Watched Vertical Limit (2000) by an author from letterboxd.com
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.

The story may be absolute nonsense but a) it’s a lot of fun, b) there is genuine tension and c) the views are amazing.

★★★

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Watched Black Panther (2018) by an author from letterboxd.com
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

Working through the Infinity Saga with the children (9/11), instantly became the eldest’s favourite. He watched it again the next day. He hasn’t wanted to immediately rewatch any of the MCU up until now.

★★★★

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Watched 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) by an author from letterboxd.com
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.

Watched on Monday January 15, 2024.

★★★★

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Watched Edge of Tomorrow (2014) by an author from letterboxd.com
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

Maybe there is a limit to how many times you can watch this and enjoy it at its best.

If there is, this was one time too many for me.

★★★★

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Watched Friday the 13th Part III (1982) by an author from letterboxd.com
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn.

While slashers, especially of this era, are not FAMED for their character development they do actually have characters. I’m surprised many of the “kids” in this even have names. They could just as easily be credited as Stoner , Stoner , Annoying kid. I feel like the only two people we get to know anything about are the couple that own the store.

There were two stand outs for me, though:

1) The death, and body reveal, of the guy that walks on his hands is definitely in my top 10 favourite horror deaths

2) Once the final girl earns that title she is absolutely ace (though possibly I might have gone for the decapitation “just to make sure”)

★★

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Watched Dead Heat (1988) by an author from letterboxd.com
Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has 12 hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.

I think it was worth the ninety minutes but only just.

★★★

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Watched The Railway Children (1970) by an author from letterboxd.com
After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

A sad reminder that knowing the right people is the key to success…

★★★

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Watched Cujo (1983) by an author from letterboxd.com
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

I did not expect this to be as good as it was to be honest. I’ve not read the book, but having read some King, I imagine that the overall tone of domestic melodrama, sprinkled with extreme trauma, is pretty much bang on.

I know one thing for sure: viewers with a child are watching a different movie to those without a child.

Can’t forgive the Mum for breaking so many horror movie rules, though. Elementary errors all round!

Oh, and I forgot to mention the uncredited four-legged star(s)! They are fantastic and I felt so sorry for them in all that awful make-up!

★★★½

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Watched Nope (2022) by an author from letterboxd.com
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

You make a film like Get Out, people are always going to come into your films with a certain expectation.

You make an excellent homage to a classic b-movie and people give you the “iffy” wobbly-hand of doom….

★★★★

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