Dune: Part Two

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Cast
Timothée Chalamet
Zendaya
Rebecca Ferguson
Austin Butler
Javier Bardem
Josh Brolin
Florence Pugh
Stellan Skarsgard
Christopher Walken
Screenwriters
Denis Villeneuve
Jon Spaihts
Director
Denis Villeneuve
Running Time
167 Minutes

Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. [Metacritic]

Visually it’s fantastic but it races through story beats so fast the characters aren’t allowed time to feel real.

All Of Us Strangers

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Cast
Andrew Scott
Paul Mescal
Claire Foy
Jamie Bell
Screenwriter
Andrew Haigh
Director
Andrew Haigh
Running Time
106 Minutes

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before. [Metacritic]

It’s a film that only makes sense once you see the final scene, which can work like The Usual Suspects for example but here I wish the film maker had chosen to reveal this earlier because I think I would have appreciated it much more.

The Boy and the Heron

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Cast
Soma Santoki
Masaki Suda
Kô Shibasaki
Aimyon
Yoshino Kimura
Takuya Kimura
Screenwriters
Hayao Miyazaki
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Running Time
124 Minutes

A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. [Metacritic]

Good

December Films

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I decided to watch more films this year and challenged myself to watch one every day.

  1. Good Thanks, You? ⭐⭐⭐
  2. The Ladies Man⭐⭐
  3. Clue⭐⭐
  4. Atlantics⭐⭐
  5. All The Crows In The World⭐⭐⭐⭐
  6. Monsters⭐⭐⭐
  7. The Factory⭐⭐⭐
  8. Motion Picture (Employees Leaving The Lumiere Factory) 1984⭐
  9. Manufraktur⭐⭐
  10. Glass Life ⭐⭐⭐
  11. Becoming Male In The Middle Ages⭐⭐
  12. From The Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services NO.1⭐⭐
  13. Transformers: Rise of The Breasts⭐⭐⭐
  14. Besieged Bread⭐⭐
  15. Two Ships⭐⭐⭐
  16. Shakti⭐⭐
  17. The After⭐⭐⭐
  18. Mowes (Lass)⭐⭐⭐
  19. Breakdown⭐⭐⭐
  20. 48 HRS.⭐⭐⭐
  21. Zoolander⭐⭐⭐
  22. Kestav (Contact)⭐⭐⭐
  23. An Tarow (The Bull)⭐⭐
  24. Yn Mor (At Sea)⭐⭐⭐
  25. Man Eater⭐⭐
  26. Where it Ends⭐⭐
  27. Birdsong⭐⭐⭐
  28. In Bed with Victoria⭐⭐⭐
  29. Uncle Yanco⭐⭐⭐
  30. Aguirre, Wrath of God⭐⭐⭐
  31. Blush⭐⭐⭐

November Films

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I decided to watch more films this year and challenged myself to watch one every day.

  1. Figaro and Frankie⭐⭐⭐
  2. Mr Mouse Takes A Trip⭐⭐⭐
  3. Simple Things⭐⭐
  4. Mickey and the Seal⭐⭐
  5. Lonesome Ghosts⭐⭐
  6. Trailer Horn⭐⭐⭐
  7. Captain Sparky vs The Flying Saucers⭐⭐
  8. Toby Tortoise Returns⭐⭐
  9. Disobedience⭐⭐⭐
  10. Winter Storage⭐⭐
  11. Early to Bed⭐⭐
  12. Grand Canyonscope⭐⭐
  13. Copycat⭐⭐⭐
  14. Passages⭐⭐
  15. Goofy & Wilbur⭐⭐⭐
  16. Old MacDonald Duck⭐⭐
  17. Mickey’s Trailer⭐⭐⭐
  18. The Greatest Showman⭐⭐
  19. Strange Way of Life⭐⭐⭐
  20. Yuki’s Sun⭐⭐
  21. The Cowboy and The Frenchman⭐⭐⭐
  22. Signal 8⭐⭐
  23. Green Vinyl ⭐⭐⭐⭐
  24. The Chambermaid Lynn⭐⭐⭐
  25. [SIC]⭐⭐⭐
  26. Women Reply: Our Bodies, Our Sex⭐⭐
  27. Nacho Libre⭐⭐⭐
  28. Jill, Uncredited⭐⭐⭐
  29. If Anything Happens I love You ⭐⭐
  30. Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Saving Thieves⭐⭐⭐⭐

October Films

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I decided to watch more films this year and challenged myself to watch one every day.

  1. The Swan⭐⭐⭐
  2. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar ⭐⭐⭐
  3. I Kill Giants⭐⭐⭐
  4. Poison⭐⭐
  5. The Rat Catcher ⭐⭐⭐
  6. The Rocketeer⭐⭐⭐
  7. Anima⭐⭐⭐
  8. What did Jack do? ⭐⭐
  9. Sitara Let Girls Dream⭐⭐
  10. The Shadow(2019)⭐⭐
  11. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Thor’s Hammer⭐⭐⭐
  12. The Consultant⭐⭐
  13. Item 47⭐⭐⭐
  14. Team Thor⭐⭐⭐
  15. Team Darryl⭐⭐
  16. Inferior Decorator⭐⭐⭐
  17. Freaky⭐⭐
  18. Dragon Around⭐⭐
  19. Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein⭐⭐
  20. Early Man⭐⭐
  21. The Great Escaper⭐⭐⭐⭐
  22. Let’s Stick Together⭐⭐⭐
  23. Wynken, Blynken & Nod⭐⭐⭐
  24. Boiling Point⭐⭐
  25. Fiddling Around⭐⭐
  26. The Flying Jalopy⭐⭐⭐
  27. Lambert, The Sheepish Lion⭐⭐⭐
  28. Trick or Treat⭐⭐⭐
  29. Chips Ahoy⭐⭐
  30. Bath Day⭐⭐⭐
  31. The Little Whirlwind⭐⭐⭐

The Great Escaper

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Cast
Michael Caine
Glenda Jackson
John Standing
Danielle Vitalis
Victor Oshin
Screenwriter
William Ivory
Director
Oliver Parker
Running Time
96 Mins

The true story of a WWII veteran who secretly leaves his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings is told in this poignant British drama, which contains upsetting scenes and moments of wartime threat. [bbfc]

I wept for both the story told and the lead actors.

September Films

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I decided to watch more films this year and challenged myself to watch one every day.

  1. Hotel Desire⭐⭐⭐
  2. Orphan⭐⭐⭐
  3. Hard Way: The Action Musical⭐⭐
  4. Let’s Be Tigers⭐⭐⭐
  5. Wind⭐⭐⭐
  6. Lava⭐⭐⭐
  7. Smash and Grab⭐⭐⭐
  8. Agent Carter⭐⭐⭐
  9. The Crossing⭐⭐⭐
  10. Amsterdam to Anatolia⭐⭐
  11. Inner Workings⭐⭐⭐
  12. The Little Mermaid (2023) ⭐⭐⭐
  13. Kitbull⭐⭐⭐⭐
  14. The Skeleton Dance⭐⭐
  15. The Little Mermaid (1989)⭐⭐⭐
  16. Red’s Dream⭐⭐
  17. Elemental⭐⭐⭐
  18. Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies⭐⭐⭐
  19. Aziza⭐⭐⭐
  20. Can You Keep a Secret⭐⭐
  21. Canvas⭐⭐
  22. To Kill a Child⭐⭐⭐⭐
  23. Beezy Bear⭐⭐⭐
  24. No One Will Save You⭐⭐
  25. Cops and Robbers⭐⭐⭐
  26. Heart Shot⭐⭐⭐
  27. The Golden Touch⭐⭐⭐
  28. Pokémon Detective Pikachu⭐⭐⭐
  29. Trail Mix-up⭐⭐⭐
  30. Steamboat Willie⭐⭐