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#VenomMovie tonight so fucking ready!! #venom #tomhardy #somanysnackssolittletime #vuecinema #leathalprotector #spiderman @venommovie @tomhardy https://www.instagram.com/p/BoeA7B_n2-l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wlfm4axkyajf

Really enjoyed watching #TheBatman at my local #VueCinema (@vue) #MattReeves / #RobertPattinson's take on Batman felt really original, one that's not really been been portrayed this way on screen before - more detective and more brutal and yet still a bit naive and still learning his bat-craft, considering this is essentially Batman Year 2. It's more #Batman than (Emo) #BruceWayne in this movie, but Pattinson does a great job in the suit. He's also supported by a great cast as well; #ZoeKravitz #JeffreyWright #AndySerkis #PaulDano and a totally unrecognisable #ColinFarrell! The feel of the film felt like a blend of #TheDarkKnight and #Se7en, and that style worked really well for me. Kept me absorbed throughout the nearly 3 hour runtime (which didn't feel like it at all). Definitely worth watching IMO, although just don't go in expecting to see a #JusticeLeague or even a #TimBurton or #ChristopherNolan style Batman, this definitely ain't that. There is a quick easter egg after the end credits, but it's not worth staying for. Especially after nearly 3 hours! #InstaMovieReview (at Vue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaxmBKGM9i6/?utm_medium=tumblr

Back from watching #TheNorthman at my local #VueCinema (@vue). Really enjoyed this. A story that could easily have been ripped from the Old Norse Eddas - and as it's actually based on the Old Icelandic legend of Amleth, which was the inspiration for #Shakespeare's #Hamlet (and in turn also Disney's #TheLionKing), I'm actually not far off on that comparison. It tells the tale of a Viking prince seeking bloody vengeance against his traitorous uncle who, years before, murdered his father and married his mother. As epic as it is brutal, the majestic vistas of Iceland are spectacular, and the violence is visceral and bloody, 'The Northman' also manages to weave in threads of Norse mythology and folklore into its tale, something that I enjoyed, adding slivers of the fantastical and mystical to this barbarous revenge story, which elevates it above being just a tale of Viking revenge. 'The Northman' is a film with sublime cinematography, compelling performances from a very fine cast, that is clearly absorbed by its Norse Saga origins and setting. And that's a very good thing! I've not seen any other #RobertEggers films before (I'm not a big horror fan), but I would make the obvious comparison to #DavidLowery's #TheGreenKnight, so if you enjoyed that, I think you'll enjoy this too. Recommended viewing. #InstaMovieReview (at Vue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcbkKFMt-cY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Back from watching #Tenet at my local #VueCinema (@vue) - fully masked up of course - and the first time I've been back since watching the excellent 'Jojo Rabbit' in January! And I enjoyed it. Once again #ChristopherNolan deploys a fantastical #SciFi concept, a bit more deeper than say #Inception #Interstellar #ThePrestige and feeling like it's more in common with #Memento than any of those films, all the while making you have to pay attention to the plot throughout the movie, although we are given a brief explanation of the inversion concept early on. The cast is pretty good and I liked #JohnDavidWashington #RobertPattinson and #ElizabethDebicki characters, although #KennethBranagh's accent sounded a bit dodgy at times, he played the villain that wants to see the world burn well. The action scenes were impressive too, and I liked the way the inversion concept played out. It made a kind of sense to me 😅 Definitely not a case of sitting back and switching your brain off for a couple of hours or so, it's a complicated Sci-Fi movie with a concept woven into the plot that requires you to pay attention throughout and a movie that probably improves the experience the more times you watch it, as you pick up on the plot beats in the movie. I love those types of movies. Recommended if you like Nolan's previous science fiction movies and something a little bit different. Art by #EileenSteinbach #SGPosters (@sg_posters) (at Vue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEccK5-DPMb/?igshid=tqhgx03909vx

Back from watching #KnivesOut at the local #VueCinema (@vue) and really enjoyed it. Felt like a classic #Whodunnit, but one that certainly doesn't take itself too seriously. Not a straight up comedy, even though there a quite a few laugh out loud moments, it's no where near as farcical as the classic #Clue movie (also worth a watch). It's a top notch cast that plays it straight, and mostly against type as well (I bet they relished playing their roles), with #DanielCraig as the private investigator #BenoitBlanc with a Southern drawl - an accent that isn't too ludicrous (maybe), and #AnaDeArmas 😍😍 as #MartaCabrera, Thrombey's nurse, as the two leads. It's a fun movie, written & directed by #RianJohnson, that seems to zips by all too quickly - certainly didn't feel like a just over 2 hours! Definitely worth a watch! #InstaMovieReview (at Vue) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5n4AmRgUgS/?igshid=gsxvyzvz4r0z

Back from watching the midnight screening of #StarWars #TheRiseOfSkywalker at the local #VueCinema (@vue) I did watch the previous movies in the sequel trilogy before watching the newest entry, just to keep everything fresh in the memory going in, and I thought it was a good movie and a good one to close out the saga. Plenty of action as our heroes, mostly all together for a change, chase the maguffin across the galaxy, and we discover new characters and planets along the way, as well as peeling back the layers and finding out more about the past of some of our heroes, and visiting familiar places and faces, before the inevitable and epic climactic battle to try and save the day. Although it dealt with some issues carried from #TheForceAwakens #TheLastJedi and the saga as a whole well, there were a few reveals that made me shake my head and groan, "Really?! They actually went there with that?!", but overall it wasn't enough to derail the movie as a whole for me, as the plot chugged along at a decent pace keeping me engaged throughout, with some good humour, that countered the tense and somber moments. But my main criticism of #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker is that although the majority of the film doesn't seem to suffer too much, it does dial up the nostalgia and fan service a bit too much towards the end. And that's Fan Service with a capital F! Be interesting to see online reactions to those! But it does a somewhat noble job of wrapping things up, and it is a pretty good and entertaining movie and one that is befitting of the saga. #InstaMovieReview (at Vue) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6PXhfFAS3C/?igshid=la2hljzx69en