Welcome to Take Two, a collection of cinematic viewing habits, snapshot thoughts on films both new
… and not so new. Some reviews are wordy, some mercifully brief, some are constructive,
some are mere one line opinion, but all are spoiler free.

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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Terminator. For all the back story, reboots, future apocalypse stuff, it’s very simple at it’s core. Man vs Machine, with some cool effects and lots of smash...

The Crow (1994)

Teenage me loved this film. I mean adored it. Partly for the aesthetic and a lot for its soundtrack. The soundtrack still stands up, it’s the perfect slice o...

Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

So I’d promised myself the next film would be some silly dumb fun, enter Zombieland: Double Tap. Did we need another zombie film? No. Did Zombieland need a s...

‘71 (2014)

I remember recording this on the telebox years ago and having it sit on the planner for months before eventually deleting it unwatched. What a bloody stupid ...

Toy Story 4 (2019)

My very first thought when this was announced was, do we need a 4th instalment? I’ve expressed in the past my distaste of sequels and decent trilogies are al...

Gravity (2013)

It’s been a while since I watched this, but it’s a nice brief (by today’s standards) 90 minutes that fit well into the afternoon. I first watched this in a c...

Atomic Blonde (2017)

A film that starts with a man in a bathrobe, running through snowy Berlin as New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ banging out, only to be crushed by a Merc and thrown o...

Sicario 2: Soldado (2018)

I really liked Sicario and I really dislike sequels, so this was risky. The first film was stealthy and weighted toward its characters, their politics and fe...

Independence Day (1996)

Independence Day, a big fat “Yeehaw America” kinda film... but as stupid as it is, it’s bloody good fun. Sure there’s nothing complicated about it, it’s cut ...

The Matrix (1999)

I’ve not watched this in years, but in keeping with rewatching old films with my daughter, it was time to give The Matrix a go. How does this slice of 90s co...

First Man (2018)

Space is cool. There’s just no way in getting around it. By rights no film about space expiration should ever be anything other than spectacular. This begins...

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

I can’t decide if this is bonkers or brilliant. It’s certainly different, silly, a surprising amount of fun and definitely worth 90 minutes of your time. All...

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)

Finally got around to watching this and blimey, it just keeps going doesn’t it. Funny creatures, lots of smashy explosions and some terrible acting. About wh...

Ready Player One (2018)

Were do I start with this!!? It’s over 2 hours a retina searing frenetic action and colour. It’s cheesy from the get go, dialogue, plot, but despite the expl...

Incredibles 2 (2018)

Maybe not quite as good as the original, but still a lot of fun and just as well as they appear to be setting up a franchise (another one). It looks great of...

Dunkirk (2017)

This is very stylish. The colour in the opening sequence would not look out of place in a 1950s Hollywood Musical. Nolan loves cinema and this is the definit...

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

This is very stylish. The colour in the opening sequence would not look out of place in a 1950s Hollywood Musical. Nolan loves cinema and this is the definit...

Wonder Woman (2017)

Now I'm not known for my love of superhero films, but this got a lot of praise on release... So would it be the film to change my mind about this genre? It i...

Baby Driver (2017)

This is slick. Maybe too slick, but from the opening car chase and the carefully choreographed sequence that follows, everything hits the beat. It’s as much ...

Rogue One (2016)

Darker, dirtier, I suspect this is what they'd have like to have done with the main Star Wars reboot, but bottled it and instead just remade the 1977 origina...

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