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I'm all for imaginative retellings, but you need an artistic and emotional vision - what is the vision for this retelling? Nolan is known as a master of time-jumping but Homer's narrative handling of time just makes this version seem amateurish. You can't change themes, remove all depth and meaning, expunge the existence of Gods, change dozens of key scenes etc. Some good acting from Rob Pat, and a few breathtaking visual moments with Agamenmom. Clumsy writing, stilted dialogue.

90 _96%

The Old Mill (1937) - Rated 27 Jul 2026

Hayao Miyazaki cheekily said that this was Disney's best work.

62 _28%

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) - Rated 13 Jul 2026

60 _24%

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - Rated 08 Jul 2026

It's only saving grace is the mesmerising SFX - the story is a shambles, and the film bizarrely just ends abrubtly without even attempting to resolve its main plotline, i.e, the entire point of the story of why Jason is after the fleece. Jason and his brute gang of looters, thugs, and thieves, simply do bad things to others that didn't do anything to them, all so they can steal a fleece for a reason the film literally forgets about by the end. Fantastic poster though.

75 _60%

Marie Antoinette (2006) - Rated 01 Jul 2026

Sofia Coppola is someone aware of a shallow pointlessness at the heart of priviliged life, but intelecctually incapable of examining and analysing the whys and causes, or what to do about it. Instead she simply chooses to meekly gaze at it in sad wonder.

83 _85%

Project Hail Mary (2026) - Rated 15 Jun 2026

funny, engaging, good spirited, hopeful film with 2 engaging main characters. cons are its quite long, filled with more ups & downs than than feels right, but you could easily argue that's the logical process of such a journey.

60 _24%

Erin Brockovich (2000) - Rated 04 Jun 2026

Aaron Eckhart as the rough & tough bandana-wearing road hog is one of the worst casting and execution efforts of its time. Roberts' performance is average, somehow wins Oscar in same year Naomi Watts wasn't even nominated.

77 _64%

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) - Rated 04 May 2026

A good '50s family film about the evils of corporate monopoly and the destruction of society by capitalist greed. This film proceeded the Beeching Cuts of the mid 1960s by a decade or so. The Beeching Cuts literally closed down these small village station en masse for very similar reasons - but it was actually the State that decided roads and cars were all the future society really needed.