Watched Watchmen (2009) by an author from letterboxd.com
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.

As a “comic book” adaptation, I reckon it’s pretty successful. Comics are a visual medium and visually this is top tier. Aside from that, and Jackie Earle Haley’s performance as Rorschach, nothing else really stands out. Malin Ackerman is a bit wooden and, while I get what he is going for, Matthew Goode doesn’t quite pull it off.

Despite the length it still jumps around a lot to get to the good stuff, so I guess that could be better edited? I’ve not read it for a while but I remember it covers the source material pretty thoroughly. And it’s in that source material where I think most of the movie’s problems lie: I’m not sure it’s ageing well.

We have no need of paranoia when shameless self-interest is just playing out right in front of us every day. I feel like many of us are now living in an age of bewilderment, asking ourselves “Is this really happening?” The grand plan almost seems a little naïve by today’s standards: nothing would surprise us any more.

★★★

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Watched Together (2025) by an author from letterboxd.com
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.

Glad I didn’t let my general dislike of the Francos put me off this. His casting alongside Brie absolutely makes this movie.

The change in tone towards the end might bother some but I really liked it. Ultimately strikes a great balance of fun and some really creepy shit. Loved the folk horror angle too!

★★★★

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Watched Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) by an author from letterboxd.com
Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

Be easier to like if its predecessors hadn’t been so excellent. Entirely generic except with apes.

★★★

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Watched Kong: Skull Island (2017) by an author from letterboxd.com
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

Damn this is a good looking movie. Other than that, it is what it is and it does it pretty well. However, I’m not sure what Brie Larson’s character (does she even have a name?) brings to this other than some Ann Darrow parallel, which is barely more than hinted at. Still, she does better out of it than Jing Tian…

★★★½

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Watched Censor (2021) by an author from letterboxd.com
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.

This review may contain spoilers.

Bit disappointed we never found out what happened to Nina. However, that does leave guilt and grief as the explanation and, as the outcome emphasises the depth of those feelings, it becomes more unsettling than some “sinful” motivation. Even with the significant time lapse, it still feels credible, which is some accomplishment.

★★★½ (contains spoilers)

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Watched Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) by an author from letterboxd.com
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

Watched on Saturday January 24, 2026.

★★★

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Watched Watch the Skies (2022) by an author from letterboxd.com
When a foster home placed teenage rebel suspects that her father is not dead but kidnapped by UFOs, she takes help from a UFO association to find out the truth. Together, they embark on a risky adventure that takes them far beyond the laws borders and into a world filled with UFO expeditions, conspiracies and inexplicable phenomena.

If this was in 6 parts, it could have been a TV show I watched as a kid and I’d have loved it 😊

★★★½

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Watched Divergent (2014) by an author from letterboxd.com
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

Not my choice for family pizza ‘n’ film night…

It was just about bearable. Unusually, I don’t think there was much wrong with the flim. I’d even go so far to say that the lead was good and Courtney and Teller made genuinely hissable villains.

But the souce material is pretty lame. It’s all very laboured and predictable.

★★½

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Watched Cloverfield (2008) by an author from letterboxd.com
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

Watched on Friday January 23, 2026.

★★★★

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Watched Brokeback Mountain (2005) by an author from letterboxd.com
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

I cried so much at the end of this movie that we stayed so long the cleaners came in. Absolutely heartbroken, I was.

I could never watch it again.

★★★★★

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