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#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#FF24 Blog post: Film Fight 2024: December - All the films from December in one place. solitude.vkps.co.uk/2025/03/film-f…

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Right, time to clear out January's films and get caught back up on Film Fight. If you have no interest, #FF25 is the hashtag to mute.

#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

#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.

#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.

#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

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.