This film was basically the same concept as The Hitman’s Bodyguard: that is to say, take a couple of fun-to-watch actors, then loosely give them a plot to hang from as they fanny about being over the top & ridiculous
No Time to Die
And then they went to a glamorous place, to find someone. Then there was loads of shooting, and they found the name of someone else, so they went to another glamorous place to find them. And then there was loads
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Bond For Workgroups 7.0 or something, right? I didn’t remember exactly what the last of the M:I franchise I saw was although I do recall wondering when they dropped from quasi-decent action/thrillers into complete farce. Seems that with this instalment
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
It’s the third… aaaaah, OK then. You can go into tedious detail about Jackson taking licence with Tolkien’s magnum opus, but there’s no denying that this trilogy is a masterpiece of ambition and scale, and that there’d never been anything
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
It’s the second bit of Lord of the Rings… what do you want me to say? 👍
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Heheh, NOW we’re talking. Basically this film’s just an excuse to team Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek, and Samuel L. Jackson up again – does it really MATTER what it’s about? With Michael Bryce (Reynolds) having lost his AAA rating he’s
Run Hide Fight
No idea how we stumbled on this one – must’ve been streaming-service promotion? Active shooter situation in a US high school, centred around a plucky underdog heroine. It’s interesting that the “school siege” scenario’s now such a commonplace notion that
The Interview
I think I watched this after Liz went to bed, because I was curious about what had prompted the ire of the North Korean Government and a globally-famous computer hack. I mean, if it HADn’t been for that bit of
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
I don’t THINK I watched these back-to-back, but maybe I did? Hmm. I finished this in awe of Uma Thurman, and of the character of The Bride. The training sequences under Pai Mei were pretty annoying to watch, and I
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Rewatch of an “old classic” partially for the sense of comfort, but also to see how affected Tarantino’s work is through the lens of present context (mistreatment of various people, dangerous stunt situations on other films, etc. – y’know… this