All the films I've watches this year: in bold are my favourites, italics at the cinema
January- See How They Run - convoluted crime caper bit too clever and fleeting
- Prey - like the original Predator but feminist not macho
- Whisky Galore (2020) - surprisingly entertaining very light comedy
- Shadowlands - good repressed Hopkins not as good as Remains of the Day though
- Legend - Classic East End gangsters you've got to have a crazy unpredictable one to make you tense
- Banshees of Inisherin - low-key and a bit disturbing thing there's a lot to it
- Crazy Heart - like A Star is Born but a bit rougher apart from ending
- My Summer of Love - enjoyably slow low-key film like the Goob
- A Cure for Wellness - spooky big institution like Shutter Island
- A Bigger Splash - unusual sprawling atmospheric ramble playing on charism of Ralph Fiennes
- Trance - too much noise smashing in my face but a nice idea
- Nomadland - felt like a documentary
- He Got Game - better than ever
- Remember the Titans - too bombastic do they really take school sports this seriously in America
- Miracle - sports story I didn't know and found moderately interesting, like that they taught hockey players to act not other way round
- Amsterdam - fast talking detective thriller unconvincing Taylor Swift
- Aftermath - good idea for a film slow burner
- King of Thieves - classic caper into character study, Jim Broadbent a baddy
- The Menu - fun, like See how they run, with food, bit of a leap at some parts
- The last Duel - Ridley scott history turns into MeToo movement
- The Black Sheild of Falworth - Tony Curtis Knights romp
- Enchanted
- White Men Can't Jump - Classic Wesley and Woody at their best
- The Man Who Knew Infinity - quite enjoyable predictable story
- Courage Under Fire - classic same story from different angles
- Vice - depressing anti-Republican semi-doc
- Match Point - enjoyable high life
- Get Back 1 - amazing footage I didn't realise existed
- Entebbe - good story simply told, except the chair dance
- The Beach - classic Danny Boyle
- Two faces of January - interesting rambling disintegration of Viggo in Greece
- Wedding Planner - Not as bad as I remembered. Actually it was quite bad.
- The Fountain - immersive epic with three moving strands
- Coco - quite fun Disney
- Mr Jones - they all chuckle when Mr Jones talks about danger of Hitler, but of course he was right! Seems very relevant now talking about how evil Stalin was
- Kingdom of Heaven - thought I'd seen this, hadn't, solid epic minus Bloom. Nasty French Guy is good
- Pretty Woman - never seen this either, not missing much
- Long Pond sessions - nice songs but they talk a lot of rubbish about lockdown
- San Andreas - absurd and exciting
- Tigerland - good as ever, lots of training
- The Binge - like the Purge but even worse though has Vince Vaughn
- High Fidelity - enjoyable sort of rom-com
- Narrow Margin - classic 70s train drama with Gene Hackman
- The China Syndrome - good tense informative drama
- The Martian - excellent practical and fun
- Ladybird - great Mum and she isn't too annoying
- Easy A - a bit too self-knowing but still very enjoyable
- The Thing from Another World - low budget and low quality but a great plot
- Moonlight - quite enjoyable slice of life
- Frequently asked questions abouit time travel - fun premise characters not quite believable
- The Sound of Music - good songs, sickly sweet but I enjoyed it
- Monsters Inc
- Mercy - classic boat yarn with Colin Firth
- Colette - rollicking Parisian story
- Monuments Men - pretty light warfare
- Supernova - Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth as aging gay men pretty good
- The Heart of the Ocean - not as good as The Bounty but similar ideas
- Miseducation of Cameron Post - good story always heading one way but I liked that way
- Olympians at Heart - TV movie about happy teenage gymnasts, utterly predictable
- Baby Done - Gentle NZ comedy nice gender role reversal with male husband straight guy
- Hell and High Water - predictable but fun Western great quiet stand off in the ending
- The Last Right - Irish funeral comedy
- Mary Queen of Scots - gritty historical drama seems like Mary was hard done by
- Count of Monte Cristo - what a story would have loved to read it 150 years ago. Good film too
- Heartbreak Kid - weird 70s film about chancer falling in love with someone else on honeymoon
- Elemental - disappointing Pixar
- Nighthawks - poor but fun stallone cop film from the 80s
- Oppenheimer - intense character study but misses out on being good
- Wild Men -craacking comedy with surprising tone throughout
- Eight Bells Toll - vintage Hopkins as unconvincing spy
- Love + Hate - moody Northern tale
- The Others - good tense horror film
- The Good Liar - interesting old pereson flashback fest with some duping
- The Mule - classic Clint being grumpy not sure he's even acting
- Radioactive - biopic of Marie Curie with more in the story than I thought
- Relic - unusual horror film without much gore but lots of tension
- Not Going Quietly - old person crime caper not much to recommend
- Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert -
- The Lady Vanishes - early Hitchcock very safe still some good moments
- Tulip Fever - atmospheric Tudor piece got quite into it
- Past Lives - boring but good I suppose Korean drama
- The Half of It - excellent nerdy teen drama
- Space Jam 2 - action is OK but comedy terrible
- Enough - J'Lo running away not very good
- The Holiday - surprisingly engrossing but obvious RomCom
- Fair Play - tense and engrossing thriller tough viewing but compelling
- The Creator - epic SciFi with some surprises
- The Infinite - good idea but not very good film, like that Charlize Theron film but worse
- Licorice Pizza - I really thought this waas from the 70s
- The King - grim historical epic played straight. Best is mocking Dauphin played by R Patz
- The Mother - older JLo verson of Enough, she is better at acting tough and never lets up
- Adam Project - very light scifi Reynolds sets the tone
- Prisoners - excellent tense drama Gyllenhal looks so tired
- Gravity - nice floating scenes but not very realistic
- White Tiger - entertaining insight into India and poverty
- Americana Taylor Swift
- Don't Look Now
- The Unforgivable - not as gritty as I feared and with a well-paced plot
- The Nest - starts off being the most boring film ever but gains pace with a breakdown
- The Whole Nine Yards - Matt Perry quite funny but plot a right mess
- The Equalizer - excellent Denzel I can't wait to watch the secon one
- Everything everywhere all at once - good family drama but SciFi disappointing
- Extraction 2 - impressive action scenes
- The Green Knight - consistently dark tone
- Reputation Taylor Swift - "It's time to get real"
- My Neighbour Totoro
- Kicking and Screaming - The best Will Ferrel sports comedy
- The Whale - good character but his choices upset me
- Dune - better than ever
- Bend it like Beckham - not aged well but still fun
- The Nice Guys - fun
- All the Presidents Men - good fast paced drama about what is actually quite a boring story
- The Grinch - OK Christmas fare
- The Hunt - you can see the bad things coming
- Life - interesting sci-fi idea
- Deep Water - great mood of darkness enjoyed it
- Massive weight of unbearable talent - silly Cage vehicle
- Leave the world behind - slick but slightly irritating
- Flying Like Birds - basketball drama not my favourite
- Pain Hustlers - good story rags to riches etc.
- The Wonder - Irish child stops eating mystery
- Maestro - over the top documentary but good characters
- Baahubali 1 & 2 great epics
