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Toy Story 1995
1223rd movie, 193rd from the 1990s, 352nd on Disney+ Rating: 7/10 Distraction rating: 4/10 Plot armour rating: n/a, animated It is not that it is a bad movie, actually it was a very good movie… when it came out. I find that time has taken away from my love of it. The characters are fun
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Howl’s Moving Castle 2004
1221st movie, 265th from 2000s, 411th on Netflix Rating: 7/10 Distraction rating: 7/10 Plot armour rating: n/a, animated A rare anime movie dripping with demons, wizards, and fae. Actually, I never really know how to write about anime. It is often such a fantastic world beyond ours, with deep meaning that requires my full attention.
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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum 2019
1220th movie, 299th from 2010s, 86th on iTunes Comfort Movie 6th viewing Rating: 10/10 Distraction rating: Plot armour rating: 10/10, the John Wick video game experience. The whole series are comfort movies, which mean movies that come back onto the list every 3 months. There are some comfort movies that are True Comforts which can
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The Suicide Squad 2021
1219th movie, 181st from the 2020s, 410th on Netflix From the Marvel/DC collection Rating: 7/10 Distraction rating: 7/10 Plot armour rating: n/a, superhero fantastic We started off our Monday with something from the DC universe. Not much of it streams on the channels we have, so it is a rare find. This movie was much
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Signs 2002
1218th movie, 264th from the 2000s, 351st on Disney+ Tied with 19 Mar 23 and 11 Jun 23 for 7 movies in one day In our Halloween collection, 3rd viewing Rating: 9/10 Distraction rating: 7/10 Plot armour rating: 9/10, talking your way out of a severe asthma attack has to be some serious plot armour
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
1217th movie, 263rd from the 2000s, 409th on Netflix From the Halloween collection, 3rd viewing Rating 9/10 Distraction rating: 7/10 Plot armour rating: N/A, over fantastic film Archetypes: Marc, Rhys, Dryn, Dave The perfect start for our Halloween 2023 collection with child murder! Well alleged child murder. At the very least, these bastard children are
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The Hunger Games 2012
1216th movie, 298th from 2010s, 408th on Netflix (also on Prime) Comfort movie 2nd viewing, on a 6 month rotation Rating: 7/10 Distraction rating: 6/10 Plot armour rating: 8/10 Archetypes: Crischard (Cristian + Rhichard), Rhys, Dryn This was a good palette cleaner after Marcel, and also a film that we have set up for viewing
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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 2022
1215th movie, 180th from the 2020s, 330th on Prime Rating: 7/10 Distraction rating: 4/10 Plot armour rating: n/a, animated Archetypes: Syb The movie was a cute, odd, rather predictable adventure. The concept and animation were really well done. The wee Faerie character of Marcel (definite Syb type) was well acted, and it was a rather
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
1214th movie, 262nd from the 2000s, 350th on Disney+ (also on Netflix & iTunes) Comfort Movie, 6th viewing Rating: 7/10 Distraction Rating: 5/10 Plot armour rating: 9/10 Archetypes: Marc This movie sits on the edge of our comfort movies. It got the bump in due to our love with Indy. That said, six viewings in
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Ice Age 2002
1213th movie, 261st from the 2000s, 349th on Disney+ Rating: 6/10 Distraction rating: 3/10 Plot armour rating: N/A (animated universe) Archetypes: Syb, Dave, Isaac, Cristian I remembered this movie better than it was, it has not aged very well. Times are different, and you could really feel the chemistry (read romance) between Manny and Diego