| The Bikeriders | 4.5 | Pretty good. Butlers not really bringing much to this beyond the aesthetic but Hardy and Jodie Comer where great. |
| Snack Shack | 4.5 | That’s good stuff. Hits perfectly. |
| Monkey Man | 4 | Great movie. |
| A Complete Unknown | 4 | Pretty good. Seemed factual and they didn’t try to span too long of a time period. |
| Conclave | 4 | Lovely stuff. |
| Heretic | 4 | “The walls and ceiling have metal in them” |
| The Fantastic 4: First Steps | 4 | Likes the retro futuristic aesthetic. And a genuinely good story, all round a good movie. Probably the best Marvel film. |
| Death of a Unicorn | 4 | Nailed it. |
| The Roses | 4 | Very good, but Kate Mcinnons character was a little too much. |
| Coup! | 3.5 | Pretty good |
| My Cousin Vinny | 3.5 | Fun. |
| Lee | 3.5 | . |
| Escape from Pretoria | 3.5 | Pretty good. |
| Mickey 17 | 3.5 | Pretty good. |
| F1 | 3.5 | It’s a 2:30 advert for F1 and has more product placement than I’ve ever seen in a movie. But it’s a fun easy watch, story is very predictable but the race scenes look great. |
| Better Man | 3.5 | As bio pics go it was pretty unique. A little self serving and likely pretty one sided at times but enjoyable. |
| Thunderbolts* | 3.5 | It’s a bit like a really high budget pilot for a TV series. But in comparison to the majority of the Marvel movies in recent history it was great. |
| Eenie Meanie | 3.5 | Better than I expected. |
| Sing Street | 3.5 | Good. |
| Superman | 3.5 | Entertaining. |
| The Holdovers | 3 | Nice. |
| Turtles All the Way Down | 3 | A little muddled at times on what it’s actually about. Not sure the rich kid bit works. And she’s supposed to have this turning point after the accident but doesn’t seem to be concerned about her friend who was also in the accident that she caused. |
| Blink Twice | 3 | Not bad. |
| The Gorge | 3 | Could have ended better. But not bad. |
| A Real Pain | 3 | I liked the scoring. I’m always torn with Kieran Culkin if he’s a good action or just playing himself all the time. |
| Deep Cover | 3 | Not bad, amusing. They should make British comedies like this more often. Nick Mohammed nails his standard role and Orlando Bloom is a great comic actor. |
| The Amateur | 3 | Not bad. |
| Summer of 69 | 3 | Odd, had its moments. |
| The Thursday Murder Club | 3 | Enjoyable. |
| Eden | 3 | Pretty wild. |
| John Candy: I Like Me | 3 | Not a great doc but you enjoy the nostalgia and the films of his you loved. |
| The Apprentice | 3 | Not bad. |
| Jay Kelly | 3 | A little odd. |
| The Crow | 2.5 | “The plot of the film requires the protagonist to be dead and yet they take 40 minutes to get to that point. And in that 40 minutes the focus is on cementing why he would be so annoyed they killed Shelly. They could go there quicker with a lot more exposition than they did which was basically nothing. However, after that point it does become an enjoyable movie.” |
| Hit Man | 2.5 | Not awful. |
| Small Things Like These | 2.5 | “I wanted to like this. I thought it would focus more on the Magdalene laundries and how it was this massive abuse of power by religious leaders on vulnerable women all because of some messed up societal views and ultimately religion trying to impose control over the population. But it mostly focused on a very depressed man struggling with the death of his mother and conflicted with what was happening in the laundry albeit as a secondary concern. It had nuance and for that I can see why it’s critically acclaimed but it’s just not the story it could have been.” |
| The Lost Bus | 2.5 | Not bad. |
| Highest 2 Lowest | 2.5 | Some interesting acting. Kept trying to see the deeper meaning but ultimately it was pretty surface level. |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower | 2.5 | Could have been better with some different cast choices. |
| Dream Scenario | 2.5 | Odd. |
| Nonnas | 2.5 | Chef meets the bear. |
| Carry-On | 2 | Watchable. |
| Anyone But You | 2 | Sanguine. |
| Crash | 2 | Bizarre. |
| Fight or Flight | 2 | Bit annoying. |
| The Electric State | 2 | Meh. |
| Captain America: Brave New World | 2 | Meh, I didn’t expect much and still disappointed. |
| Happy Gilmore 2 | 2 | Swing and a miss. Had some moments but the cameos got excessive and all the in-jokes. |
| The Accountant² | 2 | Watchable. |
| Frankenstein | 2 | Meh. |
| Jingle Bell Heist | 2 | It was the appropriate length for a film. |
| Larry Crowne | 2 | No shade on Hanks but this was just bland. |
| Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | 2 | Sickly sweet. |
| A Quiet Place: Day One | 1.5 | Boring. Not anywhere near as good as the main films. |
| George of the Jungle | 1.5 | Not as bad as I was expecting. |
| Fountain of Youth | 1.5 | Basic tropes, boring and unoriginal. |
| Army of One | 1 | Odd. |
| Mufasa: The Lion King | 1 | Awful. |
| Bad Boys: Ride or Die | 0.5 | Truly awful. Why was Marcus so weirdly subservient? And the overly dramatic near-death sequence was really tacky. There should never have been any sequels let alone three. And seeing Mike marry someone 20 years younger just looks creepy now. |
| You’re Cordially Invited | 0.5 | Irritating. Had to switch it off a few times and nearly abandoned it altogether. |
| Gunner | 0.5 | So bad it’s funny. All the budget must have gone on having Morgan Freeman for about 10 minutes. The effects look like a cheap 90s movie, the music is just wrong it’s like they just play a random bit of music that has no connection to the scene and for some reason they added subtitles just for the guy with a Chinese accent who you can clearly understand. |
| War of the Worlds | 0.5 | Cloverfield meets missing but awful. Also how is Amazon making a film about not collecting masses of data! |
| Flight Risk | 0.5 | Awful. |
The Films of Phill 
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