Looney Tunes The Day The Earth Blew Up: Back In Action

Summary: Daffy and Porkie fight aliens and their own character flaws in a gum soaked adventure.

It was nice to see a return to 2D animation, it has been far too long, and seeing it reminds us all of the horrible soulless feel of CGI animation. More films should be made in this format.

It was also enjoyable to see these characters back, Looney Tunes as a brand might struggle with relevance amongst modern kids but it is still just as charming and appealing as ever.

The story was very much how you would expect it to be, an alien is trying to take over earth for a silly reason and the gang have to stop him, only to find out that that he was trying to save earth. Then they work together, but one does not watch a Looney Tunes film for the story rather that gags and the slapstick both things this film gives you in equal measure.

Overall, a good return to cinemas for the Looney Tunes gang.

3.5/5

Pros.

The animation

Seeing the gang back in action

It has a few funny moments

It is well paced

Cons.

Bugs absence is felt

Not all the gags land

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http://ko-fi.com/anothermillennialreviewer Summary: Daffy and Porkie fight aliens and their own character flaws in a gum soaked adventure.

It was nice to see a return to 2D animation, it has been far too long, and seeing it reminds us all of the horrible soulless feel of CGI animation. More films should be made in this format.

It was also enjoyable to see these characters back, Looney Tunes as a brand might struggle with relevance amongst modern kids but it is still just as charming and appealing as ever.

Overall, a good return to cinemas for the Looney Tunes gang.

3.5/5

Pros.

The animation

Seeing the gang back in action

It has a few funny moments

It is well paced

Cons.

Bugs absence is felt

Not all the gags land

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Marty Supreme: The Most Unlikable Sports Person In History

Summary

A film about a guy doing lots of crimes and playing table tennis

So this film was well done and it was snappy. It moved with a pace that few films do, considering it was on for 2 and a half hours it didn’t feel like it, unlike other new releases like Avatar.

I’d argue the central issue this film has is that it makes Marty a dick, he has few to no redeemable qualities yet the film still wants you to root for him. The thing is when I watched this I thought it was based on real events and so that’s why they had him behave like that but a hell of a lot of the film is just fiction, so it was a choice to make him like that.

The strangest thing about this film is that it doesn’t feel at all like a sports biopic, it feels like it moves between genres sometimes it’s a crime film, sometimes it’s a plucky underdog story with comedic elements. If you don’t mind the constant switching between things in terms of tone then you’ll like the film but others might find this jarring.

Overall, a well made film with utterly unlikeable characters.

3/5

Pros.

It is well done

The performances are good

It is snappy

Cons.

The characters are unlikable

It makes a lot of unneeded additions

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Wuthering Heights: Hollywierd

Summary where to start with this

So before we get into it, let’s point out two things this film does firstly, it normalizes and fetishizes abusive relationships, and secondly it decided to promote itself by implying an affair between the two leads despite Robbie having a husband and small child. Already deeply toxic.

The first scene of the film, which was not in the book, is a man being hung with an erection and Robbie’s character and her friends being noticeably turned on by it. So in the first scene we are seeing men being objectified even in death and a nod to necrophilia.

Not to be outdone Cathy then watches a BDSM party in the barn and then masturbates. Do you remember that being in the books? No because it wasn’t. It is more of this Fifty Shades depravity, yes women are sexual, yes women masturbate but this is just crude smut. It reads as a fan fiction porn version of the original book.

In the book Heathcliff psychologically abuses Isabella and rapes her, here that is normalised saying that they are in a BDSM relationship. Which again shows you the twisted morality at the core of this film.

Honestly there is nothing wrong with sex in films, there is nothing wrong with films being erotic but when they are encouraging necrophilia, watching people have sex without their consent, and normalising abuse through BDSM, you have to have a series of questions about have things gone too far.

Very much a film for the female gaze, but remember if a film was released where a man was turned on by the dying body of a woman and masturbated watching people have sex, folks would call it sick and demand it’s removal. It is not okay just because it is a woman.

Overall, this is depraved smut for the over 40s bored housewife who needs extremes to feel anything anymore.

0/5

Pros.

None

Cons.

This isn’t a book adaption

It encourages and normalises deeply problematic behaviour such as watching people have sex without their consent and necrophilia

It normalises abusive relationships

It uses sex for shock value

It has pacing issues

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The Strangers Chapter 3: People Are Strange When You’re A

Summary, so we got the answer of who the Strangers are and the answer is that they are just a bunch of random people. I don’t know why I expected something more, I really don’t. I was hoping they would be part of some grand murder society that was operating all over the US, perhaps even in league with the government for population control, ala the Purge, but no just random nobodies. I thought that was why the town all knew but didn’t say anything about the Strangers but no, it was just the Sheriff’s son and I guess they are scared of him.

The idea that the ginger girl from Riverdale is going to take over as the leader of the Strangers, is odd. She suffers a number of tragedies but that doesn’t just flip a switch in your mind and go okay I am going to kill now. It doesn’t work like that. Perhaps we’ll soon have a girlboss Strangers film wherein the Strangers are all female, perhaps we can get Paul Feig in for that.

Honestly they keep this franchise going as it costs so little to make they turn a profit but I don’t see where it has to go from here, the Strangers are dead, maybe the Riverdale girl takes over but then it’s just her on her own, everything has been explained rather poorly, so yeah it seems like this is the end.

Overall, it’s okay it’s more of the same but don’t expect an interesting ending.

2.5/5

Pros

A few good kills

Some good jump scares

It is short

Cons.

It is underwhelming

The kills are unimaginative

It is boring in parts

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Send Help: Every Office Workers Fantasy

Summary A boss and an employee get stuck on a desert island after a plane crash and the former has to adjust to the new reality.

This is Rachel McAdam’s film fundamentally she carries it, she is the one you root for, she is the heart of the film, she is the funny one. Any plaudits you may have for the film should go to her.

I thought the ending was mixed, on the one hand I enjoyed the tongue in cheek silliness of her corporate rise to power story, but on the other it did feel a little out of nowhere even with the year and change time jump. As it stands the ending is a little jarring.

There were a number of good visceral horror moments that you really felt but these were somewhat let down by a heavy handed use of foreshadowing, which gave away a lot of the surprises before they happened.

Overall, a good effort if not as good as Raimi’s other horror efforts.

2.5/5

Pros

Rachel McAdams

It is funny

There are some great horrifying moments

Cons.

The foreshadowing is too on the nose

The ending is a little jarring

The twists are quite obvious

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My Submission: The Quest For Fame

Summary: A young woman spends her evening sending out self tapes in the hopes of getting work in the industry.

In many senses this is an industry film, that is not to say you wouldn’t like it if you don’t have industry experience, but it is to say that you would gleam more from it by having been part of the machine. The relatability of the protagonist her struggle, her wanting to be part of it, her persistence all rings more true if you have experienced it yourself.

I thought the film was one of the rare sort of films that work as a comedy and as a drama, as there were moments of comedy that land in a real human way, but also the struggles and the self doubt come across as earnest. It would have been very easy for these struggles to just feel generic or cookie cutter but there is enough personalisation to it that it comes across as genuine and again relatable.

Relatable is the key word I would use to describe this film above all others.

I think the found footage style helped add a little flair of the different to this film and helped set it apart as a framing device and that it was used to great effect. I would say there are a couple of moments where the use of found footage is slightly limiting in terms of storytelling, but that is a formatting trade off ultimately.

Overall, a painfully earnest film that also has some sparkling comedic moments.

4/5

The earnest elements

The found footage angle

The comedy

The relatability

Cons.

Slightly format constraints

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Iron Lung: 1000 Leagues Under The Blood Sea.

Summary: A YouTuber is the galaxies last hope, that feels about right for 2026.

So, I went into this having not played the game before, I didn’t think the film did a great job of explaining the world or the mythology and that is my main issue with it. The cosmic horror we got was interesting, the under sea devil/creature, but it was too vague and under explained.

I understand if you want to faithfully adapt the game and the game is ambiguous then you don’t want to change things but I think changing the medium you do need to assume audiences won’t have the same sort of thought patterns.

There were some pacing issues towards the back half of the film and a lot of the stuff revolving around the character’s past were again underdeveloped. Really the issue was that due to the backstory stuff being so underdeveloped when the film went back to that you were groaning and bored.

Overall, a watchable horror film with some interesting concepts but the script needed a hell of a lot more work.

2.5/5

Pros.

Good concept

Interesting world

Watchable

Cons.

The world building is poor

There are pacing issues

Some of the camera work was a bit clunky

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Hamnet: Upstart Crow Did It First.

Summary: the death of Shakespeare’s son.

Whilst the title implies that Upstart Crow, a British TV show did it first, I would argue that where the difference comes is in the framing. Within Upstart Crow the focus is very much on Shakespeare’s point of view this is more so from the point of view of his wife Agnes/Anne.

This is Jessie Buckley’s film, she should win best actress for it, her performance is likely a career high, though the Bride is coming soon. Her performance is not only the emotional core of the film but also the life force for everything else that happens.

The subject matter is handled in a way that is depressing yes, a child dies, but you would argue that there is a more optimistic feeling by the end of the film. If you cannot handle depictions of grief or child mortality this might not be the film for you as it goes go to some dark places.

I appreciated the hyper real aspects to the film such as the stuff with the cave and the hawk and think that it provided a nice respite from being too depressing.

Overall, a strong emotional film.

4/5

Pros.

The performances

The emotion

The ending

The impact

Cons.

Pacing issues

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Hurry Up Tomorrow: Keep Musicians Out Of The Film Industry

Summary: this will be brief, there isn’t much to say about this film beyond it’s a vanity project that shows that Jenna Ortega needs to pick better scripts.

It is the sort of horror film you have seen many times before trying to appear to be some mix of traditional genre fare, and social horror when it is neither. The film thinks it is a lot more clever than it is.

The Weekend can’t act and increasingly his involvement with a project is shorthand for it being awful, even if he isn’t starring in it. This film also raises the grim spector of can Jenna Ortega even act? Increasingly it seems she can play one sort of role, but Aubrey Plaza was already playing that so we don’t need anyone else.

As someone who watches a lot of horror this one was clear from the trailer what sort of film it was going to be.

Overall, the Weekend needs to stick to music.

0.5/5

Pros.

It is short

Cons,

It’s cringe

It thinks it is more than it is

Jenna Ortega

The Weekend

It is awfully paced

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Melania: The Final Verdict

Summary: Jeff over at Amazon did this to gain some favour with Donny Boy.

So, before we get into the film that has triggered so much outrage as believe me it will happen soon. I just wanted to say that this isn’t the first time a media company has made a film about a president or president’s family, there were many similar projects about the Obama’s so let’s not go down that road.

That said was this film needed? Did I waste my time? The answer is a hard no and maybe. In many ways this just feels like low rent reality TV, the sort you would expect of Trump and his family. Again is it awful not really it’s just brain-rot. There isn’t much ranting and raving about political matters, if anything it is trying to steer away from that altogether.

As you watch it you realise the film thinks it has a lot to say or that it has some deeper meaning but really it’s just a bored housewife trying to fill her days and in many senses that’s a universal concept.

It is neither shockingly bad nor shockingly good, it just kills an amount of time in your day and if that’s something you want then I guess you can watch it but otherwise maybe give it a miss

Overall, a waste of time.

2/5

Pros.

It is passive viewing

It is short

Cons.

It is boring

It isn’t deep

It didn’t need to be made

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