Watched School of Rock (2003) by an author from letterboxd.com
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey risks everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.

Drew a few laughs but altogether too much Jack Black being Jack Black for me

★★★

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Watched The Stuff (1985) by an author from letterboxd.com
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!

Excellent miniatures work and that ad campaign and branding is just 🔥

Shame about, well, basically everything else 😁

★★

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Watched Margin Call (2011) by an author from letterboxd.com
Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.

Not a BIG fan of the main female character being called a c*nt before we even meet her… but otherwise

★★★★

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Watched Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by an author from letterboxd.com
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

Watched on Wednesday August 5, 2026.

★★★★★

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Watched Lake Placid (1999) by an author from letterboxd.com
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

Sadly not quite as great as I remember. Certainly a lot less deaths! Bridget Fonda is great, though.

★★★

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Watched Prospect (2018) by an author from letterboxd.com
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

Excellent sci-fi. Studios spending 50x as much and making worse movies.

★★★★

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Watched Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) by an author from letterboxd.com
Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

“There’s a lot of cool details but not much going on.” Pretty astute assessment… amazing stunt work, though.

★★★

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Watched Escape from New York (1981) by an author from letterboxd.com
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

Pretty much the blueprint for modern urban dystopias, innit?

★★★½

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Watched Constantine (2005) by an author from letterboxd.com
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

Watched on Wednesday July 29, 2026.

★★★★

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Watched Anaconda (2025) by an author from letterboxd.com
A group of friends facing mid-life crises head to the rainforest with the intention of remaking their favorite movie from their youth, only to find themselves in a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes and violent criminals.

Some stand out moments but generally doing very little with what’s available…

★★

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