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Star Trek: The Counter-Clock Incident (1974)
No that's not how it works!!!
If everything was exactly running in reverse HOW did they freaking age down so damn quick? It's not like they were there for 30 years. Time just flowed backwards. Also also... no one is giving birth right? So what? The people rise from the ground age backwards and crawl up inside someone? Do they destroy space if they go UNDER warp 10. This episode makes no sense and creates soooo many questions and now most consider the animated series as canon then what the hell does it say about future treks into the reverse universe. They can't make rules only to throw them out the window literally minutes later.
Black Mirror: Mazey Day (2023)
Paparazzi doing their thing
Black Mirror isn't entirely about tech and it's affect on life but can also be about how tech is used and how it can disconnect us. The camera was the tech here and how celebrities are regarded always through a camera lens even at their lowest.
This was a good episode and deserves a more open mind to see the message behind it. Not every story will be sci-fi or the likes but it was settled in the right realm to fit the Black Mirror brief.
I rather enjoyed this episode and it told the talks that it was trying to in an excellent manner. I think people are judging it too harshly and need to go back and give it a second look.
Third Watch: Man Enough (2001)
Toxic masculinity
This episode is disgusting. Doc, a character I liked(though his handling of Kim after her trauma and grief shook it some), has now become my least favourite character even under Bosco.
At least Bosco's misogynistic stuff is open and out there, Doc's is so much worse, it is quiet and simmering until he is challenged by a woman he claims to love and can't handle the truth idea of not being the breadwinner he actually lets a good thing walk away. It's pathetic and the fact Sara tells him she loves him instead of calling him out for his sexist bull is disgusting.
Even the title is disgusting. Man Enough. Ugh.
So clear that this was written by men.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Metamorphosis (2023)
Alien lite.
Is your child too young to watch Alien but you want to slowly introduce them to it? Then this is the episode for you.
This episode wasn't made for the kids alone, not with all the perfect little notes to the Alien series of films. It was a lovingly done tribute to some of the best sci-fi horror there is.
It was rather enjoyable and fun to pick out all the nods and it even excelled in building the atmosphere when they first enter the ship.
Great episode. A hell of a lot of fun and ties in well to the overarching narrative they are trying to tell.
It was fun to see the return of an awesome creature.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
A parody of a parody of a parody
This movie has it all. Romance. Action. Corruption. Success. Doubtful parents. Pablo Escobar. Death and wanton destruction.
Those that rate it down really don't understand Weird Al or his sense of comedy. This movie is a parody or biopics as well as a parody of Weird Al's life and music.
Is it insane. Yes! But that is actually all the fun of it. Weird Al is a surrealist and a comedian and that all comes through clearly in this film, right down to his self deprecating cameo.
Daniel Radcliffe shines and continues to show he is much more than Harry Potter. He shows off his comedy chops as well as how brilliant he is at acting.
Totally worth a watch especially if you have a good sense of humour and need a pick me up on a bad day.
Juniper (2021)
An unexpected gem
A quiet exploration of coming of Age and coming to the end of one's life. A fragmented family drawn together through the feisty alcoholic grandmother, Ruth. Sam didn't know he wanted or needed a grandmother until life, quite literally, hits him with one.
I was surprised at the edges of black comedy entwined with the exploration of life and death set in the stunning New Zealand rural scenery.
Sometimes the person we need to heal is is not the person we expected. Sometimes we need to have those experiences in life we would not seek out to show us our truth.
Ruth is played beautifully by Charlotte Rapling, she is clearly a woman with a well lived life, who has seen her share of horrors but we do not dwell on her past.
Sam, played by newcomer George Ferrier, plays a teenager with complex feelings and struggles but never comes across as the whiny teenager, he stands well next to Charlotte's portrayal of Ruth.
Sarah, the nurse (Edith Poor), is a quiet soul who understands her client's complex emotions and never judges her.
The little hints of New Zealand culture and views peppered through the film make this a beautiful gem of a film which will make you think about those people in your life you love, but may not necessarily like.
Sing 2 (2021)
Fantastic fun with a wonderful soundtrack.
I saw this with a client and was interested in it because of Bono but I found myself smiling and laughing and bopping along all the way through. It was a lot of fun and well put together.
Slaxx (2020)
Fashion to die for.
Honestly, it's a movie about killer jeans, very little of this movie is meant to be taken seriously except the message against unethical businesses and their practices, the rest is just meant to be a dopey, campy budget horror.
If you go into this movie with a sense of humour, you are going to enjoy it, if you go into it expecting the next big thing in horror then don't bother. It's just a bit of stupid low budget fun, enjoy it.
Unbelievable (2019)
An important story to be told
No wonder rape is one of the most under reported crimes...
Just watching this short run series is emotional, horrifying and heart wrenching and the fact it is based off a true story makes it even worse.
The way the police treated this poor young woman, the way people she was meant to trust betrayed her, the way she was made to feel she was a liar after all she had already been through was horrible. No one took into account how a young woman who had been abused and neglected before all this horror would react to authority figures... it's sickening and cruel.
As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, this was a hard, hard watch for me but it was worth it. It's such an important story to tell.
I Kill Giants (2017)
Moving and beautiful
Don't go into this movie expecting a thrill ride or a fantasy adventure. Much like the underrated Spiderwick Chronicles, I Kill Giants deals with the worlds young people create for themselves when faced with struggles and trauma.
The pacing is perfect for the emotional tale of weaves and the emotional reveals strike hard to the heart, especially to those that have been young and faced a trauma barely well faced by someone twice their age.
The young cast are believable and brilliant and Zoe Saldana is warm and kind.
For anyone looking for a moving tear jerker I would 100% recommend this film.
Redfern Now: Where the Heart Is (2013)
Heartbreaking
Solid, beautiful and emotional acting makes this one of the hardest Redfern Now episodes to watch.
Love: Back in Town (2017)
Love this series.
It's a well written, realistic look at the pitfalls and problems of dating or loving someone with addiction as well as showing how anxiety plays out within relationships. It shows no one is perfect, shows we all cock up and yet we can grow.
Black Mirror: Crocodile (2017)
Terrible, bleak and utterly no real momentum.
This episode was the worst I've seen in black mirror series, i was bleak without needing to be, the story was slow to the point of boring and it barely tied into the mindset of the Black Mirror universe. The acting was stale except for one bit and the dialogue crap. The character motivation was ridiculous. You won't miss much if you skip this one.
Grey's Anatomy: How to Save a Life (2015)
Moving and Heartbreaking. A fitting send off for a beloved character.
Sadly, Patrick Dempsy made the decision to leave Grey's Anatomy after a messy personal divorce. He felt he could no longer dedicate himself to the show, thus his major absence in season 11.
Derek Shepherd went out in such a terrible way, those doctors really dropped the ball and so Meri had to say goodbye to the man she loved. At least he saved lives before he died. It sucked because it was so real. A sudden truck on a back road, that happens too many times where I have grown up in a rural area. It is heartbreaking and shows that these small hospitals lack the the real training they truly need.
It's sad to see him go.
Absolutely Anything (2015)
Fun, Funny and Fantastically enjoyable.
Absolutely Anything isn't the kind of film that would win awards, nor will it come in on the top 100 films of all time, but that's not its goal; it is a fun film with a lot of acting talent including Robin Williams in his final role before his untimely death and the members of Monty Python in voice over roles.
Simon Pegg is a likable guy surviving on a teachers salary as he tries to write a novel and trying to woo the girl of his dreams, and failing miserably but then fate... or in this case aliens throws him a hand.
This movie was made to be just a bit of fun, it's not trying to rewrite the art of film making and it also doesn't rely on the over top, gross out humour that we've become accustomed to lately.
I found each joke landed well, and gave full belly laughs many times throughout the film. It wasn't offensive or rude and was rife with British humour.
Absolutely Anything deserves so much higher ratings, it is a fun way to spend 1.25 hours.
Tomorrow, When the War Began (2016)
Dunno what everyone else is watching.
I am not sure what is going on with the complaints about this not being true to the book or 'things have changed' or perhaps the people reviewing it prior to me are expecting a continuation of the film or haven't read the books in years unlike me, but I don't see a massive deviation from the novels other than some modernisation of the tale.
When the books were written, it was a different political climate and youth culture, when the books were written it spoke to the teenagers of my time (90's) where mobile phones and social media weren't everywhere and the biggest threat was a far off distant war in Iraq.
In the movie, there wasn't even mention of The Hermit and yet, the kids mentioned him quickly as they went to enter Hell.
The relationship of the teens is presented exactly as I remember it and their discovery of the invasion feels like it came straight out of the books.
The highlighting of the joy these teenagers experienced in Hell is to prepare you for the stark realisation that these childish experiences are over before the teenagers are thrown into situations much more adult than they are, that their dreams and hopes are about to be shattered as much as their lives are.
I find it a wonderful updated, modern interpretation of a novel series I still read and adore even today.
Don't expect the movie here, whilst the movie was excellent and did take lines from the novel, the series has a lot more chance to play with the themes and events from The Tomorrow series and The Ellie Chronicles. It can take longer to reveal plot points and build the changing, growing nature of the kids relationships and how war will inevitably change them.
I look forward to seeing how it continues.