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Richard Osman's House of Games (2017)
Enjoyable fun quiz
An enjoyable general knowledge quiz with a mix of celebrity competition and gentle humour.
Nothing too stressful though a few of the 1 star reviewers below seem to have a real fear of intelligent television. They struggle with the choice between. "It's not taste" Vs "This needs to be axed immediately". Obviously there's no in-between in their eyes.
Watch a few episodes and make up your own mind.
Vera (2011)
Murder She Wrote for slow learners
I was persuaded to watch this as the "new Colombo". Sadly disappointed as there's nothing new here.
Sure, there's elements of Colombo and Murder She Wrote but nothing new. Seen it all before.
Colombo was unique...this is derivative
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Mysterio the star
This movie surpassed my expectations but is not a 10 out of 10.
It's not the best ever Marvel movie ... It's not even the best Spider-Man movie (Doc Ock retains that prize) but the action sequences are well done and Mysterio is brought to life in a brilliant way. He was always a favourite villain.
Away from the action, the scenes with the classmates try too hard for my liking and fall a bit flat but over all it's a good movie and we'll worth a viewing.
Do stay on for both the mid and end credit sequences...worth the wait.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
A fitting finale
It's simple.
If you don't like or follow Marvel movies then don't watch.
If you do, then this is a quite fitting conclusion to the first phase of Marvel movies. Absolutely enthralling and unpredictable from start to end.
I was terrified that they'd drop the ball with the final movie. Infinity Wars was okay but not great...but this movie is a near perfect finale.
Enjoy!
The Greatest Showman (2017)
One in the eye for the critics!
My last cinema visit was for Blade Runner 2049 - a quite brilliant film loved by critics and largely ignored by the cinema-going public. Like its predecessor it will probably come to be regarded a classic.
With The Greatest Showman we have the situation in reverse - disliked by critics and thriving on word-of-mouth from paying customers and many repeated viewings. It is a fictionalised musical account of the life of P. T. Barnum. Is it accurate? No. Was Barnum a nice guy? Apparently not.
But this film is a cinema treat for anyone who likes big screen musicals with great performances and a slew of catchy songs. I can understand repeated viewings as it reminds me most of Disney classics like Beauty & the Beast in terms of addictive tunes. If you like big screen musicals then ignore the critics and give it a go. It will, no doubt, be regarded as a musical classic...