#FF19 Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is difficult. On one hand, it's self-indulgent, needlessly lengthy, doesn't particularly go anywhere, and has a cop-out ending.

On the other, it's beautifully shot, has a fun relationship at its core, and some fantastic scenes.

Mixed feelings

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 30, 2019

#FF19 American Factory is a documentary about the culture clash between Chinese and American works at a newly reopened factory in Ohio.

The perspective is relatively neutral. It's somewhat slow-paced. There's no over-produced drama.

It's a pleasant enough watch for the length.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 30, 2019

#FF19 Point Blank is an action film with a generic plot and dialogue that'll never surprise you.

Some of the car sequences are decent, but over-edited. Some of the fights work well. Some of the framing is actually pretty good.

It's entirely forgettable but watchable for 90 mins

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 30, 2019

#FF19 Good Boys is an entirely forgettable comedy about kids getting ready for big moments in their lives.

It never really gets any big laughs, but there are enough small jokes scattered throughout that it's not a chore.

Fine, but probably watch-once material.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) August 31, 2019

#FF19 Spider-Man: Far From Home is the MCU film you deserve right now. Light-hearted action, funny quips, decent characters.

There's nothing new here, but it's done well. The twists are obvious (I guessed most from the trailers). The film is fun. Watch it.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 8, 2019

#FF19 The Dead Don’t Die is a weird wink and nod to Romero’s movies, without saying anything fresh.

A little self-knowing. Funny, with some great characters (fantastically cast). It doesn’t really go anywhere but it really doesn’t have to.

If you love Jarmusch, you’ll like this

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 13, 2019

#FF19 The Current War is a decent enough telling of the fight between Westinghouse and Edison.

Performances are fine, but it could build out the characters a bit more. The editing needs to give scenes more room to breath, and the tealy/orange colour grading could use work.

Ok

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) July 28, 2019

#FF19 I Am Mother, as lo-fi, nearly single-location, sci-fi goes, is pretty decent. Following a girl raised underground by a robot after an unseen apocalypse, it builds tension well.

Some of the plot beats are a little predictable, but the actresses sell everything. Worth seeing

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 18, 2019

#FF19 Booksmart is funny and charming, and awkward, and fun. The references to Superbad are understandable but don't do it justice: it's doing something a little different, but with some of the same DNA.

A great directorial debut, a memorable comedy, and a decent film. See it.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 18, 2019

#FF19 Brightburn has a solid premise (what if, as a boy, Clark Kent, was a sociopath?), but squanders it to some extent. The gruesome horror bits work well, but the film fails to build a meaningful story around them.

Solid enough, but very set-piece driven.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 21, 2019

#FF19 The Wandering Earth is attempting to be a blockbuster through scale, but lacks the stakes.

The film is spectacle first, plot second, characters… eventually.

It’s a light enough watch but not terribly entertaining. Looks cheap. Feels underwritten.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 7, 2019

#FF19 Prospect is indie sci-fi done very well.

The premise and stakes are clear, but rarely do we get an exposition dump.

It looks gorgeous. The old west prospecting future is somewhere I’d gladly revisit, with lots of weird wrinkles.

An excellent, tight movie. See it.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 7, 2019

#FF19 Long Shot is a so-so comedy. It's got some great moments, but not particularly well-linked. Charlize Theron is excellent in it, and Seth Rogen is... well, Seth Rogen.

Not a terrible film, but not particularly memorable.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 13, 2019

#FF19 Wine Country is a little flatter than the cast suggests. Trying to give every cast member an arc is admirable, but means none of them really get the time they need to stretch.

Funny moments, but rarely laugh out loud. Watchable.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 13, 2019

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum has fewer big action sequences, and a lot more up-close combat. From the early library fight to the ending, there's little room to breath. The action is excellent.

If you like the earlier films, this is more of the same in the best possible way.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 18, 2019

#FF19 Maria is a poor martial arts film. The plot is paper thin, the acting seems pretty bad, and the characters and their motivations seem to be whatever will get the plot moving.

Some of the action sequences are cleanly executed and edited. Others have too many cuts. Skip.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 23, 2019

#FF19 Knock Down the House is an inspirational, but somewhat dry, documentary on the movement to improve candidates to the senate.

With common knowledge, it's robbed of its dramatic beats, but still shows us the ups and downs of several important campaigns. Decent.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 29, 2019

#FF19 The Perfection is... not good in the most bizarre car crash fashion. Beautifully shot, but a mess of themes and messages. Some things that happen are problematic, some are bizarre, whilst others are plain funny.

It's a 90 minute mess. Decide for yourself.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 29, 2019

#FF19 The Furie is slow to get started, and has a few dreary sections in the middle, with a somewhat generic plot.

That said, the martial arts work, and the accompanying camera moves are excellent. Kinetic, motived, interesting. Better than most fighting films.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 31, 2019

#FF19 Rim of the World is a bit of a mess. At times it's a YA drama about an alien invasion, at others it's making crude yet cliched jokes; with all the character development of a kids film.

I've no idea who this is for. That said, it's somewhat entertaining in places. Meh.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) June 1, 2019

#FF19 Shazam is decent fun and reasonably made.

I laughed in places, I didn't care about some of the barely explained elements, it was mindless, but enjoyable.

Definitely a bit long, but not an awful way to spend an afternoon.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 8, 2019

#FF19 The Highwaymen is a decent mid-budget drama, taking the other side of Bonnie & Clyde’s crime spree.

Well shot, with sparse dialogue, but just a little long. Costner and Harrelson both make the picture work.

Definitely worth a watch.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 14, 2019

#FF19 Unicorn Store is Brie Larson’s directorial debut, about a girl who believes she’s about to get a unicorn.

It’s a little twee, but the messages work well, the pacing keeps up, and the visuals remind me of Michel Gondry.

Well done.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 14, 2019

#FF19 The Silence is the 3rd film (and the 2nd Netflix original) in the last year or so to stumble into the idea of monsters attracted to noise.

It doesn’t do well by comparison, being elevated by its cast but dragged down by its cliches (the religious cult).

Decidely so-so.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 14, 2019

#FF19 The Ruthless is a fairly average and pretty generic Italian ganster film.

Set in Milan in the the 80s and 90s, we follow one gangster as he sets up his organisation. It's light on details, focussing instead on his wife and mistress.

Fairly forgettable but okay.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 24, 2019

#FF19 The Sisters Brothers is a solid Western with a great cast. Phoenix and Reilly work well as the titular brothers, forming the backbone relationship of the cast.

Some excellent action, but mostly focussed on little conversations. Very good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) April 24, 2019

#FF19 Eighth Grade does a masterful job of recreating the anxiety of finding your place in the world.

The camera work embeds you in the main character's POV, the lighting works subtlely, and the pacing is well managed.

A must-see film.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 1, 2019

#FF19 Avengers: Endgame is the climax the MCU films to date needed.

At three hours, there's definitely some flab that can be trimmed, but there are plenty of good sequences to watch when it's not doing too much fan service.

Good, not great. Fun, not fantastic.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) May 1, 2019