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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)
Gore and humour
This was not what I expected. I had read reviews praising it for being dour and realistic. But there was a lot of humour here. Yes, it was gritty and down to earth, but it was a lot more than that.
Good plot, great acting, and yes humour,
Annihilation (2018)
suspend all reason he who enter here
Only I can't suspend as much reason as this film demands.
The American government and all its agencies cannot fathom what's happening in an area taken over by a unidentified being. And it's expanding, and they have sent in armed teams of special ops to no avail. So what does the US government do? They send in a lightly armed group of five lady scientists on what is effectively a suicide mission, well, of course they do.
Feminism taken to the ludicrous extreme, Boy, did I have a good belly laugh.
The Shallows (2016)
Calls for a better ending
Yeah, not a bad shark movie, as shark movies go.
Would have been a lot better if the shark had won for a change. Would have added a little pathos to the film, and poignancy as the sister and father watched the filmed message and remembered her.
Homeland (2011)
PC, but still very entertaining.
I was hooked by this. It would have been a ten, but there is no way Peter Quinn, Nicholas Brady, max, and yevgeny Grooms could possibly be attracted to her. She is not at all attractive; she seems to have no obvious charms, and no future for her devotees. It is so well directed and filmed, I was bitterly disappointed she was not the attractive femme fatale the film called for. But that is the present state of the politically correct film industry. Crying shame.
Stateless (2020)
Leftist claptrap
This is heavily biased against the Australian Immigration System, by left wing luvvies who have no regard for the truth. If you are an open borders zealot you might enjoy this tripe.
Zoo (2015)
It's so amusing I gave it an Eight!
And my title sums it up really. These are good actors in a seriously unbelievable screenplay. There are so many instances where suspension of belief is so very hard to conjure up, that I just smiled and told myself to go with the flow instead. And with this ethos I could enjoy the absurdity of it. Sometimes it just does you good to laugh.
Colony (2016)
Could have been great
There is some really good acting in this series, but it is let down by the lead actress who plays Katie Bowman. Far to much emotional overreaction to events that don't warrant it. Also the fault of the director for letting it happen.
The Journey (2016)
Some light relief
I am marking this as an amusing little story, and not a serious historical account. Very amusing, made Blair look like a complete bumbling bufoon.
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Product rich
I would have given this a 9 because I like Ricky Gervais and enjoyed this unique concept. But the product placement was outrageous and I've never enjoyed Bud.
1917 (2019)
Shame about the historical revisionism.
Wonderful set design and cinematography. The special effects worked well, as did the one continuous shot.
But what really let the film down was the unrealistic characters. In 1917 racism was rampant, and there is no way those working class soldiers from English regiments would have been conversing normally with black people and Sikhs. I grew up in Britain in the 50s and 60s and it wouldn't have happened then, let alone over 100 years ago!
In fact there would have been no people of colour serving as working class cannon fodder in any English regiment. Indians had their own regiments.
Also the soldiers in Yorkshire and Devon regiments would have had very broad regional accents, I couldn't see that any effort had been made to reflect this.
Also I can't imagine the general staff ever talking to a lance corporal, that task would have gone right down the line, probably to a lieutenant.
I am amazed that an English director couldn't bring himself to be more authentic, but I guess he was appealing to audiences beyond his island home, and had to be more inclusive.
Years and Years (2019)
It never stood a chance.
The initial idea was a good one, following a typical modern day family on a journey through the next 15 years.
But it's left wing, pro refugee tripe. It is a warning of what will befall us if we let the populist right take control.
Conjuring up death camps and the disappeared.
The ending is about as ridiculous as you can get. And no real effort was made to age the characters besides a bit of grey tints added to a couple of the actors hair.
Lucifer (2016)
Tom Ellis Saves the show
This show is poorly written and directed. The saving grace is Tom Ellis who rises above the lousy predictable scripts and produces a character that you want to know what happens to him next.
Late Night (2019)
One for the sisterhood.
This is less a comedy, and more of a light hearted stroll through perceived gender imbalance in the entertainment industry.
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Ridiculously pc
This film cannot possibly be portrayed as authentic. There were no people of colour in the aristocracy in 17th century Great Britain. But the real problem is poorly educated people will probably believe there were!