Jellyfish Film

27/04/2022

This week's episode of Moon Knight was an emotional rollercoaster. Here's our episode discussion:

WARNING: Contains spoilers for this and previous episodes Well we're just a tad emotional over here. Everyone thought this would be the ...

24/04/2022

'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' is Nic Cage back at his finest (not that he went anywhere).

Review: https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2022/04/reviewed-unbearable-weight-of-massive.html

"I knew you would understand what I was trying to do with this film." When I first heard the idea of Nic Cage playing a fictionalized versio...

22/04/2022

Here's my episode discussion for Moon Knight Episode 4, where I discuss *that* ending and speculate on what might be coming next:

https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2022/04/moon-knight-ep-4-tomb.html

WARNING: Contains spoilers for this and previous episodes The latest episode of Moon Knight certainly gave us plenty to talk about, not leas...

21/04/2022

The Northman is an brutal epic masterpiece.

Review: https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-northman.html

"I will avenge you, father. I will save you, mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir " Director Robert Eggers' most ambitious film yet is a brutal ...

21/04/2022

21/04/2022

I've written a piece discussing why Netflix are having problems and what they might be able to do about it:

https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-netflix-problem.html

Things are not looking good right now at Netflix. The streaming giant announced that they've lost over 200,000 subscribers in the first thre...

15/12/2021

The big guy is revealed in this week's episode of Hawkeye. All this and more in this week's episode discussion:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/12/hawkeye-ep-5-ronin.html

WARNING: Spoilers for Hawkeye Episode 5 (and previous episodes) Hawkeye continues to be a great chapter of the MCU and this latest episode...

10/12/2021

The plot thickens in episode 4 of Hawkeye! Here’s my episode discussion:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/12/hawkeye-ep-4-partners-am-i-right.html

WARNING: Spoilers for Hawkeye Episode 4 (and previous episodes) The latest episode of Hawkeye feels like it is setting up for the big fin...

10/12/2021

Riz Ahmed stars in Amazon’s sci-fi road trip ‘Encounter’. Here’s my review:

https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2021/12/encounter.html

"Nothing bad's gonna happen to you when I'm around." Riz Ahmed's filmography is fascinating and it's a safe bet these days that if he's chos...

05/12/2021

The new animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie has arrived on Disney+! Here’s my review: https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2021/12/diary-of-wimpy-kid-2021.html

"Zoo-wee-mama!" I know if I was a bit younger I would likely have grown-up as a huge fan of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Four live-action...

04/12/2021

Joaquin Phoenix is superb in Mike Mills’ new film “C’mon C’mon”. Here’s my review:

https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2021/12/cmon-cmon.html

"When you think about the future, what do you imagine it will be?" Well this was just lovely. Radio journalist Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) tra...

01/12/2021

Here’s my episode discussion of the superb third episode of Hawkeye:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/12/hawkeye-ep3-echoes.html

WARNING: Spoilers for Hawkeye Episode 3 (and previous episodes) This episode was the Maya Lopez origin story with a superb opening sequenc...

24/11/2021

The first two episodes of are out now and so my Marvel episode discussions are back!

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/11/hawkeye-ep12-never-meet-your-heroeshide.html

WARNING: Spoilers for Hawkeye Episodes 1 and 2 Hawkeye is back on our screens and is finally the star as he heads his own TV show, although ...

21/11/2021

The Ghostbusters are back! Here’s my review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife:

https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2021/11/ghostbusters-afterlife.html

" Take a little advice, don’t go chasing ghosts. " Ghostbusters: Afterlife has been criticised in some quarters for being too dedicated to ...

14/11/2021

I’ve written a spoilery discussion of Eternals including the post-credits scenes:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/11/eternals-discussion.html

WARNING: Contains spoilers for Eternals It's fair to say that Eternals has proved somewhat divisive amongst MCU fans. I suspect that's par...

13/11/2021

A whole load of Marvel announcements were made on Disney+ Day- here’s a round-up:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/11/disney-day-2021-announcements.html

The first Disney+ day saw the streaming service announce a whole slew of new content, including plenty of Marvel TV shows. Before we look ah...

07/11/2021

Eternals is Marvel’s most mature film yet. Here’s my review:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/11/eternals-review.html

Eternals may have the tone of an MCU film, humour mixed with grand superhero action, but actually it doesn't really feel like an MCU film at...

30/10/2021

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is a masterpiece! Here’s my review:

https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2021/10/dune-2021.html

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings obliteration. I will face my fear and I will permit it to pa...

21/10/2021

My 1000 films journey brings me to comedy-mystery The Thin Man:

https://dan1001movies.blogspot.com/2021/10/87-thin-man.html

USA 91m Dir: WS van D**e Key Cast: William Powell and Myrna Loy The Thin Man was based on a book written by Dashiell Hammett and so I wa...

19/10/2021

I’ve done a spoiler-y discussion for Venom: Let There Be Carnage including *that* mid-credits scene:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/10/venom-let-their-be-carnage-discussion.html

WARNING : Contain spoilers for Venom: Let Their Be Carnage What the Venom sequel does best is really build on the odd couple relationship ...

18/10/2021

Venom returns in Venom: Let There Be Carnage! Here’s my review: https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/10/venom-let-there-be-carnage-review.html

"You know what secrets want? They want out. That's why they're so hard to keep." I was quite under the weather went I went to see this fil...

07/10/2021

The season finale of introduces us to the Guardians of the Multiverse! Here’s my episode discussion:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/10/what-if-ep-9-guardians-of-multiverse.html

WARNING: Spoilers for What If? Season 1 Episode 9 (and previous episodes) On the whole the episodes of What If? have felt like stand-alone...

03/10/2021

Daniel Craig stars as James Bond one final time in the excellent No Time to Die. Here’s my review:

https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2021/10/no-time-to-die.html

If we don't do this there'll be nothing left to save! Most previous James Bond actors haven't even known that they were starring in their la...

26/09/2021

The Green Knight has finally been released in the UK! Here’s my review and my interpretation of it:

https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-green-knight.html

"Whilst we're off looking for red, in comes green. Red is the colour of lust. But green is what lust leaves behind, in heart, in womb. Green...

22/09/2021

This week’s episode of sees Thor as the God of Parties! Here’s my episode discussion:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/09/what-if-ep-7-party-thor.html

WARNING: Spoilers for Season 1, Episode 6 of What If? After a seriously dark tone in the last few episodes, this week's episode of What If...

19/09/2021

Jodie Comer is superb in COVID care home drama ‘Help’, now on All4. Here’s my review:

https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2021/09/help.html

Stephen Graham had been asking screenwriter Jack Thorne to write a script for him and his friend and fellow Liverpudlian actor Jodie Comer a...

15/09/2021

This week’s episode of What If? sees Killmonger save Tony Stark! Here’s my episode discussion:

https://icanwatchthisallday.blogspot.com/2021/09/what-if-ep-6-killmonger-to-rescue.html

WARNING : Spoilers for Season 2, Episode 6 of What If? What If? has so far focused on giving us alternate versions of the heroes we know b...

12/09/2021

Amazon’s new erotic thriller The Voyeurs is now available to watch on Prime Video. Here’s my review: https://jellyfish-film.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-voyeurs.html

The Voyeurs is a rare twenty-first century example of that popular 90s genre the erotic thriller, whilst also feeling like a sexed-up Rear ...