themacsays

Bio: Signing up to force myself to keep a record of the films I watch, which is a lot fewer than I'd like.

Notes on my notes...

Review starting with "C -" Saw it in the cinema

Review starting with "R -" Seen it before, adding review after rewatch

Review starting with "P -" Watched it on a plane

Review starting with "K -" Watched it either with or because of my kids

For non-anthology TV series, I've elected to try reviewing per season

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65 _23%

Pi (1998) - Rated 20 Feb 2026

Not really sure what I make of it. Definitely has it's style.

70 _37%

The Rip (2026) - Rated 20 Feb 2026

Enjoyable and well put together. Somewhat jumped the shark once they left the house. Keeping the story contained might have worked better.

78 _57%

Ick (2024) - Rated 20 Feb 2026

A remarkable film, a mash-up of several well known genres and tropes. Balances the tone really well so it never falls into full-on spoof territory.

80 _69%

Bulk (2025) - Rated 07 Feb 2026

C - Very enjoyable weird sci-fi, cheerfully cheap - really makes a virtue of the lack of budget

80 _69%

Batman (1989) - Rated 06 Feb 2026

R - My favourite film when I was 12 still holds up.

78 _57%

The Zone of Interest (2023) - Rated 06 Feb 2026

I don't think this film fits any rating system. It's a cliche to refer to the banality of evil, but that's almost exactly the point.

81 _75%

Eddington (2025) - Rated 24 Jan 2026

Interesting to compare and contrast with One Battle After Another. Not the same thing, but they're swimming in a lot of the same waters. I think Aster does a better job of hitting his targets, and that this is potentially his masterpiece. The film zips along, and changes genre/tone several times to great effect.

90 _89%

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) - Rated 17 Jan 2026

C - Stunning, continues directly on from the last film, and is at least as deranged.

60 _15%

Troll (2022) - Rated 03 Jan 2026

K - Extremely formulaic.

39 _2%

Fatman (2020) - Rated 03 Jan 2026

I didn't have high hopes, but I expected it to be a bit of fun. The first act is a real slog. For a relatively short film, it takes an age to get to where we know it's going. Walton Goggins deserves some sort of award for playing an appalling hand as well as he does.