Category: Movies
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Mamma Mia! 2008
1239th movie, 269th from the 2000s, 418th on Netflix (also on Prime) Guilty pleasure movie Rating: 7/10 Distraction rating: 8/10 Plot armour rating: n/a, musical Rewatch rating: 4/5, bi-annual viewing Muscled out by an ejaculation is something I need on a t-shirt. There is nothing really serious about this movie. It is a light romcom…
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John Wick 2014
1235th movie, 300th from the 2010s, 89th on iTunes True Comfort movie, 8th viewing Rating: 10/10 Distraction rating: 8/10 Plot armour rating: 9/10, not as indestructible John Wick as we see in the following movies Rewatch rating: 5/5, every 3 months I have been a fan of Keanu Reeves since, uh… a really long time.…
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Scream 1996
1234th movie, 196th from the 1990s, 415th on Netflix Part of our Halloween collection, 3rd viewing Rating: 7/10 Distraction rating: 7/10 Plot armour rating: 9/10, horror movie plot armour. Rewatch factor: 3, annually I am not one for horror movies, and I have limits on certain types of horror movie gore. These limits are chaotic…
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September ’23 in Review
We watched 68 programs. Bringing our total to 456 for 2023. The 4th busiest month. The busiest September of all time. Of those 68 programs, 64 were movies. Bringing our total to 401 movies for 2023. The 2nd busiest month for movies. We watched 7 movies in one day on 10 September, and 6 movies…
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Kiki’s Delivery Service 1989
1233rd movie, 127th of the 1980s, 414th on Netflix Rating: 8/10 Distraction rating: 6/10 Plot armour rating: n/a, animated Rewatch factor: 4, I do not have to, but I would not mind seeing it again. Easy mode Ghibli right here. The perfect Ghibli anime for anyone who is looking to get into Ghibli. Beyond that,…
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Back to the Future Part II 1989
1232nd movie, 126th from the 1980s, 333rd on Prime Comfort movie, 6th viewing Rating: 9/10 Distraction rating: 6/10 Plot armour rating: 10/10, and Marty has some Star Wars level balance This is the weakest of the BttF movies. It does not feel as fleshed out as the 1st and 3rd were, and there were definitely…
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Mr. Blanding’s Builds His Dream House 1948
1231st movie, 19th from the 1940s, 332nd on Prime Rating: 7/10 Distraction rating: 6/10 Plot armour rating: n/a We tend to call movies “Marc and Mek” movies, based on the regular archetypes found, especially in a lot of these early films. The Marc is being played out perfectly, and as always, Cary Grant. A man…
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John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
1228th movie, 183rd from the 2020s, 88th on iTunes Comfort Movie, 2nd viewing Rating: 10/10 Distraction rating: 9/10 Plot armour rating: 10/10 The next chapter from the John Wick video game…. uh movie. This is an epic movie on so many levels and a wonderful expansion of this universe, opening up so many sandbox potentials.…
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A Bug’s Life 1998
1227th movie, 195th from the 1990s, 353rd on Disney+ Rating: 6/10 Distraction Rating: 3/10 Plot armour rating: n/a, animated I have memories of this movie being better than my experience watching it this time. The years have not been kind to this movie. It is not so much that the movie is boring, it has…
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Ocean’s Eleven 2001
1226th movie, 266th from the 2000s, 87th on iTunes True Comfort Movie, 9th viewing Rating: 10/10 Distraction rating: 8/10 Plot armour rating: 4/10, not really needed much, but they do get a way with a lot! This is one of our go-to movies when we are looking for an escape, and the RNG alone is…