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Went to the marina cineworld for a doubleheader. First up was Jumanji: The Next Level. The film started with a technical hitch which meant the screen was blank for 5 minutes or so, but that was sorted quickly enough that I didn't miss too much. IT was quite fun. If you liked the first it was...

Upon seeing the trailer for Cats it was clear this was going to be must see for me, because I am someone who will test myself with bad movies, and I am also someone who has an affinity for musicals, even the bad ones. I was only more determined to see it on seeing some select quotes from some...

Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of the Skywalker I've gone in to a bit more, non-spoilery detail on the RotS thread (that's rise of the skywalker, not revenge of the sith stupid non-exclusive intialisms). But put simply, having watching Eps 7 and 8 immediately before, either through tiredness...

Knives Out was the cineworld unlimited advance preview last night, too. I went and it sounds like I enjoyed it more than you did. I thought it was quite predictable, but that seemed to add to it for me - I think too often in a quest to surprise or outsmart the audience, film makers can get too...

The cinecity film festival came to a close with Jojo Rabbit and I really enjoyed it. I find I'm inclined to like Taiki Waititi's stuff because... well, it tends to be really good (Thor Ragnorak, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What We Do in the Shadows). Funny and tender, I would absolutely...

This evening's cinecity trip was for The Nightingale, the tale of a 19th century woman trekking through the tasmanian outback to hunt the soldiers responsible for attacking her and her family. Came with a pre-show warning about the racial and sexual violence in the film. Was quite intense, but...

I thoroughly enjoyed Judy and Punch. It's the tale of a 17th century puppeteer, his wife, their baby, and the village of seaside (several days mule ride from the nearest ocean), that hits most of the notes of a traditional Punch and Judy show (mishap with the baby, sausages, crocodiles...

It does. I would have gone to that (it's showing as part of the cinecity brighton film festival), but it is also showing as an unlimited preview at cineworld on the 25th November, and I'd already booked for that and didn't want to pay again. Off to see Judy and Punch tonight.

So speaks a man who has never seen tiptoes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3qGGk5ymQ4

The Cinecity Brighton Film Festival started tonight (last night?) with The Lighthouse. It was one of those films where narrative isn't a driving force, so much as art and meaning. The sort of film where something seems to happen just so they can have that shot that looks like a religious...

I went to see Zombieland Double Tap yesterday. It was fine. I've never been a big fan of Emma Stone and I oscillate on Jesse Eisenberg, but at the start of this I felt like either the film or my response to it was weighed down with the weight of all the roles they've done between the first film...

It's also showing at the duke of york's as the evening film for the next few days at least.

Cinecity Brighton Film Festival is up next month. The line up has been released - opens with The Lighthouse, closes with Jojo Rabbit, and in the middle some of the stand outs for me are Judy and Punch, The Nightingale, Knives Out, and East Side Story. http://www.cine-city.co.uk/whats-on/

Took me a moment to realise that. I was thinking "I don't remember space monkeys in gemini man!"

Gemini Man It was a decent, if unspectacular, action movie. Having seen de-aging done so well in multiple Marvel movies, and in the Tron sequel almost a decade ago, it's surprising to see how poor it's done in a film that is being largely sold off the fact it includes a "young" Will Smith. I...

And it is going to be on at worthing from next friday (20th). If you're a serious film fan I'd recommend it. If you live off a diet of mainstream popcorn stuff, might not appeal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVlPl0SXFiE

It Chapter 2 Almost 3 hours. It felt long, too. I liked the film (I liked the first part, too). Seemed like the makers were a lot more confident in their abilities this time and went a bit bigger, a bit... 'more' on some of the scares.

I was umming and ahhing about going, but went (I missed a cineworld one once and it was incredibles 2, which I wanted to see so that's always in my mind: maybe it'll one I want to see). If I hadn't, I wouldn't have felt like I missed out (and as a picturehouse member, it would have only been £5...

The Farewell This was the second Picturehouse secret cinema, this time at the Duke of Yorks. It was surprisingly busy considering you have to pay (the unlimited secret cinemas are included in the unlimited membership, so there's no extra charge so it's easier to take a risk and leave if it's not...

Bait A small British film that is getting a lot of good praise. It's shot like something from the 40s/50s - black and white with all the imperfections of flickering images, badly sync audio clearly recorded in a studio etc. It was quite good, very limited in where you can watch it, not on at...