Candyman

The closest anybody has managed to get to a true representation of Barker’s fiction on screen, including his own attempts, makes for an excellent descent into madness and grim majesty.

Dune

It’s odd given how weird everything undoubtedly is, but this is the most un-Lynch David Lynch movie I’ve ever seen.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife [IMAX]

Couple of things I learned watching this movie; one, they appear to have mistitled Ghostbusters: The Force Awakens and two, I am incapable of seeing a vertical stack of books without saying ‘no human being would stack books like that’.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Not really a film, more edited highlights of what somebody who has never seen a film thinks a film should look like.

Beyond The Door [Chi sei?/ Who Are You?/ The Devil Within Her]

One third blatant Exorcist rip off, one third blatant Rosemary’s Baby rip off and one third blatant pile of steaming bollocks.

Asso

Changing attitudes can often make judging Italian comedies difficult. There’s a lot to enjoy in this quite charming tale of a poker player murdered on his wedding night who then returns as a ghost to look out for his bride, but the ample charm is ever so slightly ruined by the idea that looking out for his bride means stopping her from working and supporting herself and instead forcing her into a second loveless marriage with a rich man.

Last Night In Soho

Left the cinema thinking I’d watched an alright film that was definitely better than Baby Driver, but then I gave it some thought and realised quite quickly that I’d actually watched a very bad film that just happened to look very nice, and yet it was still better than Baby Driver.

Eternals [IMAX]

Whilst Marvel aren’t about to eschew their wildly successful formula any time soon, here it is twisted into an unrecognisable form and provides them with their best ‘introductory’ film since Ant-Man. And I gotta say I fucking loved those Celestials.

Crimewave [The XYZ Murders/ Broken Hearts And Broken Noses]

A hot mess from a trio of cinematic masters at the start of their careers. Absolutely fascinating in that the Coens clearly had no idea how to write for Raimi’s hyperactive technical genius, and Raimi clearly had no idea how to direct the Coens droll darkly comedic happenstance. Ultimately it’s shit, if you want to watch this collaboration done right you need The Hudsucker Proxy, and yet if you do get a chance to watch this then you absolutely should.