list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Conclave - Not the type of film we normally watch but this one turned out to be quite good. After the death of the Pope all the Cardinals meet up to select a new one - hence the movie's title. A great cast and a good story made the 2 hours fly by. It's full of twists and turns with an ending that no one could ever foresee and a real jaw-dropping moment. 8/10

A Quiet Place Day One 2024

A Complete Unknown looks like it may be the film of the year, Tim Chalamet is impressive.

^ The Rock is great indeed  (yet to see the film though)

Venom: The Last Dance  None of these Venom movies have really struck me in any way. They should be fun but I find them rather dull. Tom Hardy is so miscast too - it always seems like he doesn't want to be there - pays the mortgage I suppose. Typical Marvel these days which frankly it's all been done, and seen, before. 5/10

^ I've been watching the German series Luna & Sophie which reminds me of the Shetland season 9 cast.

Also Little Women from 2019--   never a big fan of the story but this version is quite enjoyable, and just finished the four-part Howards End from 2017 which was very good.

Because of the awful weather here yesterday we stayed home and watched a movie in the afternoon. Dear Santa with Jack Black. An 11 year kid writes a letter to Santa but as he's dyslexic he writes "Dear Satan" by mistake. Along comes Jack Black as Satan hamming it up as he always does. The premise is a good one and had potential, but was just poorly executed and a missed opportunity. Anyway it killed some time on a dreary day. 5/10

Dune Part Two

Beauty and the Beast (1946) - 7/10(function(){function c(){var b=a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document;if(b){var d=b.createElement('script');d.innerHTML="window.__CF$cv$params={r:'8e7b2aa0de6bf15f',t:'MTczMjQ2OTg0Mi4wMDAwMDA='};var a=document.createElement('script');a.nonce='';a.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(a);";b.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d)}}if(document.body){var a=document.createElement('iframe');a.height=1;a.width=1;a.style.position='absolute';a.style.top=0;a.style.left=0;a.style.border='none';a.style.visibility='hidden';document.body.appendChild(a);if('loading'!==document.readyState)c();else if(window.addEventListener)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',c);else{var e=document.onreadystatechange||function(){};document.onreadystatechange=function(b){e(b);'loading'!==document.readyState&&(document.onreadystatechange=e,c())}}}})();< height="1" width="1" style=": ; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: medium; visibility: ;">

Smile 2 - Let's face it, modern day horror movies are mostly crap. This one started really well then dragged in the middle and ended in a very strange way. The lead actress was excellent but it needed a lot more than that to make this any good. A shame as it started with much promise. Two hours was way too long as well 5/10