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Oscar noms thoughts

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This is my first year in over a decade viewing the Oscar noms as something other than an entertainment journalist, and that bums me out. Still… I guess I still got thoughts.

  • I really hope Jacob Elordi wins for playing my boi the Creature, obv I’m biased now, Frankenstein was a downright religious experience for me
  • I’m so happy Wunmi Mosaku got nominated for Sinners! Representing us Brits! I’ve followed her since her In The Flesh days. I always hoped Doctor Who might snap her up, although for what role I don’t know.
  • Sinners is now I think the most nominated film in Oscars history and it does deserve it, it’s an amazingly well-made movie. With songs!
  • I haven’t seen Hamnet, even though it’s an area of history I’m interested in, because it looks TOO SAD. :( I remember the Upstart Crow episode about Hamnet’s death and that was very upsetting so I don’t think I could handle a whole movie of it.
  • I thought Weapons was kind of overrated but it was good to see Amy Madigan get a nomination, I don’t think she’ll win though admittedly.
  • I never get to watch the Oscars live cos I live in the wrong country. :(

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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IT’S BACK BABY! Loved it apart from the barn torture scene which was truly horrible. The opening scene was horrible too but felt more necessary? Definitely loved the appearance of you-know-who (is there even any point as marking that as a spoiler anymore, everyone knows). AMAZING musical number. God I fucking love movies that have unhinged musical numbers out of nowhere.

Really big spoilers and thoughts beneath the image:

  • I guessed from the trailer this movie would be about finding a cure and I WAS RIGHT!!
  • Chi Lewis-Parry is absolutely amazing in this. I’m naming him before any of the bigger actors because I think he deserves it, he carried like a third of the movie and had the most difficult job AND had to act while naked, I hope he gets a lot more attention after this.
  • The “moon” scene was my favourite, god I love monster-becomes-human narratives so much
  • DOCTOR KELSON THE CHARACTER THAT YOU ARE. Already my favourite fictional character of the year. I’m so sad he died.
  • Oh thank god they finally remembered that inhaling even a drop of zombie blood will infect you too!
  • So what happened to Selena? She’s probably dead isn’t she :(
  • I spent a lot of the movie wondering if ‘howzat’ was something the real Jimmy Savile used to say, but I don’t want to Google Jimmy Savile. Hope you’re in hell Jimmy!
  • This movie is very pro-NHS (how can you be anti-NHS??? Oh god never mind) and I’m really glad about it.
  • I’m looking SO forward to the third movie, you can’t imagine. There’s so many things in play now. Samson, the pregnant woman who escaped Jimmy, the notes on the cure hidden in Kelson’s bunker, Spike and Kelly’s journey, Jim and his daughter… I want to see Aaron Taylor-Johnson again too! Oh please let this movie do well enough to get a sequel, I know it probably will but I still worry

28 Years Later

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I first got into 28 Days Later as a wee teenager. I wasn’t 18 yet when I watched it, and yet it was an 18-rated movie, so that was a bit naughty of me. (My parents had very strict rules about movie ratings.) I watched it at a friend’s house who was much more relaxed about that sort of thing.

I loved it so much, and really appreciated its feminist themes. It was THE zombie movie for me.

However, I didn’t think there ever needed to be a sequel, so when I got around to watching 28 Weeks Later I hated it. But YEARS later! The new sequel pulled me in with its amazing trailer:


And I was dying to see it since the moment they started reciting “Boots” like it was a manic war cry. So did it live up to the hype, and I was very hyped? YES IT DID!

Okay, I know this film is divisive. I get it. It’s not for everyone. But I LOVED it. It was completely balls-to-the-wall insane, just how I like my movies. Here are some thoughts in bullet-point form, with SPOILERS:

-kudos to the marketing for making it seem like Ralph Fiennes’ character was a bad guy, only to have him turn out to be an unambiguous (if a little kooky) good guy. He was my favourite character.

-“Boots” made it to the movie as well! The trailer made me obsessed with that poem.

-Alfie Williams is amazing! Between him and Owen Cooper in Adolescence it’s really been a good year for young male British actors coming out of nowhere and blowing everyone away.

-The Alpha chase under the starry sky is an AMAZING sequence.

-I was told Erin Kellyman was in this movie… she is not in this movie. Maybe the sequel? (Which is coming in January!)

Lastly: Absolutely NOTHING can prepare you for the ending of this movie. It had me staring in slack-jawed “did they really go there?!” amusement-horror. I don’t think non-Brits will get the same effect but for Brits of a certain age there’s not enough WTF in the world for that scene.

Movie recap of 2024

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Biggest disappointment of the year: Deadpool and Wolverine. Oh, how I HATED Deadpool and Wolverine. A pointless cameo-fest that deliberately set out to ruin Logan, a far superior film. I resent it massively.

Second-biggest disappointment of the year: Blitz. I was really looking forward to Blitz, especially since Saoirse Ronan was in it. But it was just… alright? The main child actor, Elliot Heffernan, does a very good job but it was just a depressing drag to watch him go from horror to horror.

Favourite animated film: The Wild Robot. Everyone raved about it and yep, they were right to. A really good and heartfelt movie. I hope it gets a sequel.

Favourite musical: I was ready to hate the musical version of Mean Girls but I actually really liked it. “Apex Predator” is one of my new favourite songs.

Favourite film based on a true story: Young Woman and the Sea. I love Daisy Ridley in everything. Same with Christopher Eccleston, who plays a positively moustache-twirling villain in this.

Hated film that I actually liked: Joker 2. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but I appreciated that the film actually had something to say and was trying to do something different.

Film that brought me closest to tears: Inside Out 2. I have anxiety, so it was inevitable.

Film I have not seen yet despite wanting to: Wicked. I love musicals but I was just never really into Wicked. I will catch it on streaming eventually, I promise! I’m glad it did so well because clearly a lot of people really love it.

My favourite film of the year: Fly Me to the Moon. As a kid who grew up being told amazing space stories and visiting space centers, I was always going to love a space-race-based love story. It’s a incredibly charming film. You should check it out!

28 Years Later trailer

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I LOVED the movie 28 Days Later when I saw it as a kid and I still adore it. I sat out 28 Weeks Later because I was so mad they’d made a sequel to a perfect movie. But this really good trailer for the next installment got me back into the franchise.

Set to a chilling arrangement of “Boots” by Rudyard Kipling. Really good use of a poem. (The Guardian has some more, also chilling, info.)

I—’ave—marched—six—weeks in ‘Ell an’ certify

It—is—not—fire—devils, dark, or anything,

But boots—boots—boots—boots—movin’ up an’ down again,

An’ there’s no discharge in the war!

Joker: Folie a Deux

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I feel very out of step with the moviegoing world right now because I hated Deadpool and Wolverine and liked this. I didn’t love it, it definitely has flaws, but I sort of admire how little it cares about pleasing the audience, I guess?

Also Reddit really, really hates it so that sort of bumps it up a couple of notches in my estimation.

Poor Things

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I heard many people calling this movie a feminist masterpiece until someone pointed out that at no point in this movie does Bella have a period or grow body hair, and that immediately threw me onto the “interesting movie, but not feminist” side. (This will probably only make sense to you as an argument when you see it, and all the sex contained within it.)

It is absolutely gorgeous to look at, though.

a barbie girl in a barbie world

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I saw “Barbie” last night! (Wearing pink, of course.)

It’s a beautifully made and absolutely fascinating movie that I hope is dissected for years to come. I am mildly disappointed it didn’t feature my all-time favourite Barbie, though, the Jewel Hair Mermaid Barbie I had as a kid! Sadly no pictures exist of me with her but here’s what she looked like. I was OBSESSED with her golden tail.

The other fun thing was seeing all these reviews posted on the review board at the cinema! Said cinema was the Phoenix in Leicester and I love it, and I think more cinemas should have a review board.

(There’s a few for Oppenheimer in there as well!)

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Thanks to the ever-astounding @finniestoncrane, I will be sharing with y’all some of my favorite pieces of cinema in no particular order. And yes, they are cinema.

Rules: post 10 of your favorite movies and tag 10 people.

Captain Marvel (2019) – The film that made me realize why guys like to watch superhero movies so much. I’ve never felt more powerful.

Curious George (2006) – For the era in which it was made, this movie has some of the best animation I’ve ever seen. Also, Jack Johnson popped off on the album for the film.

The Batman (2022) – I feel as though I’m contractually obligated to include this one. It’s my current comfort movie, and, unlike most films, I can watch it over and over.

Happy Feet (2006) – I already know I’m going to get clowned for this one, but I don’t care. I don’t even like musicals, but I like penguins, stories of self-discovery, and Boogie Wonderland.

The Adventures of Tintin (2011) – This was the first movie I watched, not as a child, but as a partially fully sentient being all my own, and thought “that was a whole ass movie”.

Lilo and Stitch (2002) – This one never gets old. Like, I could watch this movie for the rest of my life and still find joy in it. That opening song, He Mele No Lilo, it inspires something in my heart.

The Avengers (2012) – A classic. Whenever I see that it’s on, I stop, smile, and think fondly on the joy that was. Interpret that as you will.

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) – One of my first Ghibli films, and my favorite one without a doubt. It never ceases to amaze and makes me cry when I go back and watch it.

Doctor Strange (2016) – This movie was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Also, I love wizards.

The Secret of Kells (2009) – I found this movie on accident, but I was never the same afterwards. Like I can’t describe it. Something inside me changed.

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As always, no pressure to participate. Just thought it would be fun 💙

Top 10 movies, hm? I can do that! Can’t say the same for tagging 10 people though… Also, apologies for cursing ahead of time. Idk how to translate my thoughts of the movies without cursing, tbh.

  1. Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai – I fucking love this movie! I watched it multiple times growing up and have always loved it each time. I remember crying so hard the first time around and whenever I hear Oracion play, I will start bawling. Just- this movie will always have a special place in my heart (I would also like to say thank you, Ash Ketchum, for giving me the childhood memories I have now. Gonna miss you and Pikachu.)
  2. Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse – FUCKING LOVE THE DESIGN, AESTHETICS, AND GRAPHICS- JUST- HOLY SHIT MAN! DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE PLOT AND ALL THE DYNAMICS- AND THE MEMES! Definitely looking forward to watching the sequel!
  3. Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of The Sith – ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CLONE WARS TV SHOW- THE BETRAYAL OF THE CLONES HURT- BUT THE BATTLE BETWEEN ANAKIN AND OBI-WAN? MAN, THAT WAS GREAT YET HEART-WRENCHING! (Also, sequel trilogy? What are you talking about? All I know is the Prequels and the originals- not to mention the shows-)
  4. James Cameron Avatar – I only just watched it a few months ago (Still haven’t watched Way of Water yet-) and DEAR GOODNESS, EVERYTHING’S BEAUTIFUL- just- the fact that it was made in 2009 especially is surprising! The world-building is what made me fall in love with the movie, in all honesty.
  5. Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire – I hate JK Rowling and do not support her whatsoever. But I do remember watching the Harry Potter movies and enjoying it, which lead to me reading the books (and fanfics… So much fanfics…), but out of all the movies, it was the Goblet of Fire that ended up being my favorite. A sort of clear transition to how things are getting even more sirius (I had to ok-) and that this isn’t a mere fairytale fantasy adventure anymore of sorts. Idk, I just loved Goblet of Fire a lot.
  6. John Wick – Do I really need to explain why I love this movie?
  7. Train to Busan – ONE OF THE BEST ZOMBIE MOVIES OUT THERE- THE ENDING MADE ME CRY EVERYTIME I WATCHED IT (I watched the original with subtitles. Hits more then the dub) Definitely managed to give a new twist to Zombie Movies imo
  8. House of Wax (2005) – Look, idk why I love this movie- well, ok, that’s a lie. The Sinclair Brothers I find rather compelling. Leaving it at that, tbh
  9. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero – Aside from Scarecrow and Riddler, Mr. Freeze is one of my favorite rogues. Man needs all the hugs. Enough said.
  10. Can… Can I put The Owl House Season 3 on this list? Or at the very least Gravity Falls Weirdmageddon episodes? No? Well, TOO BAD! I CONSIDER THEM MOVIES AND THEY ARE AMAZING AND JUST- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA XD

… Hope you don’t mind (Also, apologies for the ping-)

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These are in no particular order because I can’t chose besides narrowing it down to 10

  1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (The Extended Edition) – The Hobbit movies are my go to movies when I’m looking for something to watch, and the first one is my favorite. Bilbo when the dwarves invade his house is the biggest mood.
  2. The Batman – I saw this 4(?) times in theaters and fell in love. I’ve watched it countless times since then, and I have 3 of the posters from my local theater. I was so hyped for this movie because Riddler is my favorite rogue and it did not disappoint.
  3. Tangled – My favorite Disney movie. The Kingdom Dance is the best part of the movie hands down. My first proper cosplay was Rapunzel.
  4. Barbie as The Princess And The Pauper – I watched this all the time as a kid; I was Erika and my sister was Anneliese. I’m actually making Erika’s dress right now. This movie means so much to me. I’ve enjoyed introducing my little sister (3 y/o) to it.
  5. Ponyo – A movie I saw trailers for countless times as a kid but only got around to watching it last summer. I like the English dub best because Liam Neeson as Fujimoto is 😙👌.
  6. Spider-Man: No Way Home – Saw this in theaters. I’d never seen The Amazing Spider-Man movies so I got so excited when the Lizard showed up because I loved him in Spider-Man TAS. The interaction between Doc Ock and Peter 2 makes me cry every time I watch it. I want a Batman movie like this; not with the multiverse shenanigans necessarily, but a movie where he’s allowed to actually help some of the Rogues.
  7. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Like The Hobbit, LotR is a comfort series and the beginning of the journey is my favorite.
  8. Newsies (1992) – From Jack’s dance break in “Santa Fe” to Davey trying to do the choreography in “Seize The Day” this movie makes my heart happy. And Davey and Jack are so in love. Also “High Times, Hard Times” is a bop and did not deserve to be nominated for Worst Song.
  9. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – I’ve only seen it once, but I loved it so much.
  10. Kiki’s Delivery Service – I’d marry Osono. Also it’s just a cute movie.

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thank you so much for tagging me again bro! :) my movies are in no particular order

1. pineapple express. i love the little stoner guys so much! for a stoner comedy, this movie has a lot of really heartwarming moments and it’s just amazing. i really love the vibes and the friendship in this one. this one never fails to make me laugh and it’ll forever be considered a favorite of mine

2. scott pilgrim vs the world. this one is a classic in my eyes! i love how this one cares so much about the source material and i love the directing, acting and overall everything about it! i’m gay but i’ll be straight for ramona flowers 😍

3. the super mario bros movie. this one just came out but there was so much love for nintendo put into this movie! i love how peach isn’t the damsel in distress in this one! i’m also a certified donkey kong stan. (i don’t wanna spoil it but he was cool asf)

4. spiderman (2002). I LOVE THIS ONE SO MUCH. it’s my main hyperfixation! love the the pre-mcu vibes in this one sm. the music in this movie is so phenomenal. i love how spiderman protects his city and people (i hate how the mcu avenger-fied him ugh). harry is my favorite character (if that wasn’t obvious) and the osborn family lore is super interesting to me. tobey maguire is my fave spiderman 100% and i’m very passionate about parksborn (peter x harry) <333

5. the batman. i love this movie so much. i love the casting and story so much and i love the riddler’s characterization in this movie! this movie was my exposure to paul dano and i’ve loved him ever since

6. ponyo. this was my favorite movie as a child! it’s very cute and the animation is absolutely gorgeous

7. scream 1. i don’t really like horror but this franchise just hits different. i love the characters and my favorite part of this franchise is trying to find out who the ghostface is! gale and dewey are my comfort straights (fuck scream 5 for taking them from me)

8. frozen. it’s my favorite disney movie <3 people say it’s overrated but this movie means so much to me. i related to elsa a lot (still do tbh).

9. now you see me. I LOVE THIS MOVIE. magicians stealing money from corrupt rich people appeals so much to me! (jack was my fave. he was so cute)

10. diary of a wimpy kid: rodrick rules. another childhood fave of mine. rodrick is peak gender envy

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tagging 10 mutuals if they want to do this too! <3

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omg there’s a movie version <3 thank you for tagging me!

10 favourite movies, in no real order:

  1. The Producers, the original version with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, NOT the remake
  2. Atonement, which features some of my favourite characters AND favourite dresses of all time
  3. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – it’s really hard to pick a Star Wars but ROTS takes the prize
  4. Moulin Rouge, an INCREDIBLE musical
  5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the movie that introduced me to Middle-Earth
  6. Holes -the book is incredible too
  7. Detective Pikachu, the Pokemon movie I dreamed of as a kid!
  8. Les Miserables, an wonderful movie of a wonderful musical of a wonderful book
  9. Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2, it holds a special place in my heart and always will
  10. Spider-Man 3, I know I know but it’s probably the closest thing I’ll ever get to a “Best of Enemies” adaptation

Like before, I tag anyone who wants to do it! :)

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