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2023 Reviews

September
The Creator
A Haunting In Venice
Dumb Money
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Jurassic Park (30th Anniversary)

August
[Theatre] Back To The Future: The Musical
The Equalizer 3
Cobweb
Past Lives
Haunted Mansion
Blue Beetle
Theater Camp
Strays
The Meg 2: The Trench
The Blackening

July
Barbie
Talk To Me
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1
Joy RIde
Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny (plot spoilers)
Insidious: The Red Door
Fumer Fait Tousser / Smoking Causes Coughing
Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny (thematic spoilers)

June
Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny (spoiler-free)
Elemental
No Hard Feelings
War Pony

May
The Machine
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Fast X
Sisu
Beau Is Afraid
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3

April
[Theatre] When Darkness Falls
Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi
Aliens
Polite Society
Evil Dead Rise
Renfield
Cairo Conspiracy / Boy From Heaven
The Pope's Exorcist
The Super Mario Bros Movie

March
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Shazam: Fury Of The Gods
65
Creed III
John Wick Chapter 4
Scream VI
Scream V (second-pass)

February
Broker
And-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania
The Son
Knock At The Cabin
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

January
[Standup] Stewart Lee: Basic Lee
The Fabelmans
The Whale
Unwelcome
Babylon
Till
Plane
M3GAN
A Man Called Otto
Empire Of Light

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2022 Reviews

February ~ December
Another Year In (Another Lack Of) Review

January
Belfast
Parallel Mothers / Madres Paralelas
Scream (2022)
The 355
Censor

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2021 Reviews

December
The King's Man
The Matrix: Resurrections
Spider-Man: No Way Home

November
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (second-pass)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (first-pass)
Marvel's Eternals
Last Night In Soho

October
No Time To Die
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Halloween Kills
Scream (1996)

September
Shang-Chi and The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Our Ladies

August
Reminiscence
The Suicide Squad
Free Guy
Black Widow
Old

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2020 Reviews

October
Saint Maud

September
Unhinged
Bill & Ted Face The Music

August
The New Mutants
Flash Gordon
Tenet
Inception
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

July
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga
Inmate #1: The Rise Of Danny Trejo

June
[nothing happened here]

May
Empathy Inc.

April
The Whisperer In Darkness
The Call Of Cthulhu
Dagon
The Dunwich Horror (2009)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Color Out Of Space
In The Mouth Of Madness
In Fabric

March
Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Chapter 1)
The Hunt
Calm With Horses
M.O.M. (Mothers Of Monsters)
Bloodshot
Misbehaviour
My Spy
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island
Sonic The Hedgehog
Dolittle
The Invisible Man (2020)
The Call Of The Wild

February
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (eleventh-pass / closing throughts)
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (tenth-pass / feeling for Finn)

Onward
State Like Sleep
Dark Waters
The Lighthouse
Underwater
Bait
Birds Of Prey
The Rhythm Section
Bad Boys For Life

January
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (ninth-pass / thank the maker of the maker)
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (eighth-pass / Rey of light)
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (seventh-pass / the Emperor in the room)

Greed
The Gentlemen (third-pass)
Parasite
The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Richard Jewell
1917
Just Mercy
Bombshell
Spies In Disguise
Jojo Rabbit (second-pass)
The Gentlemen (second-pass)
The Gentlemen

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2019 Reviews

December
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (sixth-pass / we need to talk about Sheev)
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (fifth-pass / the Emperor's new screenplay?)
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (fourth-pass / finding the Chosen One)
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (third-pass / notes and observations)
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (second-pass / thematic spoilers)
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (first-pass / first reactions)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (eleventh-pass)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (thirteenth-pass)

Little Women (2019)
Jojo Rabbit
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
Jumanji: The Next Level
Motherless Brooklyn
Gremlins
Knives Out (second-pass)
Queen & Slim

November
Playing With Fire
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
21 Bridges
Harriet
Them That Follow
Charlie's Angels
Knives Out
Frozen 2
The Good Liar
Blue Story
The Irishman
Joker (second-pass)
Midway
Doctor Sleep
Le Mans '66
The Aeronauts

October
Luce
Countdown
Monos
Terminator: Dark Fate
Official Secrets
Zombieland: Double Tap
Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon
Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil
Abominable
Gemini Man
The Day Shall Come
Werewolf"
Joker
Judy

September
The Last Tree
Ready or Not
Don't Let Go
Fleabag (NT Live)
The Goldfinch
The Kitchen
Hustlers
Ad Astra
The Farewell
Wolf
IT - Chapter Two
IT (second-pass)
The Informer

August
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (second-pass)
Hail Satan?
Angel Has Fallen
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Good Boys
Dory And The Lost City Of Gold
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (first-pass)
Pain And Glory / Dolor Y Gloria
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

July
Spider-Man: Far From Home (second-pass)
Crawl
The Lion King (2019)
Animals
Apollo 11
The Dead Don't Die
Stuber
The Matrix
Annabelle Comes Home
Blinded By The Light
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Midsommar
Yesterday (part two)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (first-pass)

June
Toy Story 4
Yesterday (part one)
Men In Black: International
Brightburn
X-Men: Dark Phoenix

May
Ma
The Secret Life Of Pets 2
Aladdin (2019)
RocketMan
Batman (1989)
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
The Hustle
Beats
The Curse Of La Llorona
Booksmart
Tolkien

April
Long Shot
Avengers: Endgame (second-pass)
Avengers: Endgame (first-pass)
Avengers: Infinity War (fourth-pass)
Red Joan
Greta
Dragged Across Concrete
The Sisters Brothers
Little
Hellboy
Dumbo
Eighth Grade
Missing Link
Captain Marvel (third-pass)
Us (second-pass)
Pet Sematary

March
Lords Of Chaos
Eaten By Lions
Out Of Blue
Shazam!
Mid 90s
Us (first-pass)
Fisherman's Friends
Wild Rose
Captain Marvel (second-pass)
Captain Marvel (first-pass)
Cold Pursuit
What Men Want

February
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Fighting With My Family
All Is True
The Lego Movie 2
Alita: Battle Angel

January
If Beale Street Could Talk
Free Solo
Destroyer
The Mule
Escape Room
Vice
Can You ever Forgive Me?
Beautiful Boy
Mary Queen Of Scots
Glass
The Front Runner
Colette
The Favourite

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2018 Reviews

December
Holmes & Watson
Mary Poppins Returns
Stan And Ollie
Bumblebee
Mortal Engines
Aquaman
A Christmas Carol (Simon Callow)
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Green Book

November
Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2
Creed II
Suspiria (2018)
Isabelle
BHFF2018 Short Film Selection 2
Mandy
Robin Hood (2018)
The Girl In The Spider's Web
Star Wars: A New Hope - In Concert
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Assassination Nation
The Grinch
They Shall Not Grow Old
The Nutcracker And The Four Realms
Slaughterhouse Rulez
Widows
Overlord

October
Beetlejuice
Bohemian Rhapsody
Halloween (2018)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Bad Times At The El Royale
First Man
Halloween (1978)
The Hate U Give
Johnny English Strikes Again
Venom

September
The Wife
The Little Stranger
Black '47
Night School
A Star Is Born
A Simple Favour
The House With A Clock In Its Walls
The Predator
Mile 22
American Animals
The Nun
King Of Thieves
Crazy Rich Asians
Yardie

August
The Happytime Murders
Alpha
The Children Act
BlacKkKlansman
Slender Man
Christopher Robin
The Festival
Unfriended: Dark Web
The Darkest Minds
Hotel Transylvania 3
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
The Spy Who Dumped Me
The Meg
Ant-Man And The Wasp (first-pass)
The Equalizer 2

July
Solo: A Star Wars Story (ninth-pass / the Corellian legacy / spoilers)

Mission Impossible: Fallout
Searching
The Secret Of Marrowbone
Skyscraper
Hotel Artemis
The First Purge

June
Solo: A Star Wars Story (eighth-pass / closing thoughts / spoiler-free)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (seventh-pass / the war in Star Wars / spoilers)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (sixth-pass / settling the score / spoiler-free)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (fifth-pass / the STT review / spoiler-free)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (fourth-pass / foreshadows of the Empire / spoilers)

Tag
Sicario 2: Soldado
Ocean's 8
Hereditary
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Ismael's Ghosts
The Breadwinner
2001: A Space Odyssey

May
Solo: A Star Wars Story (third-pass / narrative-singularity / spoilers)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (second-pass / the director and the accelerator / spoiler-free)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (first-pass / first-reactions / spoiler-free)

Life Of The Party
Avengers: Infinity War (third-pass)
The Cured
Deadpool 2 (second-pass)
I Feel Pretty
Deadpool 2 (first-pass)
Avengers: Infinity War (second-pass)

April
Avengers: Infinity War (first-pass)
The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society
Beast
Death Wish (2018)
Thoroughbreds
Ghost Stories
Rampage
A Wrinkle In Time
A Quiet Place

March
Black Panther (second-pass)
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Isle Of Dogs
Blockers
Ready Player One
Wonder Wheel
Love, Simon
Tomb Raider (2018)
You Were Never Really Here
Mom And Dad
Walk Like A Panther
Early Man
Gringo
Red Sparrow

February
Father Figures
Phantom Thread
Lady Bird
Game Night
Black Panther (first-pass)
Den of Thieves
I, Tonya

January
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (tenth-pass / 2D / closing thoughts)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (ninth-pass / 2D / punctuation)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (eighth-pass / 2D / Skittlez Posters, Set I)

Maze Runner: The Death Cure
The Shape of Water
The Post
Insidious: The Last Key
Darkest Hour
The Commuter
Coco
Downsizing
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

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2017 Reviews

December
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (seventh-pass / 2D / we need to talk about Rey...)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (sixth-pass / IMAX / plausible fallibility)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (fifth-pass / D-Box / I heard you don't like Star Wars)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (fourth-pass / 2D / notes and observations)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (third-pass / 2D / we need to talk about Leia...)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (second-pass / 2D / one of these films is not like the others)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (first-pass / 3D / first reactions)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (twelfth-pass / 3D)

Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle
Stronger
Olaf's Frozen Adventure

November
Molly's Game
The Disaster Artist
Battle Of The Sexes
Justice League
Daddy's Home 2
Murder On The Orient Express
Paddington 2
Wonder
Thor: Ragnarok (second-pass)
Breathe
Suburbicon
A Bad Moms Christmas
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
In Extremis
Buzzard Hollow Beef
The Unwilling

October
Jigsaw
Thor: Ragnarok (first-pass)
Geostorm
The Ritual
The Lego Ninjago Movie
The Death of Stalin
Goodbye Christopher Robin
The Snowman
Blade Runner 2049 (second-pass)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (second-pass)
Blade Runner 2049 (first-pass)

September
Flatliners (2017)
Victoria & Abdul
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (first-pass)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (third-pass)
mother!
IT (2017)
American Assassin
Marvel's Inhumans
The Limehouse Golem
Stratton

August
Patti Cake$
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (3D)
Logan Lucky
American Made
Annabelle: Creation
The Dark Tower
The Hitman's Bodyguard
A Ghost Story
Overdrive
Prevenge
The Emoji Movie
The Nut Job 2
Atomic Blonde
Detroit
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Swiss Army Man
Valerian and the City Of A Thousand Planets

July
47 Metres Down
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
The Big Sick
Dunkirk
Spider-Man: Homecoming (second-pass)
It Comes At Night
The House
Cars 3
War For The Planet Of The Apes
Spider-Man: Homecoming (first-pass)
Despicable Me 3

June
Transformers: The Last Knight
Gifted
The Mummy (2017)
Baby Driver
My Cousin Rachel
Wonder Woman

May
Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
Baywatch
Alien: Covenant (second-pass)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Eat Local
Mindhorn
Unlocked
Miss Sloane
Alien: Covenant
Their Finest
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 (second-pass)
Sleepless

April
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 (first-pass)
Guardians Of The Galaxy (fifth-pass)
Alien
Prometheus
The Belko Experiment
The Transfiguration
The Handmaiden
Unforgettable
Fast & Furious 8
Going In Style
Free Fire (second-pass)
C.H.i.P.s.
The Lost City of Z
The Boss Baby
Life

March
Ghost In The Shell
Power Rangers
Beauty And The Beast
Get Out
Personal Shopper
The Love Witch
Free Fire
Kong: Skull Island
Logan (second-pass)

February
Logan (first-pass)
Toni Erdmann
Fences
John Wick: Chapter 2
The Great Wall
Dirty Dancing
T2 Trainspotting (second-pass)
The Founder
Gold
Hidden Figures
The Lego Batman Movie

January
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (ninth-pass / 2D / Skittlez Posters, Set II)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (eighth-pass / 2D / Skittlez Posters, Set I)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (seventh-pass / 2D / the Force in Rogue One)

Moonlight
Hacksaw Ridge
T2 Trainspotting
Paterson
Split
Jackie
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Live By Night
Manchester By The Sea
La La Land
Silence
Assassin's Creed
A Monster Calls

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2016 Reviews

Summary
2016: The Year in Review

December
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (sixth-pass / D-Box / more nit-picky observations)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (fifth-pass / 3D / the Governor in the room)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (fourth-pass / IMAX / character-death discussion)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (third-pass / 2D / thoughts and observations)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (second-pass / 2D / faster, more intense)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (first-pass / 3D / first reactions)

Why Him?
Monster Trucks
Passengers
Lion
Moana
The Nightmare Before Christmas (3D)
Sully
Office Christmas Party

November
Elstree 1976 (second-pass)
Bleed For This
A United Kingdom
Allied
Doctor Strange (second-pass)
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
I, Daniel Blake
The Light Between Oceans
American Pastoral
Nocturnal Animals
A Street Cat Named Bob
Arrival

October
Inferno
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Doctor Strange (first-pass)
The Accountant
American Honey
Supersonic (Oasis)
War On Everyone
Free State Of Jones
The Girl On The Train
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

September
Deepwater Horizon
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Girl With All The Gifts
Kubo and the Two Strings (second-pass)
Don't Breathe
Kubo and the Two Strings
Ben-Hur
Hell Or High Water
Café Society
Morgan
Sausage Party

August
Gary Numan: Android In La La Land
Julieta
The Shallows
Mechanic: Resurrection
Nine Lives
War Dogs
Swallows And Amazons
The Purge: Election Year
David Brent: Life On The Road
Lights Out
Bad Moms
Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates
Pete's Dragon
Nerve
Suicide Squad

July
Finding Dory
Jason Bourne
Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Into Darkness (second-pass)
Star Trek (second-pass)
The BFG
Ghostbusters (2016 / second-pass)
Ghostbusters (2016)
The Legend of Tarzan
Now You See Me 2
Plastic Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Intermission: The half-year in review...

June
#FilmRush!
Ice Age: Collision Course
Central Intelligence
Elstree 1976
Tale of Tales (aka Il Racconto Dei Racconti)
Elvis & Nixon
Independence Day: Resurgence
Independence Day
Gods of Egypt
The Boss
Alice Through The Looking Glass
The Secret Life of Pets
The Conjuring 2

May
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Warcraft: The Beginning
All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
The Nice Guys
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Everybody Wants Some!!
Our Kind of Traitor
Robinson Crusoe (aka The Wild Life)
X-Men: Apocalypse (first-pass)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (third-pass)
X-Men: First Class (third-pass)
Me Before You
Captain America: Civil War (second-pass)
The Angry Birds Movie
Sing Street
Florence Foster Jenkins
Bad Neighbours 2

April
Captain America: Civil War (first-pass)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The First Avenger
Green Room
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Friend Request
Jane Got A Gun
Miles Ahead
Bastille Day
Eye in the Sky
Strange Magic
The Jungle Book (2016)
Hardcore Henry
Midnight Special
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (second-pass)
The Huntsman: Winter's War

March
#MarchMovieMadness!
Eddie The Eagle
Capture The Flag
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (spoiler-free)
Man of Steel (second-pass)
The Boy
Kung Fu Panda 3
The Witch (aka The VVitch)
Allegiant
Zootropolis (aka Zootopia)
High-Rise
Norm Of The North
10 Cloverfield Lane
Hail, Caesar!
London Has Fallen
Deadpool (third-pass)

February
The Forest
How To Be Single
Grimsby
Deadpool (second-pass)
Deadpool (first-pass)
Triple 9
Dad's Army
The Finest Hours
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Zoolander 2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (eleventh-pass / 2D / Starkiller Base discussion)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (tenth-pass / 2D / Stormtrooper QA discussion)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (ninth-pass / 2D / Extended-scene dialogue)

January
The Big Short
Youth
The 5th Wave
Spotlight
Goosebumps
Ride Along 2
The Revenant
Room
Creed
The Danish Girl
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (eighth-pass / D-Box 3D / First-Order observations)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (seventh-pass / IMAX 3D / the 'rehash' discussion)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (sixth-pass / 2D / Han Solo discussion)

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2015 Reviews

December
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (fifth-pass / 3D / observations in detail)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (fourth-pass / 3D Superscreen / speculation on Rey)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (third-pass / 2D / thematic discussion)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (second-pass / 2D / the questions asked)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (first-pass / 3D / first reactions)

2015 in Review: The Highs...
2015 in Review: The Lows...
2015 in Review: The Stats.
Joy
Daddy's Home
Sisters
In The Heart Of The Sea
Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie
Krampus
The Night Before
Christmas With The Coopers

November
Steve Jobs
The Dressmaker
Carol
The Good Dinosaur
Black Mass
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Bridge Of Spies
The Lady In The Van
Brooklyn
Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse
The Program
Kill Your Friends
Burnt
He Named Me Malala

October
James Bond: Spectre
Back To The Future Part II
Back To The Future
The Last Witch Hunter
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Suffragette
Pan
The Walk
The Importance Of Being Earnest (Theatre Broadcast)
Hotel Transylvania 2
Macbeth

September
The Intern
The Martian
Irrational Man
Solace
Mistress America
Sicario
Legend (second-pass)
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (second-pass)
The Maze Runner (second-pass)
Everest
Legend
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
The Transporter Refuelled
The Visit
Dope
American Ultra
The Wolfpack

August
No Escape
Hitman: Agent 47
Straight Outta Compton
The Bad Education Movie
Vacation
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
The Gift
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Love & Mercy
Trainwreck
Marshland / La Isla Minima
Fantastic Four
Ant-Man (third-pass)
Paper Towns

July
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Pixels
Southpaw
Maggie
The Legend Of Barney Thomson
13 Minutes / Elser
Inside Out
Eden
Ant-Man (second-pass)
The Gallows
Ant-Man (first-pass)
Ted 2
The Third Man
Terminator Genisys

June
Blade Runner
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Slow West
Knock Knock
Minions
The Terminator
Mr. Holmes
Jurassic World
Insidious Chapter 3

May
Spy
Man Up
Poltergeist (2015)
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond
San Andreas
Pitch Perfect 2
Avengers: Age Of Ultron (fourth-pass)
A Royal Night Out
Big Game
The Age Of Adaline
Mad Max: Fury Road
Man And Superman (National Theatre Live)
Spooks: The Greater Good
Far From The Madding Crowd
Unfriended

April
Avengers: Age Of Ultron (third-pass)
Avengers: Age Of Ultron (second-pass)
Avengers: Age Of Ultron (spoiler-free)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (fourth-pass)
Avengers Assemble (fifth-pass)
The Duff
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Salvation
Child 44
John Wick
Woman In Gold
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
The Water Diviner
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water
Fast & Furious 7
Fast & Furious 6 (second-pass)
Get Hard

March
Seventh Son
Cinderella
Insurgent
The Gunman
Home
Run All Night
Suite Française
It Follows
Still Alice
Kill The Messenger
Chappie
Unfinished Business

February
Project Almanac (spoilers / analysis)
Project Almanac (spoiler-free)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (second-pass)
Focus
Big Hero 6 (second-pass)
Selma
Shaun The Sheep Movie
Inherent Vice
Jupiter Ascending

January
A Most Violent Year
The Gambler
Mortdecai
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Ex Machina
The Mentor
Into The Woods
Wild
Foxcatcher
Taken 3
Big Hero 6
American Sniper
The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death
The Theory Of Everything

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2014 Reviews

December
Unbroken
Big Eyes
Birdman
Exodus: Gods And Kings
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
Elf
Dumb And Dumber To
The Polar Express
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (first-pass)
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (second-pass)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (third-pass)
Black Sea
Get Santa

November
Paddington
Horrible Bosses 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Mr Turner
The Imitation Game
Guardians Of The Galaxy (fourth-pass)
Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Interstellar
Nightcrawler (second-pass)
Ouija

October
Ghostbusters
Nightcrawler
The Book Of Life
Fury
'71
The Maze Runner
The Rewrite
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Annabelle
Effie Gray
Dracula Untold
Gone Girl

September
The Equalizer
Magic In The Moonlight
The Riot Club
Wish I Was Here
What We Did On Our Holiday
The Guest
Chef
A Walk Among The Tombstones
The Boxtrolls
A Most Wanted Man
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Before I Go To Sleep
Pride
The Congress
Sex Tape

August
Let's Be Cops
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Sin City
Lucy
Marvel Showcase
Hector And The Search For Happiness
The Rover
Guardians Of The Galaxy (third-pass)
The Expendables 3
Into The Storm
Planes 2: Fire and Rescue
Grace Of Monaco
The Inbetweeners 2
What If
The Nut Job

July
Guardians Of The Galaxy (second-pass)
Hercules
The Purge: Anarchy
All This Mayhem
Earth To Echo
Guardians Of The Galaxy (first-pass)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Boyhood
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared
Begin Again
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Transformers: Age Of Extinction
X-Men: Days Of Future Past (second-pass)

June
Walking On Sunshine
Oculus
3 Days To Kill
Jersey Boys
Belle
The Fault In Our Stars
Maleficent
22 Jump Street
Edge Of Tomorrow

May
A Million Ways To Die In The West
Blended
Driving Miss Daisy - The Play
Hummingbird
X-Men: Days Of Future Past (first-pass)
The Two Faces Of January
Pulp Fiction
Tracks
Blue Ruin
Locke
Godzilla
Bad Neighbours
Plastic

April
Pompeii
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (third-pass)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (second-pass)
The Other Woman
Transcendence
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Spoiler-Free)
The Double
Calvary
The Raid 2 - Berandal
The Grand Budapest Hotel (second-pass)
The Quiet Ones
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (second-pass)
Noah
Divergent

March
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Spoiler-Free)
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Zero Theorem
Starred Up
Under The Skin
Muppets Most Wanted
Need For Speed
300: Rise of an Empire
Escape From Planet Earth
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Book Thief
Ride Along

February
Non-Stop
The Lego Movie
Cuban Fury
The Monuments Men
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Robocop (2014)
Noël Coward's Private Lives
Lone Survivor
Dallas Buyers Club

January
I, Frankenstein
Inside Llewyn Davis (second-pass)
12 Years A Slave (second-pass)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Inside Llewyn Davis
Philomena
The Wolf Of Wall Street
The Railway Man
12 Years A Slave
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
American Hustle

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2013 Reviews

December
47 Ronin
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Thor: The Dark World (third-pass)
Frozen
Saving Mr. Banks (second-pass)

November
Carrie (2013)
Free Birds
The Butler
Parkland
Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor (Guest Post)
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (2013)
Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Danny Boyle's Frankenstein (JLM as the Creature)
Stand Up Guys
Dom Hemingway
The Counselor
Saving Mr. Banks
Gravity
Thor: The Dark World (second-pass)

October
Danny Boyle's Frankenstein (BC as the Creature)
Thor: The Dark World
Thor (third-pass)
Small Apartments
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Ender's Game
Escape Plan
Turbo
Sunshine on Leith
Machete Kills
The Fifth Estate
Filth
How I Live Now
Captain Phillips

September
R.I.P.D.
Blue Jasmine
The Call
Runner Runner
Saturday Night Fever
Prisoners
About Time (second-pass)
Def Leppard - Viva! Hysteria
Bullet To The Head
Rush (second-pass)
Mr. Nobody
Only God Forgives
White House Down
Insidious Chapter 2
Insidious (second-pass)
Riddick
Rush
Get Lucky
The Way, Way Back

August
Pain & Gain
The Awakening
Dogtooth
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Would You Rather
We're The Millers
Elysium
About Time
Planes
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Kick-Ass 2
David Bowie Is Happening Now
2 Guns
The Lone Ranger
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
The World's End (third-pass)
Red 2
The Conjuring
The Wolverine (second-pass)

July
The Guilt Trip
The Wolverine
Monsters University (second-pass)
The Heat
The World's End (second-pass)
The Frozen Ground
The World's End
Hot Fuzz
Shaun Of The Dead
Monsters University
Pacific Rim
Stoker
The Last Stand

June
A Band Called Death
Warm Bodies
This Is The End
The Internship
Despicable Me 2
World War Z (spoilers)
Man Of Steel 3D (spoiler-free)
Now You See Me (spoiler-free)
Behind The Candelabra
The Purge
Sightseers
After Earth

May
Iron Man 3 (fifth-pass)
Trainspotting
The Liability
Safe
The Hangover Part III
The Big Wedding
Epic
Fast & Furious 6
The Great Gatsby (2013) (3D)
Star Trek Into Darkness (spoiler-free)
Iron Man 3 (fourth-pass)
The Place Beyond The Pines
21 and Over

April
I'm So Excited! / Los Amantes Pasajeros
Evil Dead (1981)
Iron Man 3 (third-pass)
Iron Man 3 (second-pass)
Iron Man 3 (first-pass)
Evil Dead (2013)
Olympus Has Fallen
Scary Movie 5
War of the Worlds: The New Generation - Alive on Stage
Oblivion
Dark Skies

March
...March Movie Madness!
In The House / Dans La Maison
The Host
Jack the Giant Slayer
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (3D)
Oz: The Great and Powerful
Trance
Wreck-It Ralph (second-pass)
The Croods (3D)
Identity Thief
Welcome To The Punch
Side Effects
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Broken City

February
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Arbitrage
...February Film Frenzy!
This is 40
A Good Day To Die Hard
Django Unchained (second-pass)
I Give It A Year
Hitchcock
Flight
Lincoln

January
The Impossible
Monsters Inc (3D)
Zero Dark Thirty
Wreck-It Ralph
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (second-pass)
Django Unchained
Gangster Squad (second-pass)
Gangster Squad
Quartet

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2012 Reviews

December
A Century of Cinema (a retrospective)
Parental Guidance
Home Alone
Jack Reacher
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Great Expectations
Life of Pi
Rust and Bone
Rise of the Guardians

November
Silver Linings Playbook
Gambit
Twilight Breaking Dawn (Pt 2)
Silent Hill: Revelation
Frankenweenie
Argo
James Bond: Skyfall

October
Looper (second-pass)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (second-pass)
Hotel Transylvania
Ruby Sparks
Taken 2
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

September
Resident Evil: Retribution
The Campaign
Looper
Killing Them Softly
The House at the End of the Street
Paranorman
The Sweeney
Lawless
Dredd 3D
National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
The Watch

August
The Possession
Total Recall (the long review)
Total Recall (the short review)
Keith Lemon: The Film
Brave
The Wedding Video
The Expendables 2
The Dark Knight Rises (third-pass)
The Bourne Legacy
The Lost Boys
The Dark Knight Rises (second-pass)

July
Ted
The Lorax
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
The Amazing Spider-Man (second-pass)
Katy Perry: Part of Me
The Amazing Spider-Man

June
Rock of Ages
National Theatre Live: Danny Boyle's Frankenstein
The Five Year Engagement
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Prometheus (third-pass)
Avengers Assemble (fourth-pass)
Snow White and the Huntsman
Prometheus (second-pass)
Prometheus

May
Men in Black 3
The Raid - Redemption (second-pass)
The Raid - Redemption
The Dictator
Dark Shadows
American Pie Reunion
Avengers Assemble (third-pass)

April
Avengers Assemble (second-pass)
Avengers Assemble
Lockout
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
The Cabin in the Woods
Battleship
The Cold Light of Day

March
Wrath of the Titans
The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists
The Hunger Games
John Carter (second-pass)
Contraband
21 Jump Street
John Carter
This Means War
Wanderlust

February
Safe House
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D (fifth-pass)
The Artist
The Woman in Black
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D (fourth-pass)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D (third-pass)
The Muppets
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D (second-pass)
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D
Man on a Ledge
Chronicle

January
The Grey
Haywire
War Horse
The Darkest Hour
The Iron Lady
Goon (review #2)
Goon (review #1)

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2011 Reviews

December
I've Seen Things You Wouldn't Believe (a retrospective)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Puss in Boots
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas
The Thing (2011)

November
My Week With Marilyn
Twilight Breaking Dawn (Pt 1)
The Ides of March
Ghostbusters
Immortals
The Help
Tower Heist
In Time
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

October
The Adventures of Tin-Tin
Contagion
Johnny English Reborn
Real Steel
The Lion King 3D
The Three Musketeers
What's Your Number?
Abduction
Dino Season! (Jurassic Park anthology)

September
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Change-Up
Friends With Benefits
Jane Eyre
Xeno Season! (Alien/Predator anthology)
Apollo 18
Fright Night (2011)

August
Final Destination 5
Conan the Barbarian
The Inbetweeners Movie
Cowboys & Aliens
Captain America (fourth-pass)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Captain America (third-pass)
Super 8
Captain America (second-pass)

July
Captain America
Horrible Bosses
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (second-pass)
Kung-Fu Panda 2
Umbrella Season! (Resident Evil anthology)

June
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Bridesmaids
Green Lantern
Bad Teacher
X-Men First Class (second-pass)
X-Men First Class

May
Mutant Season! (X-Men anthology)
Thor (second-pass)
The Hangover Part II
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Insidious
Attack the Block
Water For Elephants
Thor
Fast & Furious 5
Athur (2011)

April
Scre4m
Your Highness
Red Riding Hood
Tarantriguez Season! (Quentin/Robert anthology)
Sucker Punch
Source Code

March
Limitless
The Lincoln Lawyer
Machete
Hall Pass
Battle: Los Angeles
Unknown
I Am Number Four
The Adjustment Bureau
Drive Angry 3D

February
Paul
True Grit
The Mechanic

January
Hereafter
Black Swan
127 Hours
The Green Hornet
The King's Speech
Gulliver's Travels
Tron: Legacy
The Next Three Days

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2010 Reviews

All These Things That I Have Seen (a retrospective)
Seven Days, Seven Movies Part II
Seven Days, Seven Movies Part I
The Last Airbender
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

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2009 Reviews

Star Wars Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Star Wars Ewoks: Caravan of Courage
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: The Holiday Special
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Croupier
The Departed
30 Days of Night
Love Actually
The Hunting Party
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Diary of the Dead
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Watchmen
Two Tickets To Paradise
Capote
Role Models
Gran Torino
Get Smart

The Time Traveler's Wife
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

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The Peggy Mount Calamity Crossover
The Spaceman and King Arthur (+podcast version)
Popeye (+podcast version)
Condorman (+podcast version)
The Boys In Blue (+podcast version)
The Return Of Captain Invincible (+podcast version)

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Crap Sequels!
Cannonball Run II
The Crow: City of Angels
Shock Treatment
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Blues Brothers 2000
Teen Wolf Too
Green Street Hooligans 2: Stand Your Ground
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Highlander II: The Quickening
Son Of The Mask
Dumb And Dumberer
Grease 2

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Adaptation...
From Pages to Popcorn...
i. Minority Report
ii. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
iii. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

From Pencils to Popcorn...
iv. Watchmen
v. V for Vendetta
vi. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

From Programmes to Popcorn...
vii. The Avengers
viii. The Dukes Of Hazzard
ix. Edge of Darkness

From Pixels to Popcorn...
x. Super Mario Bros.
xi. Street Fighter II
xii. Doom

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I can't Believe I Haven't Seen...
[1970] M*A*S*H
[1971] The French Connection
[1972] Deliverance
[1973] Soylent Green
[1974] The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
[1975] Dog Day Afternoon
[1976] Logan's Run
[1977] Annie Hall
[1978] Animal House
[1979] Apocalypse Now

[1980] The Long Good Friday
[1981] Time Bandits
[1982] The King Of Comedy
[1983] Videodrome
[1984] Nineteen Eighty-Four
[1985] The Goonies
[1986] Stand By Me
[1987] Raising Arizona
[1988] Rain Man
[1989] Dead Poets Society

[1990] Edward Scissorhands
[1991] The Fisher King
[1992] Malcolm X
[1993] Schindler's List
[1994] Ed Wood
[1995] Heat
[1996] Fargo
[1997] L.A. Confidential
[1998] The Big Lebowski
[1999] Being John Malkovich

[2000] Memento
[2001] Training Day
[2002] The Pianist
[2003] Oldboy
[2004] Sideways
[2005] Walk The Line
[2006] Pan's Labyrinth
[2007] Eastern Promises
[2008] The Wrestler
[2009] 500 Days Of Summer

[2010] Rubber
[2011] The Skin I Live In / La Piel Que Habito
[2012] Holy Motors
[2013] A Field In England
[2014] Maps To The Stars

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