Movie Mini-Review Thread - Part IV

Return to Sender - 2015. Not the most original script or execution but I enjoy the characters Rosamund Pike chooses to play, she's brilliant if you know anything about the stuff she chooses to be involved with and promote. 7/10.



Her work with Massive Attack 👇

 
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The Long Walk (of boredom) 2025 5/10

Never read the book. But this film was a snooze fest with zero charactor development. Had potential, but ended up feeling nothing for the characters. The ending was also meh, like okay, whatever, give us the credits. Done. Next.
 
Predator Badlands 8/10 (compared to the previous ones, excep for Prey which was also a fun watch.)

Thoroughly enjoyed this one. I'm not a big predator fan as I found the previous ones pointless. The animations in this one was excellent and it somewhat had a story. Ella Fanning / Digital Double was also badass.

Will add it to my monster collection.
 
Predator Badlands (2025)

40 minutes in & I'm struggling a bit with this. The comic relief attachment is kinda insufferable & the humour just isn't working for me. Wasn't expecting this tone. Try finish it tomorrow and see.
 
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The Limehouse Golem (2016)​

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I found this period crime mystery interesting and entertaining, but it lacked punch. 6.5/10
 
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Predator Badlands (2025)

40 minutes in & I'm struggling a bit with this. The comic relief attachment is kinda insufferable & the humour just isn't working for me. Wasn't expecting this tone. Try finish it tomorrow and see.
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I did it in 3 parts watching - yeah it was that kinda bad:

Left me with... "sometimes a movie can be a movie, you know, the one without a child (or must have yoda baby) in it, without supporting character talking their arse off all the time, or even one that doesn't always destroy itself or what were set before it"

This predator felt too familiar / human and did we need the whole ****edup dad, pussy brother and angry mother setup? Idk, I would not have made them go against the whole predator grain, which made me think back to alien earth and 'now we rule'. Jesus, why could it not just be a predator flick without turning it into orcs has feels, babies and families.

Oh well it was not for me.
 
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Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer​

A writer in a creative crisis befriends a retired serial killer, who becomes his marriage therapist and consultant for a new book. But his wife begins to suspect she might be a target.


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Talk heavy, dark comedy and was different. However, once you done dexter this may seem a dullard?

Nonetheless, not bad for random pick going at least 7/10
 
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I did it in 3 parts watching - yeah it was that kinda bad:

Left me with... "sometimes a movie can be a movie, you know, the one without a child (or must have yoda baby) in it, without supporting character talking their arse off all the time, or even one that doesn't always destroy itself or what were set before it"

This predator felt too familiar / human and did we need the whole ****edup dad, pussy brother and angry mother setup? Idk, I would not have made them go against the whole predator grain, which made me think back to alien earth and 'now we rule'. Jesus, why could it not just be a predator flick without turning it into orcs has feels, babies and families.

Oh well it was not for me.
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Also reminded me of that stupid scifi Jaden / Will Smith movie where they crash-land on the planet.

But ja - I don't mind jokes, but that incessant babbling does my head in.
 
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Rewatched entire Miami Vice last year. Pity there will never be a remastered 19:6 version.

Miami Vice (the classic 1984–1989 TV series) was produced and originally broadcast in the standard 4:3 (or 1.33:1) aspect ratio — that's the classic "full screen" square-ish format that matched almost all TVs back then.

A 19:6 (approximately 1.78:1 or 16:9 widescreen) version doesn't officially exist for the show because:
The series was shot on video (using 1980s broadcast cameras) specifically framed and composed for 4:3. Unlike many films shot on 35mm film (which often captured extra image height/top-and-bottom "open matte" that could later be cropped or revealed for widescreen), the TV production didn't protect or record extra vertical information for a taller frame.

There is no hidden widescreen master or "open matte" version sitting in the archives that could be matted to 19:6/16:9 without severe cropping of the sides or adding black bars/artifacts.
 
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The Bourne Identity (2002)

Maybe one day I'll get tired of rewatching this. But not today.
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Watch it at least twice a year. Sometimes more.

In fact, was gonna watch it tonight while we eat braaivleis. My wife just gave me that "I'm gonna kill you if put it on again" face.
 
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