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Posted by: Hadji 31st January 2024, 08:39 PM

As we’re at the end of January, I thought I’d make a list of films I have seen this year at the cinema so far

1. One Life (2nd January)
2. Next Goal Wins (3rd January)
3. Ferrari (9th January)
4. Night Swim (10th January)
5. Priscilla (15th January)
6. Poor Things (16th January)
7. The Boys In The Boat (17th January)
8. The Boy And The Heron (19th January)
9. The Beekeeper (22nd January)
10. Mean Girls (23rd January)
11. The End We Start From (25th January)
12. Queen Rock Montreal (26th January)
13. All Of Us Strangers (27th January)
14. Baghead (29th January)
15. The Colour Purple (30th January)
16. The Holdovers (31st January)
17. Argylle (2nd February)
18. Migration (7th February)
19. Turning Red (9th February)
20. Peppa's Cinema Party (11th February)
21. Gassed Up (12th February)
22. The Iron Claw (13th February)
23. Bob Marley: One Love (15th & 22nd February)
24. Madame Web (16th, 20th February & 14th March)
25. American Fiction (23rd February)
26. Wicked Little Letters (29th February & 7th March)
27. Lisa Frankenstein (4th March)
28. Imaginary (12th March)
29. Cabrini (19th March)
30. Drive-Away Dolls (20th March)
31. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (22nd March)
32. Immaculate (26th March)
33. Kung Fu Panda 4 (28th March)
34. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (2nd & 10th April)
35. Mothers' Instinct (2nd April)
36. Monkey Man (8th April)
37. The First Omen (9th April)
38. Seize Them! (11th April)
39. Back To Black (16th April)
40. Civil War (17th April & 16th May)
41. The Book Of Clarence (23rd April)
42. Abigail (24th April)
43. Challengers (27th April)
44. Boy Kills World (30th April)
45. Ordinary Angels (2nd May)
46. The Fall Guy (3rd May)
47. Tarot (7th May)
48. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (9th May)
49. Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (10th & 15th May)
50. Love Lies Bleeding (13th May)
51. IF (17th May)
52. The Garfield Movie (18th May)
53. The Strangers: Chapter 1 (22nd May)

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 1st February 2024, 02:03 AM

Posted by: Herbs 1st February 2024, 08:34 AM

Wonka (8/10)
Femme (8/10)
Every Body (7.5/10)
The Boy and The Heron (6/10)
The Color Purple (x 2) (8/10)
Poor Things (8/10)
All Of Us Strangers (9/10)
Lisa Frankenstein (8/10)
Wicked Little Letters (8/10)
Drive Away Dolls (7.5/10)

Posted by: dandy* 4th February 2024, 03:13 PM

At the cinema:

01 Wonka
02 Poor Things
03 All Of Us Strangers
04 The Holdovers
05 Wicked Little Letters
06 Dune Part II

Plus watched these on streaming services:

01 Barbie
02 The Favourite
03 My Neighbour Totoro
04 Kiki's Delivery Service
05 Oppenheimer
06 Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
07 Past Lives
08 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
09 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I
10 Dune Part I

Posted by: J❄️hq 4th February 2024, 10:00 PM

Cinema

1. Priscilla
2. Poor Things
3. Mean Girls (2024)
4. All Of Us Strangers
5. The Holdovers
6. American Fiction
7. Argylle
8. Wicked Little Letters
9. Anatomy of a Fall
10. Mothers' Instinct
11. Robot Dreams
12. Back to Black
13. Challengers
14. Love Lies Bleeding

Streaming

1. Irish Wish

Posted by: Linds. 8th February 2024, 12:17 AM

Ohhh I should keep track of everything I've seen this year since it should be a regular thing! I only really started going to the cinema often mid last year tbh but it's something I do plan to keep up where I can, I'll add in my own personal star rating (out of 5) bc why not

In the order I've seen them in;

1. Anyone But You [06-JAN]
2. Poor Things [13-JAN]
3. Mean Girls [17-JAN]
4. Argylle [07-FEB]

Upcoming:
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Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 8th February 2024, 06:06 AM

Going to see Argylle on the weekend. It’ll be my first movie of the year.

Posted by: Bjork 8th February 2024, 08:38 AM

saw this tiny Finnish film called Fallen Leaves, absolutely beautifl and all kinds of amazing and incredible <3 <3 <3

Posted by: Linds. 8th February 2024, 09:00 AM

Argylle isn't great tbh, it's enjoyable enough as long as you don't go in with high expectations I'd read the reviews before going so kinda knew what to expect, I was hoping with such a great cast it would surprise me but it unfortunately didn't, it was fine - that's the best way to describe it The twists are quite entertaining but there's a lot of filler scenes that make it so much longer than it needed to be imo.The potential was there with the cast and the plot it just wasn't executed great.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 8th February 2024, 11:55 AM

Any films you won't watch Hadji?

I don't blame you though, I'd do the same if my nearest cinema offered a subscription.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 8th February 2024, 07:20 PM

Been a great January for films, have gone almost every weekend so far

01. One Life (4/5)
02. Poor Things (5/5)
03. The Holdovers (4.5/5)
04. The Kitchen (4/5)
05. All of Us Strangers (4/5)
06. The Zone of Interest (4/5)

Posted by: Hadji 9th February 2024, 12:26 AM

QUOTE(WhoOdyssey @ Feb 8 2024, 11:55 AM)

Any films you won't watch Hadji?

I don't blame you though, I'd do the same if my nearest cinema offered a subscription.

Don’t you have a Cineworld or Odeon in your hometown? I have both Cineworld and Odeon in my hometown and I have a Cineworld unlimited card so I may as well make the most of it. My local Odeon is a luxe and it costs £18 per ticket there. I went with Cineworld because Odeon tends to get too busy and it’s sometimes hard to get a seat there. Food is cheaper in Cineworld and you get 25% off if you have a black unlimited card

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 9th February 2024, 09:08 AM

QUOTE(Hadji @ Feb 9 2024, 12:26 AM)

Sadly not! Showcase is the only one anywhere near me in Southampton, the nearest Odeons & Cineworlds are in Portsmouth & Fareham.

Posted by: Hadji 9th February 2024, 03:08 PM

QUOTE(WhoOdyssey @ Feb 9 2024, 09:08 AM)

Sadly not! Showcase is the only one anywhere near me in Southampton, the nearest Odeons & Cineworlds are in Portsmouth & Fareham.

I always use Cineworld because of my unlimited card but I’ll go Odeon on the rare occasion that there’s a film I wanna watch and only Odeon is showing the film, not Cineworld. Before Cineworld opened in Telford, my nearest Cineworld was Shrewsbury

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow 10th February 2024, 08:47 PM

I saw Argylle last night and whilst it’s wasn’t great it also wasn’t horrendous.

There weee buts if I liked but it did feel a loiter messy and long at points.

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 5th March 2024, 10:40 PM

Posted by: Linds. 5th March 2024, 10:54 PM

Update:

1. Anyone But You [06-JAN]
2. Poor Things [13-JAN]
3. Mean Girls [17-JAN]
4. Argylle [07-FEB]
5. Mean Girls [15-FEB]
6. Migration [17-FEB]
7. Wicked Little Letters [02-MAR]

Mean Girls has quickly became my comfort movie okay :')

Wicked Little Letters is fantastic and laugh out loud funny, I'd probably watch it again as well tbh

I wanna see Lisa Frankenstein but it doesn't seem to be on at my local cinema I'd need to do Glasgow and it looks like it's only on during the week at like 9pm so idk if I'll get to that one, I'm looking forward to Drive-Away Dolls, Inside Out 2 and Mother's Instinct but idk when they're out. I might go see Imaginary at some point as well.

Posted by: Linds. 15th March 2024, 07:15 PM

1. Anyone But You [06-JAN]
2. Poor Things [13-JAN]
3. Mean Girls [17-JAN]
4. Argylle [07-FEB]
5. Mean Girls [15-FEB]
6. Migration [17-FEB]
7. Wicked Little Letters [02-MAR]
8. Drive-Away Dolls [15-MAR]

I saw Drive-Away Dolls this afternoon... I was disappointed tbh, the plot was silly but not in a sense you could laugh at it, I think they were going for "this is so ridiculous it will be funny" but it lacked the humour. It wasn't awful but it wasn't great, it was fine. I'm thankful that the pacing was alright and didn't feel dragged out at least. Queer women films are falling quite short at a bar that's already pretty low this year imo, I wasn't big on Bottoms either and I thought that I'd love it based on the trailer, it was the same for this. I don't even think the casting was great beyond Beanie Feldstein but her role was more minor, she might have been better playing one of the leads. Mari was fine but my god the accent on Jamie was so off putting They really didn't have enough chemistry for the direction their relationship went in as well. I'd say it's worth a watch if you fancy a trip to the cinema and there's not much else you fancy seeing but in the same vein you're really not missing much if you don't decided to go. Really wish I had a better review for this one!

Posted by: Herbs 15th March 2024, 07:49 PM

Damn, I'm a bit worried now. I am leading a film group watching Drive Away Dolls tomorrow!

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 16th March 2024, 07:38 PM

QUOTE(Linds. @ Mar 15 2024, 07:15 PM)

1. Anyone But You [06-JAN]

2. Poor Things [13-JAN]

3. Mean Girls [17-JAN]

4. Argylle [07-FEB]

5. Mean Girls [15-FEB]

6. Migration [17-FEB]

7. Wicked Little Letters [02-MAR]

8. Drive-Away Dolls [15-MAR]

I saw Drive-Away Dolls this afternoon... I was disappointed tbh, the plot was silly but not in a sense you could laugh at it, I think they were going for "this is so ridiculous it will be funny" but it lacked the humour. It wasn't awful but it wasn't great, it was fine. I'm thankful that the pacing was alright and didn't feel dragged out at least. Queer women films are falling quite short at a bar that's already pretty low this year imo, I wasn't big on Bottoms either and I thought that I'd love it based on the trailer, it was the same for this. I don't even think the casting was great beyond Beanie Feldstein but her role was more minor, she might have been better playing one of the leads. Mari was fine but my god the accent on Jamie was so off putting

They really didn't have enough chemistry for the direction their relationship went in as well. I'd say it's worth a watch if you fancy a trip to the cinema and there's not much else you fancy seeing but in the same vein you're really not missing much if you don't decided to go. Really wish I had a better review for this one!

You have Love Lies Bleeding coming very soon and that's supposed to be EXCELLENT!

Posted by: Linds. 18th March 2024, 06:43 PM

oooh idk, I'm not sold on the trailer for that but I'll probably go and see it anyway, definitely open to being surprised!

Posted by: Jade 31st March 2024, 05:35 PM

Cinema + streaming Q1 2024:

Saltburn (2023)
Argylle (2024)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Spirited Away (2001)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Holdovers (2023)
Past Lives (2023)
Poor Things (2023)
Dune (2021)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Poor Things is the best 2020s film I've seen since Everything Everywhere All At Once the dark humour, powerful psychological themes and stunning aesthetics were right up my street

Has been fun to watch/re-watch older movies too - definitely planning to check out more Studio Ghibli movies (although it will be tough to top Spirited Away) and Kubrick films

Posted by: Linds. 9th April 2024, 04:17 PM

1. Anyone But You [06-JAN]
2. Poor Things [13-JAN]
3. Mean Girls [17-JAN]
4. Argylle [07-FEB]
5. Mean Girls [15-FEB]
6. Migration [17-FEB]
7. Wicked Little Letters [02-MAR]
8. Drive-Away Dolls [15-MAR]
9. Mother's Instinct [04-APR]

I was disappointed with Mother's Instinct unfortunately I'm feeling hard to please after these last couple of films but I swear I'm not! I love Anne Hathaway and I was expecting great things with her leading with Jessica Chastain and whilst their performances were good they did the best they could with the little plot they had to work with. It felt like there was a lot of potential but it just fell flat. It's like they knew how they wanted the film to start and end but had no idea of how to get from A to B, it just felt filler in-between without many moments of note. It was fine, just not great.

Posted by: Davidson 9th April 2024, 05:56 PM

Films I’ve seen in the cinema this year and what I’d rate them out of 10:

One Life - 8/10
Priscilla - 5/10
Poor Things - 8/10
The Holdovers - 9/10
The End We Start From - 6/10
All Of Us Strangers - 10/10
The Color Purple - 7/10
The Zone Of Interest - 8/10
American Fiction - 6/10
The Iron Claw - 8/10
Shoshana - 6/10
Wicked Little Letters - 5/10
Dune: Part Two - 7/10
Mothers Instinct - 6/10
Late Night With The Devil - 7/10

Posted by: Linds. 27th April 2024, 05:57 PM

1. Anyone But You [06-JAN]
2. Poor Things [13-JAN]
3. Mean Girls [17-JAN]
4. Argylle [07-FEB]
5. Mean Girls [15-FEB]
6. Migration [17-FEB]
7. Wicked Little Letters [02-MAR]
8. Drive-Away Dolls [15-MAR]
9.Mother's Instinct [04-APR]
10.Anatomy of a Fall [26-APR]
11: Abigail [27-APR]

I saw Abigail today and it was fantastic, probably the best horror I've seen tbh Melissa Barrera is fantastic as per, I don't think they can fail with that genre when she's the lead

I also saw Anatomy of a Fall yesterday and honestly I regret the 2hr 30mins of my life I lost to it, where was the plot?!

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 27th April 2024, 08:45 PM

QUOTE(Linds. @ 15th March 2024, 08:15 PM)

I also saw Anatomy of a Fall yesterday and honestly I regret the 2hr 30mins of my life I lost to it, where was the plot?!

YES YES YESSSS!!! THANK YOU

A giant snoozefest!!!

(Glad to see you loved 'Abigail' too! I really had a good time with it and you are correct about Melissa (and Kathryn!)

Posted by: Linds. 27th April 2024, 10:00 PM

I had high hopes for Anatomy of a Fall as I'm sure it won awards and seems to be highly rated among critics, it was labeled as a physiological thriller so I was expecting it to be a who-done-it type or at least have you really questioning if the wife killed her husband or not but it was just dull and didn't really make you think

I really hope Abigail can become a series, they definitely left it with room to continue, it would be fab for Melissa's sake if that was the case considering what happened with Scream - horrors are hard to get right in my opinion, they're either too predictable, too similar to other things, too much focus on gore/violence that it loses the plot or they're boring and drag on too long but this was a perfect horror film tbh a definite must watch for anyone, even if this genre isn't usually your thing

Posted by: dandy* 28th April 2024, 09:48 AM

After going quite often in Jan/Feb and really enjoying everything I watched, there’s not really been anything that’s drawn me to the cinema since. I did see Dune II but even that was a little bit underwhelming for me.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 28th April 2024, 06:48 PM

Haven't updated this in a while x

01. One Life (4/5)
02. Poor Things (5/5)
03. The Holdovers (4.5/5)
04. The iamspamspamami(4/5)
05. All of Us Strangers (4/5)
06. The Zone of Interest (4/5)
07. American Fiction (3/5)
08. Dune Part Two (4.5/5)
09. Monster (5/5)
10. Immaculate (3/5, saved by that last scene!!!)
11. Late Night with the Devil (4/5)
12. Perfect Days (4.5/5)
13. The First Omen (3.5/5)
14. Civil War (3.5/5)
15. Challengers (4/5)

Monster was an incredible film, brilliant playing with perspectives.

Was slightly let down by Civil War as it wasn't as subversive as I was hoping, but respected it in a different way. Challengers on the other hand exceeded my expectations, great film!

Posted by: J❄️hq 29th April 2024, 02:17 PM

I saw 'Anatomy of a Fall' last month and thought it was excellent, Sandra Hüller was SO good. Love a courtroom drama, it was like watching a feature length episode of something like 'The Good Wife'.

I also loved when I realised that my following cinema trip was to see 'Mothers Instinct' - consecutive movies that were about the aftermath of someone falling to their death from a balcony/window

QUOTE(dandy* @ 28th April 2024, 10:48 AM)

Yeah, I think January and February is the best time at the cinema with it being awards season. It feels like there have been a lot of blockbusters coming out recently (Ghostbusters, Dune, Godzilla etc) that I have zero interest in seeing.

Posted by: Herbs 29th April 2024, 02:37 PM

Update

Wonka (8/10)
Femme (8/10)
Every Body (7.5/10)
The Boy and The Heron (6/10)
The Color Purple (x 2) (8/10)
Poor Things (8/10)
All Of Us Strangers (9/10)
Lisa Frankenstein (8/10)
Wicked Little Letters (8/10)
Drive Away Dolls (7.5/10)
Monster (8.5/10)
Challengers (6.5/10)

Posted by: dandy* 29th April 2024, 03:12 PM

Monster seems like it could be one to watch from the scores in here so far. Seems intriguing from what I’ve read so will give it a try

Posted by: Herbs 29th April 2024, 03:14 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ 29th April 2024, 04:12 PM)

Monster seems like it could be one to watch from the scores in here so far. Seems intriguing from what I’ve read so will give it a try

Yeah - what I would say is persist with it. The final 3rd is what really sells the film

Posted by: Lindsey. 7th May 2024, 08:14 PM

1. Anyone But You [06-JAN]
2. Poor Things [13-JAN]
3. Mean Girls [17-JAN]
4. Argylle [07-FEB]
5. Mean Girls [15-FEB]
6. Migration [17-FEB]
7. Wicked Little Letters [02-MAR]
8. Drive-Away Dolls [15-MAR]
9.Mother's Instinct [04-APR]
10.Anatomy of a Fall [26-APR]
11. Abigail [27-APR]
12. The Idea of You [04-MAY]
13. Love Lies Bleeding [07-MAY]

A win for the sapphics x

*I'm also adding in the idea of you, I know it's not technically cinema as it's an Amazon Prime release but it's a new movie released this year so I'm counting it

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 7th May 2024, 08:58 PM

QUOTE(Lindsey. @ 7th May 2024, 09:14 PM)

1. Anyone But You [06-JAN]

2. Poor Things [13-JAN]

3. Mean Girls [17-JAN]

4. Argylle [07-FEB]

5. Mean Girls [15-FEB]

6. Migration [17-FEB]

7. Wicked Little Letters [02-MAR]

8. Drive-Away Dolls [15-MAR]

9.Mother's Instinct [04-APR]

10.Anatomy of a Fall [26-APR]

11. Abigail [27-APR]

12. The Idea of You [04-MAY]

13. Love Lies Bleeding [07-MAY]

A win for the sapphics x

*I'm also adding in the idea of you, I know it's not technically cinema as it's an Amazon Prime release but it's a new movie released this year so I'm counting it

The Idea of You definitely has a limited cinema release so it’s eligible, technically!!!

Just got out of seeing Love Lies Bleeding myself… incredible. Straight into my top 3 of the year.

Posted by: LewisGT 9th May 2024, 08:15 PM

My Cinema trips have pretty much 50/50 for new/old films after I got a Picturehouse Membership.

1. (07/01/2024) Sexy Beast
2. (14/01/2024) Under The Skin
3. (20/01/2024) Mean Girls
4. (30/01/2024) American Fiction
5. (20/02/2024) Wicked Little Letters
6. (27/02/2024) The Holdovers
7. (07/03/2024) The Persian Version
8. (14/04/2024) Do The Right Thing
9. (06/05/2024) Challengers