#FF25 A Real Pain is about a fraught interpersonal relationship with the weight of history behind it.

Eisenberg is good as both performer and director, Culkin puts in an excellent performance. The film weaves from funny to sombre to infuriating and back with deftness.

Very good

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 Nosferatu is a moody, atmospheric take on the legend.

This is Eggers at his most divisive - as much about the atmosphere and tone as the plot, it pulls. Hoult puts in another fantastic performance. This won't be for everyone but it's well worth seeing.

Great.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 The Order is a solid crime-thriller about an FBI agent chasing white supremacists.

Law puts in a darker performance than normal, with an edge to his usual swagger. The pacing is a little uneven, but the threat and menance throughout carries the movie.

Very good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 Saturday Night is about the making of the infamous US TV show's first episode.

It tries to show the chaos of making it but doesn't do much to draw attention. Many of the issues we see aren't particularly interesting and most are repetitive.

It has moments but mostly dull

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 Here is about the history of a house and its inhabitants through time.

At times the gimmick (one locked off camera) is interesting and downright clever, but the film is cheesey and stagey in the worst ways. It looks abysymal - plasticky, overlit, fake.

Boring.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 The Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger is another look at doing business differently.

It's earnest and small, which at times can be charming and at times a bit repetitive. It lacks some of the charm and warmth of the original.

Fine for a while.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 Back In Action is more action slop from Netflix.

So forgettable I had to look up what it was. The action is dull, the plot is nonsense, the leads seem bored. There's nothing to like here.

Bad.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 Wolf Man revisits the classic werewolf tropes.

Garner and Abbott are both solid as couple in a remote cabin. The film builds atmosphere and is somewhat fun, but stumbles in the back half of the movie - just a little bit slow, and too many of the same scares.

Fine.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 Star Trek: Section 31 squanders its cast and lore to turn in a boring Guardians of the Galaxy meets the Rick & Morty Heist episode - which sounds better than what we get.

An absolute mess of a plot, terrible additions to the canon, cheesey, boring, and cheap.

Bad.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 Flight Risk has a few moments of fun setup, but not much payoff.

The premise is reasonable but the leads are all way over the top - this is not a subtle film at any point. Doesn't have quite enough fuel to keep the plot going.

Skip.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF25 You're Cordially Invited manages to do poorly with a fine setup.

Everything in the movie seems setup to get to the next pre-canned sketch, rather than feeling like an organic extension of the situation. I remember laughing one time, and being pretty bored for the rest.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 9, 2025

#FF24 Rumours is a slightly self-indulgent, dry, absurdist comedy about the political classes.

The humour is amusing in moments, but the whole thing doesn't hang together. It overstays it's very short run time, reiterating short bits on the same, thin material.

Meh.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 2, 2025

#FF24 Juror #2 is a courtroom drama where we know early the outcome unless one man steps up.

Hoult gives a career best performance as the titular character, with Collette hardly slacking.

The rarest of films: one that arguably ends at exactly the right moment.

Very good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 2, 2025

#FF24 Carry-On is slightly better than your typical streaming service, action movie slop - but not by much.

Egerton is fine in the lead, but Bateman is clearly having a lot of fun.

Almost nothing in the film holds up to scrutiny, but it's fine for a couple of hours.

Okay.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 2, 2025

#FF24 Dear Santa is a Christmas film you'll probably watch once.

Jack Black plays an over the top demon who grants a kid three wishes. Some of it plays out in a fun way, but it's mostly forgettable with some pretty terrible moments.

Meh.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 2, 2025

#FF24 Subservience is part of the growing genre around lifelike robots that eventually turn to murder.

You'll see every single beat of this film coming, but that doesn't stop it occasionally being fun.

Fine.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 2, 2025

#FF24 Red One, despite its short cinematic release, is the worst kind of streaming slop.

Clearly built with franchising in mind, it failed at the first step of being interesting, well-made, or vaguely sensible. With an enormous budget, you won't see any of it on screen.

Awful.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 2, 2025

#FF24 Anora is torn between tense drama and black comedy.

Madison is excellent, managing the slight tonal shifts perfectly. The film is exciting, dark, (mostly) propulsive - and heading for an obvious conclusion. I have nits to pick, but this is well worth seeing.

Great.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) March 2, 2025

#FF24 My Old Ass is a bit shapeless, and takes a long time to go nowhere.

I didn't care about anything that happened and it all seemed a bit obvious - and dull. The central romance didn't work for me, which is probably why I didn't enjoy this much.

Skip.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024

#FF24 Heretic is a fine piece of psychological horror.

Grant is clearly having a great time as the antagonist, and is delightful in the role. Keeps the tension up.

It nearly fumbles in the end (and in a handful of shots of a maze), but I think it just about pulls it off.

Good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024

#FF24 Caddo Lake is one to see cold.

Ostensbily about a young girl missing in a swampy lake, it quickly becomes clear something else is happening. Slow, methodical, and does a great job of slowly revealing the back half.

Very good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024

#FF24 Time Cut is a somewhat generic time-travel/killer film, very similar to one from last year.

A girl tries to prevent her sister's murder but in doing so causes ripples. You'll see basically everything coming and won't really care about what happens.

It's fine, not terrible

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024

#FF24 Conclave is about a Papal conclave frought with drama.

Fantastic performances throughout, and each of the main threads keeps things twisting nicely - if a little melodramatically. The final twist is silly and heavy-handed, but I can't say I minded much.

Good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024

#FF24 Gladiator 2 is a bit too much of a retread.

Mezcal is great as the lead, but his journey follows pretty much the same arc as the original. Washington is fantastic - but is the only fresh injection of energy. Everything else is stale.

Okay, as an imitation.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024

#FF24 Kneecap was surprisingly great.

About a hip-hop trio who rap in Irish, it's silly and fun, visually inventive, and well-paced throughout. I didn't expect much and it massively overdelivered - even if the Fassbender plot was a bit much.

Very good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024

#FF24 The Platform 2 is similar to the (very good) original but with some twists.

Here the focus is more on doctine, belief, and zeal, than the slightly more random chaos of the original. I wouldn't watch them back to back, but both are worth seeing.

Solid.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) October 13, 2024

#FF24 Speak No Evil is a secluded horror about a family who go somewhere they shouldn't.

McAvoy's shifting accent aside, it keeps the tension high, constantly letting you know that things aren't right, but not stepping back. The ending is a little weak, but doesn't spoil.

Good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) October 13, 2024

#FF24 It's What's Inside mixes a simple sci-fi/horror premise with the jealousy of influencer culture.

You can very quickly see the possibilities, and the movie has a lot of fun with the what-ifs. It overcomplicates the ending, with too many expositional twists.

Fun.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) October 13, 2024

#FF24 Brothers is proof a great cast can make a bad film.

Ostensibily a comedy, I don't think I laughed once. The plot is forgettable and the characters are flat - nothing that happened was particularly interesting.

Avoid.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024

#FF24 Woman Of The Hour is a bit of a mixed bag.

It's a weird framing (killer on a dating show) of what would have been a better film if told in a more straightforward way. There are moments of levity and moments of well-earned tension, but it's all a bit odd.

Okay.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024

#FF24 Strange Darling is a strange but well structured movie.

We start in the middle, and jump backwards and forwards through multiple chapters - that couldn't really be told in any other order. It doesn't quite know when to end, but the journey is well worth it.

Good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) December 8, 2024