- Await Further Instructions
- Anna and the Apocalypse
- Suspiria
- Miracle Mile
- Penguin Highway
...plus 35 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
October 15, 2018 at 08:45PM14 October 2018
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour, 2016
Realise I'm very late to this but Madonna is a bit good isn't she? Hope she's not at Glastonbury next year (because I haven't got a ticket).
October 14, 2018 at 01:13PM13 October 2018
Leeds International Film Festival 2018
Most* the films of #LIFF2018
Leeds International Film Festival 2018
1-15 November
* all apart from the following which need added to tmdb
Josh Warrington: Fighting For A City
This Magnificent Cake! + Oh Willy
The Library Music Film + Live DJ Set
Something Left Behind
Pond Life
Killing God
True North
In the Stillness of Sounds
- 12 Angry Men
- 25 Watts
- After Hours
- All Good
- American Graffiti
- Anna and the Apocalypse
- Arctic
- Await Further Instructions
- Beautiful Boy
- Beautiful Things
...plus 113 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
October 13, 2018 at 09:19AM09 October 2018
American Animals, 2018 - ★★★★
So much of American Animals feels fresh and original, but unfortunately it all slows down far too much around the actual heist.
October 08, 2018 at 10:53PM07 October 2018
★, 2017 - ★★★½
Sitting through all of this was a bit of a slog but it was also fascinating. Seeing thing such as aspect ratio and the technology change over the years was expected but seeing how similar and familiar the stars are portrayed came as more of a surprise.
October 07, 2018 at 12:14PM30 September 2018
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, 2017 - ★★★½
A fascinating story and further proof that perhaps we should just put women in charge of everything.
September 30, 2018 at 09:48PMFaces Places, 2017 - ★★★★
It feels like I've been waiting at least a year to watch this but it was worth the wait. Completely charming, surprisingly moving and life affirming. It's a shame it loses it way a little towards the end but it's still a wonderful meandering journey.
September 30, 2018 at 09:47PM16 September 2018
10 September 2018
The Miseducation of Cameron Post, 2018 - ★★★★
Watched on Sunday September 9, 2018.
September 09, 2018 at 11:28PM
02 September 2018
28 August 2018
BlacKkKlansman, 2018 - ★★★★
Undeniably a film for the moment, it may be too heavy handed in places but really this is no time for subtlety. I wish the story had a stronger ending before the film's powerful climax.
August 28, 2018 at 08:14PM23 August 2018
Le Bonheur, 1965 - ★★★
There were parts of this I completely adored but overall I'm not so sure.
August 23, 2018 at 07:33PM16 August 2018
Hearts Beat Loud, 2018 - ★★★★½
The trailer for this film left me with a feeling that it could be something I really loved. I knew nothing else about it before or since seeing that trailer but I was still a little apprehensive that it couldn’t live up to my own hype. I needn’t have worried because it’s a wonderful film that worked so well for me in so many different ways. It may just be a personal thing (but isn’t every opinion) because it’s hard to argue it’s a great film, or a particularly original one but it is a special film and that should mean so much more. It’s films like this that the Letterbox heart are made for.
August 16, 2018 at 07:02PM08 August 2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018 - ★★★★
It may not quite be up to the high standard of the early-Pixar-like-pantheon recent run of Marvel films (Spider-man - Infinity Wars) but it is a huge (and tiny) amount of fun. In many ways it's a shame that there isn't really much of a plot because all of the characters are so great.
Also has there never been a video game with the shrinking/growing mechanic, because there really should be.
August 08, 2018 at 09:15PM05 August 2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout, 2018 - ★★★
Didn't enjoy this as much as Rogue Nation. Everything about it is just too long.
August 05, 2018 at 06:12PM01 August 2018
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, 2015 - ★★★½
Watched on Monday July 30, 2018.
August 01, 2018 at 08:22PM
Helpmates, 1932 - ★★★
Before watching these Laurel & Hardy films on Talking Pictures TV I think I'd only ever seen them in the cinema and with live music. I'm beginning to wonder how much that adds to the overall experience because watching them at home I'm just not getting into them the same way and this is considered one of their best. It may also be something to do with them talking.
August 01, 2018 at 08:20PM
26 July 2018
Mark Kermode's Secrets Of Cinema: The Heist (2/5)
The films featured in episode 2 of BBC's Mark Kermode's Secrets Of Cinema
- The Asphalt Jungle
- Dead Presidents
- The League of Gentlemen
- Ocean's Eleven
- Ocean's Eleven
- Reservoir Dogs
- Sexy Beast
- Quick Change
- Double Indemnity
- Bound
...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
July 26, 2018 at 08:25PMBrats, 1930 - ★★★
I found this a little bit too creepy to fully enjoy without distraction.
July 26, 2018 at 10:15AMScore: A Film Music Documentary, 2016 - ★★★
Watched on Monday July 23, 2018.
July 26, 2018 at 10:13AM
16 July 2018
08 July 2018
06 July 2018
Hereditary, 2018 - ★★★
My advice would be be to leave after Toni Collette's off-screen scream. After that the interesting and well put together setup deteriorates into silly clichéd nonsense.
July 06, 2018 at 11:10PM30 June 2018
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, 1930 - ★★½
Watched on Thursday June 28, 2018.
June 30, 2018 at 10:49PM24 June 2018
28 May 2018
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, 2017 - ★★★
As (surprisingly) good as people said but also lots of missed opportunities to make it great. The CG seems to get worse as the film progresses.
May 28, 2018 at 01:52PMLean on Pete, 2017 - ★★★★
Even before anything happens there's an inherent sadness to this but in a honest, rather than depressing way. It's another film like Manchester By The Sea and The Rider that deal with coming of age, masculinity (and horses) in a surprisingly tender way.
May 28, 2018 at 01:46PM20 May 2018
Eddie the Eagle, 2016 - ★★★½
It's fairly standard stuff and slightly repetitive (there are only so many ways you can show somebody ski jumping) but it's also completely charming and works really effectively.
May 20, 2018 at 09:37PM
06 May 2018
Mary and the Witch's Flower, 2017 - ★★★½
It opens with one of the best action sequences, animated or otherwise (although I have to admit I've completely forgotten what it was about now) and then settles into a charming Ghibli-esque setup. I was pleased when it didn't go down the path of what looked like a Hogwarts clone but also disappointed in the way the story unfolded. There was something a bit off in the way science mixed with magic in both the plot and also the animation. The robots and animals looked like they could have come from another film. The rest of the animation is fantastic and at one point towards the end I even thought it had slipped into a live action conclusion. Wonderful music throughout but disappointing once again the closing song wasn't subtitled.
May 06, 2018 at 12:44PMAfter the Storm, 2016 - ★★★½
I saw the first half of After The Storm over a year ago but technical problems meant I never saw the end. I loved what I saw and did so again on this viewing. Perhaps it's my affinity for all things Japanese that meant I was engaged seeing this snapshot of life. Unfortunately once the storm arrives I found myself losing interest but it may also be because it was late and I was tired.
May 06, 2018 at 12:33PM01 May 2018
Avengers: Infinity War, 2018 - ★★★★
The fact that this doesn't collapse due to the size of the cast remains remarkable. It's probably because of the number of characters that it never drags and it didn't feel like two and half hours had passed when the ending came. It's a shame that this has still ended up being "Part One" because it's only in the ending that it really feels like it gets going. That's not to say the rest of the film isn't a huge amount of fun. It's surprising how the tone of the individual films still gets it's place and it's reassuring that the comedy of Ragnarok was still the highlight.
But I'm unsure about that ending, not because of what happens but because whatever happens next can only undermine this film. I hope I'm wrong and things can be resolved in a satisfying way but it feels like we'll just be waiting a year for some kind of cop-out. And that's without thinking too much about the part Doctor Strange (didn't) play in this film - it's another big niggle that's becoming harder to overlook or explain.
May 01, 2018 at 09:25PMAvengers: Infinity War, 2018 - ★★★★
The fact that this doesn't collapse due to the size of the cast remains remarkable. It's probably because of the number of characters that it never drags and it didn't feel like two and half hours had passed when the ending came. It's a shame that this has still ended up being "Part One" because it's only in the ending that it really feels like it gets going. That's not to say the rest of the film isn't a huge amount of fun. It's surprising how the tone of the individual films still gets it's place and it's reassuring that the comedy of Ragnarok was still the highlight.
But I'm unsure about that ending, not because of what happens but because whatever happens next can only undermine this film. I hope I'm wrong and things can be resolved in a satisfying way but it feels like we'll just be waiting a year for some kind of cop-out. And that's without thinking too much about the part Doctor Strange (didn't) play in this film - it's another big niggle that's becoming harder to overlook or explain.
May 01, 2018 at 09:25PM30 April 2018
Brawl in Cell Block 99, 2017 - ★★★★
Considering how much I liked Bone Tomahawk I was expecting a bit more from this. Once it (literally) snaps into gear it becomes quite a different film and is all the better for it. It's grim and relentless and disgustingly enjoyable. It all seems very different from the opening third and I did wonder how much more I'd have appreciated a 90 minute running time just starting at the prison.
April 30, 2018 at 09:45PM29 April 2018
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, 2017 - ★★★★
Juvenilely brilliant and a complete joy to watch.
April 29, 2018 at 03:56PMA Quiet Place, 2018 - ★★★★
A simple and surprisingly original story executed brilliantly. I did wonder how well it would stand up to too much scrutiny but if you just go along with it it works really well. The script does something amazing in appearing to be incredibly simple but is used to nearly perfectly set up everything that follows. Brilliant ending as well.
April 29, 2018 at 03:51PM
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