Films you've seen in 2026

[straightorbroken]

The Signal (2014)

I enjoyed it. I think people could easily find it frustrating. There's a thin line between keeping your viewers in the dark to create suspense and just not being able to properly unpack ideas. This could start inside the bunker and have the ending be the halfway mark where it truly gets stuck in. I guess we're on a low budget for that though. For fans of the genre, up it one letter and subtract the plus.

I give it a C+

 

[Sardonicus]

Belleville Rendezvous (aka The Triplets Of Belleville) (2003)

French animation with a grandmother & her dog trying to trace her kidnapped Tour De France cyclist grandson with the help of 3 eccentric, elderly Jazz Age singers. Told almost entirely through (stunningly imaginative) visuals, sound effects & music, this is SO FRENCH & so brilliant. It's a shame it didn't scale the same popularity as something like Spirited Away did from the same time period, because it certainly would have deserved it.

 

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Death Becomes Her (1992)

I give it an A

 

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Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)

I give it a B-

 

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Friday the 13th Part II (1981)

I give it a B+

 

[jyxz]

Peter Hujar’s Day (2025)

 

[Shirley]

Ooh is it any good? I was a bit disappointed with Passages taint notwithstanding

 

[straightorbroken]

Inland Empire (2006)

I give it an A.

 

[Shirley]

Lonesome (2022)

One so rarely gets the opportunity to see a lingering closeup of a man taking a piss outside SPECIALIST CINEMA but on the whole I liked this a lot more than I expected despite the acting if we can even call it that

 

[jyxz]

Ooh is it any good? I was a bit disappointed with Passages taint notwithstanding

It was lovely to look at and the acting’s genuinely great, but it’s definitely more of a mood than a story. I liked being in its world, but not a lot actually happens

 

[jivafox]

Inland Empire (2006)

I give it an A.

 

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Infinity Pool (2023)

I give it a C.

 

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Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

I give it a B

 

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Blonde Venus (1932)

I give it an A+

 

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TRON: Legacy (2010)

I give it a B-

 

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Gypsy (1993)

I give it a B

 

[Shirley]

The Summer With Carmen (2023)

More fun than I was expecting

 

[jyxz]

The Summer With Carmen (2023)

More fun than I was expecting

Have you seen 'Rotting in the sun'?

 

[Jark]

Other People's Children (2022)

another French drama. Virginie Efira was so good in this. I cried. A

 

[Shirley]

Have you seen 'Rotting in the sun'?

Oh yes

 

[jyxz]

Black Phone 2

What’s the worst grade I can give?

I give it that

 

[straightorbroken]

Pillion (2025)

Not enough D.

I give it a C.

 

[Shirley]

Heartstone (2016)

Iceland beautiful but harsh darlings. All the usual bleating about a cat getting kicked and fish being lightly killed. Do you even live in the real world?

 

[Debbie Jellinsky]

Send Help (2026)
Started out as a fun black comedy/thriller type thing, but lost me in the last third.

Spoiler

I didn't really need Linda to turn into Annie Wilkes. Fell flat as a "good for her" horror for me because she's such a psychopath in the end and you start to feel for her douchey boss.

Rachel McAdams is great as usual though and Dylan O'Brien is gorgeous. And there's lots of Raimi-esque gore, slapstick and bodily fluids (and some nods to The Evil Dead).

 

[straightorbroken]

Gilda (1946)

Sure, it was decent.

Just fancied watching it again. A lot is made of the so-called "good girl ending" tagged on at the end, but we sure do get a lot in the 2nd half. One of my absolute favourites.

I give it an A+

 

[Halli]

Cinema:

Send Help - 08
Devil Wears Prada 2 - 08

 

[straightorbroken]

Pink Flamingos (1972)

As per my highbrow Letterboxd review, this is a 5 or 0 star film and frankly...

I give it an A!

 

[Shirley]

The Lost Boys (2023)

Yes I know I need to STOP watching sad gay films

 

[Shirley]

Young Hearts (2024)

TBH if my father was that fucking EMBARRASSING being a TEEN QUEEN would seem like a MINOR PROBLEM

Revoltingly WHOLESOME, I hate a HAPPY ENDING

 

[jivafox]

Strait-Jacket (1964)

What a shame this film isn't as iconic as its first and last five minutes.

 

[straightorbroken]

Grey Gardens (1975)

I give it an A.

 

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Wuthering Heights (2026)

I give it a C.

 

[straightorbroken]

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Could have watched that floating alien woman all day. Too bad that's all we got of that ilk.

I give it a B.

 

[Shirley]

Young Soul Rebels (1991)

If I'd had known this was set in the FUNKY DISCO ERA I'd have watched it before

Featuring cinema's shortest gay sex scene. Digging the realism for once

Spoiler: spoiler

Oh KEN

 

[jyxz]

The Plague (2025)

T(w)een angst in a water polo summer camp. Trigger warning for those who were bullied.

 

[Joseph]

Kraven

1/5 - easily one of the worst Marvel related movies

 

[big ron]

Watched Marty Supreme last night, great film but fucking ridiculous, more a farce than a sports film.

Just watched The Bone Temple and I thought it was excellent…

Spoiler

It makes the first in this trilogy make more sense now, and it coning back full circle to Jim was satisfying, can’t wait for thr final film.

 

[big ron]

Oh and I forgot to heap praise on Ralph Fiennes, incredible.

 

[jyxz]

Who wants to marry an astronaut? (2024)

Spanish gay rom com. After fifteen years of relationship, David feels the time has come to take the next step. To do so, he plans an idyllic trip along Route 66 with a wedding in Las Vegas. But when he proposes, his partner rejects him in front of everyone.

 

[jivafox]

Rebecca (1940)

Not quite as gothic as I remember and I had completely forgotten the final third turns into a legal drama That slow panning shot of "Rebecca" getting off the couch and walking across the room. Chef's kiss!