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Doom

jasonbstandingMonday 1st March, 2021Wednesday 12th January, 202201 mins

105 minutes of first-person-shooter-game-based bollocks. We made it through about the first 18. Am only noting it here in case future me wonders whether I’ve seen this and searches the blog… just so the mistake’s not repeated. 👎 👎

World War Z

jasonbstandingThursday 25th February, 2021Tuesday 11th January, 202201 mins

Revisit of a favourite from a few years back – sometimes you just need a stupid relentless onslaught of a zombie film that ISN’T comedy-oriented, and this is perfect. I don’t think my earlier assessment has changed at all. 👍👍

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

jasonbstandingMonday 22nd February, 2021Tuesday 23rd February, 202102 mins

Most people, having just finished 3 Muppet documentaries, would be unlikely to immediately start another… I’ll put my hand up and admit to only having watched the first 20 minutes of this – but after seeing the frigging Pigs/Vikings/In The Navy sequence for the 4th time in the same night I was feeling somewhat tested. …

I Love Muppets

jasonbstandingMonday 22nd February, 2021Tuesday 23rd February, 202101 mins

Most people, having just finished 2 Muppet documentaries, would be unlikely to immediately start another… and this is why I’m on my 4th coffee today. 2002 saw the 25th anniversary of the screening of The Muppet Show – and what way to celebrate than with another retrospective! As well as the usual “What happened was”…

The World of Jim Henson

jasonbstandingMonday 22nd February, 2021Tuesday 23rd February, 202101 mins

Most people, having just finished a Muppet documentary, would be unlikely to immediately start another – but you know how this works by now. This one, produced after Henson’s death, was a bit more fo a general retrospective – focussing primarily on Muppets but touching proportionately on pre-Muppets, on the films, and the myriad other…

Of Muppets & Men: The Making of the Muppet Show

jasonbstandingMonday 22nd February, 2021Tuesday 11th January, 202201 mins

I’m a bit obsessed with The Muppets, and with Jim Henson. The eclectic, supportive, familial slightly innocent good-natured chaos reminds me a lot of the crowd I used to hang out with growing up, and Henson’s inventive, unique take on the world (coupled with his incredible synergy with the ultra-genius of Frank Oz) makes it…

The Night Before

jasonbstandingWednesday 17th February, 2021Thursday 18th March, 202101 mins

Utterly ridiculous Christmas film where 3 dickheads action a pact and try to find the most amazing party of the year, parallelled by an “A Christmas Carol”-style subplot, and – surprise, surprise – Seth Rogen getting absolutely off his tits on a variety of drugs. I’ll be honest and say that this yuletide tale didn’t…

Tag

jasonbstandingSaturday 13th February, 2021Thursday 18th March, 202101 mins

Based on a true story, about a group of lads who started playing a game of tag as young’uns, and for one month a year continued it into their later years. I suspect the actual game/true story was a lot more fun than this film – but it was fine.

The Accountant

jasonbstandingSunday 7th February, 2021Monday 8th February, 202101 mins

Affleck pushing the boundaries of common-sense, again. This summary tells you what you need to know:”As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise”. Yes siree, with Affleck as the titular one-man-wrecking-and-adding-machine, and supported by the renowned emotional…

Greenland

jasonbstandingFriday 5th February, 2021Thursday 18th March, 202101 mins

Gerard Butler seems like a low-rent Russell Crowe in this environmental-thriller where the planet’s fucked and they’ve got to get a select group of citizens out to safety. By the numbers, but reasonably well-executed.