Watched Alita: Battle Angel (2019) from letterboxd.com
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

I liked it a bit more on second watch. The visual effects are way better than I remember. I dunno if I just took against those big eyes.

I think another factor is that now I have seen Rotoscoped Rosa Salazar (in Undone) I can see her performance in Alita, and somehow that elevates it for me. Like you can see the Andy Serkis in Gollum (right?) You appreciate what the actor is doing under the CGI that bit more.

The script clangs a bit in places and I can, in no way buy Waltz and that massive hammer.

I kind of would have liked to see the second part now. Shame.

★★★½

Watched The Ritual (2017) from letterboxd.com
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

Starts out pretty darn unsettling but sorely needed some shocks in the finale. It sort of wanders into more familiar territory and it loses something.

★★★½

Watched Revenge (2017) from letterboxd.com
Jen's romantic getaway with her wealthy (married) boyfriend is disrupted when his friends arrive for an impromptu hunting trip. Tension mounts at the house until the situation culminates in an unexpected way.

There are films that you can describe as “dumb fun”. This has all the dumb and none of the fun. It looks pretty decent in places, which is something. But my strongest reaction was definitely concern for the upholstery.

★

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The search function on the CQC website is absolutely terrible. I have no idea what is going on in the background.

This page (https://www.cqc.org.uk/search/site/press-releases) shows 4207 results. The most recent (at time of writing) shown is 7 April 2022. However, if you filter by Region to “South East” the most recent becomes 13 April 2022.

Wut?

Then, head back to the main list again and download the data using the link at the bottom. Gives me 4212 results. That’s five more than shown on the site.

If you do any sort of search it is so fuzzy the results are meaningless. I assume it then sorts by “best match” (but so fuzzy…) and you can’t then sort by anything else.

Just terrible.

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The horror of having to review your whole training session so you can add timestamps to the video…

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Watched District 9 (2009) from letterboxd.com
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

I listened to a discussion about this today and it was pointed out that this hasn’t been redone to death. And it kind of makes me sad that some amazing films age badly just because there are inferior attempts to “do it” again.

There are so many great things about this film. You do have to wonder just how hands your man PJ was with this, cos certainly NB hasn’t even come close since…