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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The Andromeda Strain (1971)

I’ve been itching to watch this ever since the coronavirus news hit and people started ruminating on what the best infection movie was, the answer is of cour...

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...

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...

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...

Life (2017)

Revolving weightless camera down spaceship corridor, check. Gratuitous use of lens flares, check. Talking to Earth via video link, check. This thing is packe...

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...

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...

Annihilation (2018)

A straight to Netflix film, there’s now calls to get this a theatrical release. So is it worthy? We’re in firm sci-fi thriller territory, but it lacks an edg...

Alien: Covenant (2017)

If the question is should this addition to the Alien catalog have been made, I’d say no, not really, but then I’d have axed a lot of the other films, not bei...

Arrival (2016)

How refreshing this is, an intelligent science fiction film that doesn't over simplify. Less about aliens than it is about us and although it drops the ball ...

Ghost in a Shell (2017)

This begins with some on screen text explaining what's about to happen, never a good sign and it doesn't get much better from there. It's fun, but all surfac...

The Discovery (2017)

There's a cracking opening scene to this with Robert Redford, who even after all these years still oozes effortless cool. The promising start continues as Ro...

Atomica (2017)

This is full on sci-if, but I like a good post apocalyptic story. It's a bit straight to DVD though, the acting is too forced, very wooden, generally a bit O...

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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