September 2023

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September 27, 2023 No Comments

Newsflash (for absolutely no one): babies take up a lot of free time! Catch up speed round commencing – July at the Movies Maybe the biggest month of the year…

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, 2026 - ★★ (contains spoilers)
May 23, 2026
This review may contain spoilers. I went in with very low expectations and ended up having a decent time, but the more I think about this film, the more those warm fuzzies go away. The movies structure is literally a […]
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, 2016 - ★★★
May 18, 2026
I watched this as God intended... in a double bill with The Exorcist. But seriously, after finishing The Exorcist, I wanted something to calm the nerves - a palette cleanser of sorts. Frankly this wasn't it, but through no fault […]
The Exorcist, 1973 - ★★★★★
May 16, 2026
We watched the Extended Director's Cut (whatever that means) from the Warner Bros 90th Anniversary set. It was my first watch, but a repeat watch for my wife. It very much worked on me, even as so much of the […]
Barbarella, 1968 - ★½
May 13, 2026
Look, I know there's cultural significance to this film, and that many Scifi films took cues from the visual designs of Barbarella, but this isn't very good, right? This just feels like an excuse to see Jane Fonda naked. Which, […]
Apollo 13, 1995 - ★★★★½
May 13, 2026
This is one of those films that I've always intended to watch and never gotten around to. Well, no longer!Ron Howard is so incredibly talented as a director - the pacing and framing throughout the film is stunning. The cast […]