All the successes listed for that year were sequels/prequels, so there’s an element of playing it safe. This year’s were all originals, which is ambitious, and to be honest, laudable. Just a shame they were shit.

The vibe’s very different without Sid James and Barbara Windsor.

I’d never heard of The Arrival. I’ve just read that Sheen’s character is called Zane Zaminsky which immediately gives me an idea of the quality of the movie, and guarantees I’ll watch it.

Pulse was an odd one. The only thing I remember about it is the shower scene, for reasons other than I would typically remember a shower scene.

Another one for the list: Cube (1997). Low budget sci-fi horror-ish movie that I remember being pretty polarising.

Dark City is a great shout. The director’s cut loses the voiceover at the start, and is definitely the version to watch.

It’s just a phrase, you don’t literally have to feel guilty.

I think that’s why I preferred Rogue One (and Andor), in that they were more like war movies/shows that expanded upon this galaxy we were promised, but only previously had exposure to the same handful of individuals and their lightsabers.

Regarding the reset of the galaxy via TFA as a mistake and what you do with it after that is actually a superb take. I think your second paragraph might even have made me want to give TLJ another go!

Absolutely no judgement here! It’s all personal preference.

That said, Last Jedi over Rogue One is a bold call ;)

It’s great, and Sam Neill is a superb antagonist. It ruined every other film of his I’ve watched since though, because all I can picture is him as a manifestation of insanity.

I read a while back that there was a much longer, far more gruesome version of the blood orgy scene that had to be cut because of how disturbing it was. I hate that sort of thing generally - I usually can’t watch horror without shitting myself - but the fact that it’s part of a film I loved makes me disappointed I won’t see it.

I’m gonna add Riddick (2013) to my list too. Pitch Black is obviously better and more well regarded so not really a guilty pleasure, but Riddick is another great underdog imo.

Great list, for Equilibrium alone, which I loved. Event Horizon also, that’s an unquestionable masterpiece.

I’d say that’s universally loved tbh, plus it also makes the top 50 in the Kotaku link above, but otherwise, yes!

I really enjoyed Total Recall, but I expect 99% of that was down to my obsession with Beckinsale.

Agreed, the Rebel Moon movies were beyond awful. I have no clue how they got greenlit. There’s no guilty pleasure there, they’re just objectively bad.

I watched it again with my kids the other day, hoping they’d enjoy it like I did. Towards the end, but far enough away for it not to be obvious, my youngest said

which was disappointing in that she guessed one of the twists, but at least it shows she was paying attention!

Elysium was great. I think I spent most of my time watching Ready Player One the same way I did with Deadpool & Wolverine - pointing at the screen going “Look, that’s x from y!”

young Wesley Snipes

That’s incredibly generous. The guy’s already 50 years old. 15 years older than Snipes was in the original Blade!

Really interesting that the start is basically saying “like the other movies, this probably won’t be well received initially, but years from now will be regarded as a masterpiece”.

So when the reviews or attendances suck, FFC gets to say “ah, but wait!”.

Preempting a poor reception in the actual trailer is wild.

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The article just quotes Tom saying that he doesn’t think it’s happening, not that Miller has announced that it isn’t. That’s not to say it will happen but there’s no official announcement here, and there’s always an opportunity for it to go ahead with Max as a different actor. Wishful thinking anyway.