The Last 10 Movies – March 2026 edition.
My movie watching has been really slow of late so it's basically taken me 3 months to watch 10 movies! I am about half way through another one with a further two lined up so, maybe, the gap to my next movie post won’t be SO long. One of the nice things about this set is the fact that there’s a sprinkling of new (to me!) movies between the old favourites. New films are in BOLD.
Death of a Unicorn (2025)
Passable comedy horror father/daughter bonding movie that had a few moments but was only just about watchable.
Clueless (1995)
Still amusing modern riff on Jane Austen’s Emma. Alicia Silverstone is both cute and funny.
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Still solid thriller based on a James Patterson novel... and it has Morgan Freeman in it, so....
Palm Springs (2020)
Very funny and very clever ‘Groundhog Day’ of a group of people stuck in a time loop during a wedding. Rather philosophical at times and (for a change) a reasonably well thought out ending that made sense.
Die Hard 2 (1990)
I really wanted to watch the original, but it wasn’t available free, so.... It had its moments but didn’t have the zing and the tight plotting of the first movie. Nice try though...
The Hunt (2020)
A surprisingly good film about rich people hunting poor people for sport. Rather violent (as you might expect) and a little too ON the nose but definitely entertaining. I particularly liked the female lead, Betty Gilpin.
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Need I say more? I’ve been fan-boying over this since I first saw it at age eight.
The Big Short (2015)
I finally saw this and was quite disappointed. Not a patch on Margin Call I thought.
Underworld (2003)
Still a reasonable film (and it has Kate Beckinsale in TIGHT leather) but starting to age a bit now. Some of the acting is VERY poor but I largely forgive it for the action scenes and Kate doing her thing...
Dune Part 2 (2024)
I was going to watch something else, but this dropped on Prime so... Rather long but still very impressive. It was only my 2nd viewing so I picked up on a few things I missed the first time. Looking forward to Part 3.
6 comments:
Absolutely agree on Big Short. Margin Call was WORLDS better.
I think Big Short didn't *really* know what it was trying to be - a comedy or a drama. It COULD have been gripping - like Margin Call - but just wasn't.
I'm looking forward to Dune 3, although I wasn't a huge fan of Dune 2. I know the first movie is slow, but I enjoyed how it built up operatically into one big dramatic scene instead of being action-packed throughout. Maybe the third movie will hit the sweet spot between the two.
I think that the 3rd movie is shaping up - from what I've seen - to be very interesting, especially with the introduction of other factions. With the books it was always the political side of things that fascinated me most. That doesn't always come across well in the movies. I really need to plough back into the novels this year before, maybe, moving onto the sequels.
Clueless is one of my most favorites from my childhood. And I agree on Die Hard 2. I loved it, but not the way I absolutely love the first one forever and ever and ever.
Clueless is MUCH fun. Die Hard is one of my Top 20 movies of all time. It was great a while back to see it on the BIG screen @ my local multiplex. It stood up really well. LOVED it. A FUN night out with the guys.
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