The Last 10 Movies – December 2025 edition.
A slow round of movie watching again but I did plan to post this last week – and forgot! All re-watchers this time but I do have a few new (to me) films in my next post.
Gladiator (2000)
I’m not exactly sure just how many times I’ve seen this now, but I always enjoy it. A little slow in places but the action scenes are VERY good.
Back to the Future 3 (1990)
My 2nd favourite outing for the franchise. I did like the ‘old West’ idea and thought it worked really well. Plus, I liked the way they interweaved items from previous movies. Oh, and it had one of my favourite movie lines ever: Is this a holdup? [pause] No, it's a science experiment....
The Italian Job (1969)
Classic British movie of the ‘swinging 60’s. I know this FAR too well to fully enjoy it anymore, but it still makes me smile.
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Quite excellent Cold War spy film with Tom Hanks. LOVED every moment of it and was totally transfixed at the movies.
Jason Bourne (2016)
Definitely a movie of two halves. Actually, the opening set piece in Greece was VERY good and then went RAPIDLY downhill. I think this is the worst of the Matt Damon Bourne films.
Point Blank (1967)
A decent late film noir starring Lee Marvin. Near the end I actually had a revelation about it. Marvin is shot at the beginning and spends the rest of the movie on a revenge trip. I thought that the ‘revenge’ might well be his dying brain coming to terms with things as he bled out. Although that might have been a little too ‘advanced’ for an audience at the time!
Casino Royale (2006)
I found this surprisingly dull considering I’m quite a Bond fan. The addition of the delightful Eva Green certainly helped my enjoyment.
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
A reasonable addition to the franchise but I really didn’t like the ending. I did like the way Weaver played her role of Ripley/Queen and Winona Ryder was a FUN addition. Cool story about the basketball scene too!
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Completely over the top ‘chase’ movie (with Blues music) as two ex-cons try to get the money to save the orphanage they grew up in. ALMOST too silly but manages (just) to hold it in check. LOVED the cameo by Carrie Fisher!
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
STRANGE but effective ‘documentary’ about the US in the late 70’s/early 80’s. The word means ‘Life out of Balance’ and you can certainly see why from the video.
2 comments:
I've only seen Bridge of Spies... I thought it was well done. :)
The Italian Job sounds like the kind of movie I'd have watched with my siblings (and would now if we'd lived closer by :/). We watched some of the 50s Ealing Studios comedy capers together a few years back and thought they were a blast.
'Bridge of Spies' is an *excellent* movie - and not just because I'm a HUGE fan of Hanks. Watching it again recently I noted again how I liked the KGB guy in East Berlin and (of course) the quite brilliant Mark Rylance. The book its based on is worth a read too. I grew up watching the Ealing comedies with my Dad (thanks dad!) and *loved* their slapstick run around nature. I have a book about them on my Wish List that I need to pick up @ some point.
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