Sunshine, 2007 - ★★

The star power is impressive, with Michelle Yeoh and Chris Evans and Cillian Murphy and Rose Byrne. The story is Event Horizon light and not one of Boyle’s best by a long short but it’s a beautifully shot film.

Gunpowder Milkshake, 2021 - ★★★

Watched on Thursday July 15, 2021.

Furious 7, 2015

Watched on Friday June 4, 2021.

Fast & Furious 6, 2013

Watched on Thursday June 3, 2021.

Fast Five, 2011

Watched on Wednesday June 2, 2021.

Fast & Furious, 2009

Watched on Tuesday June 1, 2021.

2 Fast 2 Furious, 2003

Watched on Saturday May 29, 2021.

The Fast and the Furious, 2001

Watched on Friday May 28, 2021.

Synchronic, 2019 - ★★★

As usual, this directing duo puts an interesting new spin on a very old kind of story. It’s a worthy addition to the time travel category.

Sound of Metal, 2019

A stunning movie. I don’t know how well it portrays being deaf, but it moved me with its portrayal of being someone who can hear who suddenly starts to lose that hearing.  SPOILER AHEAD: The scene in the bed where he realizes she has moved on and is so much better for it and he tells her it’s okay just destroyed me.

Parasite, 2019 - ★★★★

I can’t remember when I watched this but it was a while ago. It was incredibly strange and disturbing and worth watching if those things don’t scare you off.

The Lighthouse, 2019 - ★★★★

Buy the ticket, take the ride, smell the farts, be disturbed and left with a lot of questions and a day or so of your inner monologue speaking like a drunken Shakespearean character

Earwig and the Witch, 2020 - ★

Abrupt ending, animation not great, decent first draft of a story and movie at best

Promising Young Woman, 2020 - ★★★★

Everyone woman should watch it once. Every man should watch it two or three times. I dinged it a star because there’s a part that’s hard to watch because I wanted something different to happen but make no mistake: this movie deserves your time and your attention and your full comprehension.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 2019 - ★★★★

It simultaneously puts every cynical fight you ever may have had about Mr. Rogers to bed an also manages to humanize him by showing that he was not above pain. The journalist is a stand-in for every kid that grew up in Mr. Rogers and still became kind of cynical and jaded. Hanks is arresting as Rogers, and Rhys does a lot of work nor a lot of actual lines.

Hope Gap, 2019 - ★★

Depressing but it has heart. Ending sucked.

Save Yourselves!, 2020 - ★★★

It’s worth watching but the end was huh?

Togo, 2019 - ★★★★

This was surprisingly true to the facts I could find. It’s hard to maintain a couple hours of mostly one man yelling “GOOD DOG” at running dogs, but Dafoe does it with aplomb. I liked it a lot, especially as an adventure movie with some scary bits that’s also meant for kids.

Wild Mountain Thyme, 2020 - ★★★

I guess, based on what the critics say, I’m not supposed to admit I liked this movie, but fuck it. I’ve spent a hundredish minutes on far, far worse films that didn’t delight me one millionth as much as this one did.

Ad Astra, 2019 - ★★★

Brad Pitt was very good in a role I don’t think anyone would expect him to excel in. Beyond that it’s not a great movie and bafflingly underused Ruth Negga and Natasha Lyonne.