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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Watched The Mummy (1999) by an author from letterboxd.com
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

They just don’t make ‘em like this any more! Great fun, lavish production and a few laughs.

★★★★

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Watched From Beyond (1986) by an author from letterboxd.com
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.

Pretty bonkers with a large helping of very “moist” visual effects. Hard to dislike, if you like that sort of thing!

★★★

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Watched Your Name. (2016) by an author from letterboxd.com
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

It’s been a long time since I so desperately wanted a happy ending but wasn’t sure I was going to get it. Superbly done.

★★★★

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