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Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
10/10
The best I have seen in ages
5 January 2023
I don't really watch a lot of series to be honest. Most start well and then drag on for too long and get dull. This had me hooked from the beginning. Amazing acting and script. Every show as enjoyable as the next. Every day I look forward to what happens next.

I thoroughly recommend this. It might not appeal to everyone but for me it is the one of best shows and oddly enough I did not want it to end. I say oddly enough because I don't like watching so many shows for the reasons I mentioned. It,works for companies because the likes of Netflix, a prime etc make more money with their monthly subscriptions.

There are some violent moments but this is to be expected for a whole like this. There is also some humour as well. It might be occasional but smartly done.

I thoroughly recommend this.
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Suits (2011–2019)
9/10
As good as it gets when it comes to entertainment
10 December 2022
This series is as good at it gets and once you start you can't stop watching. One of my favourites out there in terms of acting, storyline and entertainment. I was hooked from the beginning. It did go down slightly for me from series 8 I guess. Something changed. Some actors left and some others brought in and I felt the dynamics of the show changed. I can't put my finger on it. Having said that I can't get enough of the show. The acting is superb. Everything about it is top notch.

Harvey is king. He is like the Gordon Gekko is the law world and is superb. I also like the fact the script emphases more than just winning cases and being ruthless. It does, but it's a lot more than that and often about doing the right thing and not just winning for the love of money but also taking risks, often bringing integrity, morals and principles to the equation. Often also a lot of sacrifices and risk. Mike Ross no doubt plays an essential role here and his friendship with Harvey is always entertaining to watch. The Batman and Robin team. Louis Litt is also one of my favourites in the show. A ruthless solicitor who is set on winning but he also brings a lot of humour and is a superb actor in this show. He balances out the tense moments and provides a nice balance and so does the character of Donna Paulsen. She reminds me of the pa/ secretary in Ally Mcbeal in many ways. Not sure if the writers based some of her on that like her ability to know all the gossip and listen in to all the conversations. It's very funny.

This has to be one of the best shows on Netflix at the moment. Prime as well. It's often hard for me to watch a series from start to finish. Mainly because it starts to lose some of its magic as the show goes on. Not this one. I did prefer some of the older shows but it is still a brilliant series from start to finish. Same that all good things in life have to come to an end. I wish there was more. Highly recommended.
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Black Adam (2022)
4/10
Same old super hero film. Nothing special
22 October 2022
It starts off quite well. You know the clips because it's in the trailer and I thought this might actually be quite good. It all went down hill from there.

The issue for me was the same old tried and tested and monotonous formulae we see every time with marvel films. However, this is a DC film and I prefer DC. Well, Marvell films lately have gone down the tube so much recently I don't even watch them any more. This was similar

If you are a massive Rock fan you will watch this no matter what. I'm the same but I feel the older the Rock is getting the more I tire of him. Particular now he has put so much emphasis on bulking up. It's not a good look. His body is no longer no proportional. He has put too much effort in his chest and this is massive but his lower body is small. A bit like watching a Rod Stewart on steroids. I think Ryan Reynolds would have been a better fit

I did not like the story and this film was no different to any other super hero film coming out recently.

Nothing special. It did have some good special effects and some funny moments but it was mediocre in terms of a super hero film

The high rating is no doubt because the Rock was in it.
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9/10
Met all my expectations
16 October 2022
One of the best films of 2022 and worthy of an Oscar nomination for various things including performance. The acting was amazing and really made the the film. The duration of the movie is over two hours but I was hooked from the begInning. I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Loved it. Definitely recommended.

There is a lot of dialogue but it all added to the film and was not boring, a lot of fight scenes which were all really well done. Acting was superb. Even the accents. There's nothing I hate more than actors that can not pull off an accent. Usually Russian or French,

One of the better films of 2022 and not to be missed.
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5/10
Not as good as expected
16 July 2022
This was average. For me it was all over the place and I was expecting better but Marvel films have gone down hill for me and I prefer DC. Could be due to Disney. It tried very hard to be funny but failed for me. It was stupid funny which I don't find funny. Nothing really stood out that you can talk about afterwards. Bale was excellent. He usually is. Crowe was also great but nothing could save this. Script was dreadful. Everything else was average for me. Eternals was far worse and Black Widow also poor just as poor with cheap production. However, they got good reviews which makes no sense to me. I'm glad, at last, people are starting to realise Marvel is in the decline but it took them too long.
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Se7en (1995)
9/10
Great film. Thoroughly enjoyable
6 July 2022
This is an excellent film. Fabulous acting, great story. Everything you could want in a scary film with an unpredictable ending.

Acting is brilliant and the film will have you hooked from start to finish.
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5/10
Some good bits but overall just average and nothing special
6 July 2022
I don't agree with the rating of this film. For me the first Spider-Man was the best and it's just gone down hill after that.

The thing is this is nothing special. Nothing we have not seen before. For me it was mediocre. Maybe I'm just getting too old and I'm getting bored of Marvel films in general. Not the worse Spider-Man but not the best either.
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8/10
Loved it. Better than I was expecting
28 January 2022
I didn't think much of the trailer but I like Bradley Cooper and the other actors and didn't regret seeing this in the cinema.

The film has a bit of a dark and depressing feel to it but I feel this helped with the storyline and set the atmosphere. The directing, acting and story line was superb. Th3 best film I've seen in a long time. Much better than a lot of the films coming out recently including Marvel crap.
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Spider-Man (2002)
9/10
Best Spider-Man by miles
2 January 2022
No Spider-Man film can touch this, easily the best Spider-Man film so far. Easily the best a to4 fo4 Spider-Man as well. Toby was just made for Spider-Man. When he stopped and the new actors replaced him, things were never the same. The acting and even the story line. The new Spiderman films gap have me bored and almost walking out of the cinema.

Andrew Garfield was tithe worse Spider-Man to date. No doubt that's why in comparison it did really bad at th3 box office. Now we've got Tom Holland. He's not bad but he just doesn't do it for me. What's worse is the stories are so silly. The Spider-Man franchise is just boring now. It surprises me though that the new Spider-Man films still do so well at the box office and ratings.

It could be the people watching are children and they have low expectations and just seeing a guy in a costume is enough. I have no idea.

This Spider-Man has everything. Seeing Peter Parker learn he has super powers is really interesting to watch and satisfying to see him use these powers to fight the bullies and other criminals. I just wished the new movies from Marvel were a# good as the old ones.
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Wild Card (2015)
8/10
One of his best. Loads of action
29 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I love this film. In my opinion it's on if Stratham's best. The action fight scenes are really well done and I also like the story. It's my sort of film and the sort of role very well suited to Stratham. Up against a mob he seeks revenge for a woman and risks his own life. It's well acted and I must have seen this film now at least ten times. £ont believe the critics. It's worth watching.
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Eternals (2021)
3/10
One of the worse
12 December 2021
Film ratings are very strange I find. Take this as an example. It got a really high rating yet for me I almost walked out if the cinema I was so bored. This is the same with Black Widow. I'm not sure what made this film popular. The story weak. The special effects mediocre and actually lacking. Even the supposed funny bits, not funny. Generally speaking Marvel films are getting worse and not better in my opinion. It could be they're spending less because the films still attracts an audience bu5 I can see there's less money being spent, special effects lacking and poor.
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8/10
Loved it
12 December 2021
This was much better than I expected. The acting was superb. It was also funny and the two main actors, superb.

Matthias Schweighöfer, the actor with a surname you can't say, was amazing. He made me laugh a lot. The beautiful Nathalie Emmanuel was also really good and the two really made the film but all the actors was what really made this work. Guz Khan As Guz made me laugh and reminded me of comedian ROMESH RANGANATHAN.

I enjoyed this film. Yes it might be a tad unrealistic about the safes but ii don't care. Army of the dead was crap in comparison.
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Seven Pounds (2008)
10/10
This is a superb film
3 October 2021
Being an absolute film buff I was surprised I have never seen this film till now and I'm so glad I did. This was one of the best films I've seen. The performances are incredible, the story touching and kept me hooked till the end.

It's never easy to keep people interested for so long. A lot of film creators use special effects for this reason. This film head m hooked from the beginning.

This film blew me away. It is a superb film and one of Will Smiths finest. He is also one of the producers. This film will hit you hard so if you tend to cry in films like the Love Story I recommend you buy some tissues and prepare yourself because the performances are top notch and even if you are as hard as nails if you don't feel anything at the end you really need to make changes to your soul.

I recommend this film, even if you don't like Will Smith. It's a side of Will you don't see often. Well done to the actors for making this film so enjoyable.
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Tenet (2020)
4/10
No where near as good as I was expecting
27 August 2020
I watched it at the cinema and I found it boring, it started well and then sort of lost the plot and it was all down hill from there. I think Nolan is the reason for the high ratings. The special effects was boring. The acting mediocre. The story complicated. Not bad and worth watching but in my opinion there are much better films out there tgat got a much worse rating. I don't trust ratings on Dirty Rotten Tomatoes. I'm surprised thecrating was so high on IMDB though as the ratings on IMDB are usually ratings I agree with. This was an excepiin and average to say the least. I almost walked out of the cinema I was so bored and took catching covid 19 to watch this in my local Vue cinema. So disappointed.
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Night Hunter (2018)
8/10
Gripping from start to finish
19 July 2020
I was disappointed with the reviews on IMDB because I follow ratings on here closely. I don't pay any attention to reviews on Dirty Rooten Tomatoes all because 90% of the time I don't agree with them, particularly the critics, who over they are.

This film is a must watch in my opinion. Very gripping and had me hooked from start to finish. I really enjoyed it
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4/10
Really not worth the watch
28 October 2019
I guess I'm tired of the whole Terminator thing. I really did not like this film. It was average at best. It lacked any form of imagination. Same as Terminator 2 in terms of special effects and nothing special. The story was weak. I was honestly bored and really wanted the film to end when I watched it today at my local cinema.

I am sure people will enjoy it but I was not impressed at all with this film. Same old thing. Silly story, same special effects.

A bit like Star Wars I guess. I get the impression they just want the film to continue but have run out of ideas.
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Mile 22 (2018)
9/10
Don't believe the bad ratings
30 September 2018
One of the best actions flics this year. I agree with other reviewers and don't understand why there are so many people reviewing this film so poorly. Skyscraper, Equalizer 2 and Spider-Man Homecoming, are examples of some of the worse films this year with really high reviews. I'm not sure what people are on but please rate films genuinely. I often rely on IMDB ratings, unlike Rotten Tomatoes site which contains critic reviews which cannot be relied on. I also realise people have different opinions but rating this film poorly and other abismal films, like Skyscaper and the Equalizer 2 highly is just silly.

This film had me hooked from start to finish. It's an action film and a very good one at that. I'm not even a massive fan of mark wahlberg but loved this film.

another is definitely on its way going by the ending so it will be like Jason Bourne but in my opinion better than Bourne and I hope the next one is as good as this one. Nine SARS from me. Yes, you've heard right. It's my kind of film and being a die hard film fan, I think the balance was spot on. I did not notice any shaking cameras, not enough for me to even notice. Utter nonsense reviews out there so watch it and don't believe all the reviewers.

Btw, I did not agree with rave reviews when it came to Deadpool either. It was good but no where near as good as what everyone was saying. Then again, I have my own opinion. I'm not a sheep and don't rate things highly just because most others do so you that's how I review films. Whether you agree with me or not is down to you.
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8/10
Prepare to cry and I mean a lot
10 February 2017
If you watched this in a cinema I would suggest you take some tissues because when the lights turn on and with people around, you want to make sure you dry those eyes before they turn on.

The film stars Richard Gere and he is also the producer and I can only describe this film as quite easily the saddest film I have seen in ages. Definitely top 5.

The story is about a puppy that gets lost, only to be found by Parker Wilson played by Richard Gere and they develop a very close bond with another. Let's just say that's the happy bit of the film and watch the trailer for the sad bit. If you can watch the trailer with out sadness hitting you I suggest you get in touch with your inner emotions or just aren't human. I loves this film but watching it once is enough for me because it is just to sad to watch this one again. Definitely not a film I would buy on DVD for this reason but I don't think it really matters to Gere and he did it because it is a very emotional tale based on a true story and is a must watch, even if it is just once.
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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
9/10
Best war film ever made
10 February 2017
This is Mel Gibson's best. Being a massive fan of all films this has to be one of my favourite films ever made. Gibson's directing shines through. He just knows how to make films like no one else, taking some very useful advice from Client Eastood when he directed Braveheart, he is just getting better and better. It is just a shame he started so late. The story hooked me from the start. It's a powerful film which makes you feel how unjust the world can be sometimes and how important it is to have values and principles in life. Sadly, as life goes on, it's harder to find in us humans.

Not putting La La Land down and loving the actors, I think it is a joke it got so much praise and awards and this film got nothing but a few nominations. I think maybe Gibson upset a few too many people in Hollywood with his comments because this film deserved a load of awards in my opinion. Maybe the next one Mel. I just hope you keep with it and look forward to the next one.
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Mr. Right (I) (2015)
9/10
Thoroughly enjoyable film and quite unique.ba bit of everything for everyone
10 April 2016
Loved the film. Great fight scenes, great story.

Great comedy and great acting I thought. Overall, I really enjoyable it and it has an unusual story line like nothing I have seen before. Closest is probably something like Mr and Mrs Smith but they're still miles apart. Both funny and about killers but that's it. I actually prepared this film in comparison.

I thoroughly enjoyed the film and think the overall rating should be above 8. More like 8.5.

Sequel on its way? I definitely hope so.

Thanks
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3/10
This is high class escort service not a match maker show
6 February 2015
I use go watch this a lot because I was curious about how the relationship would go and then it occurred to me this show is degrading. You have a woman that claim to know everything about relationships and hooking people up but I never really experienced relationships that really worked long term. More importantly I can't think of anything easier from a business point of view than trying to hook up a bunch of, what I can only describe as bimbos or gold diggers, to a millionaire. Of course, the answer is always yes and every show is about a bunch of women in short mini skirts trying to hook up with men with money or desperate men after wealthy women. Most of the time the millionaire is also just after a bit of fun and after someone half their age. How on earth this matchmaker can think she is so good at hooking people up, I have no idea. It's more like a high class escort service than a dating business.
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