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A side-splitting unintentional comedy

“Arriving twenty years after the infamously terrible The Room, 2023's Big Shark is Tommy Wiseau's second feature film as writer, director and lead actor, and it's clear that he learned absolutely nothing about the art of filmmaking in the interim. Overwhelmingly incompetent and thoroughly nonsensical” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 18th Via: Cinema Plot: Three firefighters must save New Orleans from a shark attack. Rating: 4.5/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's the new Tommy Wiseau movie and it's opening night in Sydney, I had to go to the premiere screening.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 18th Via: iTunes Store Plot: A devoted husband and father helps two stranded young women who knock on his door, but his kind gesture turns into a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse. Rating: 5.6/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's the only Eli Roth movie I haven't seen and I've been curious about it since it was first released.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 18th Via: Amazon Prime Video Plot: Two years after slaughtering the Neo-Nazis who killed her father, Becky encounters members of a violent terrorist cell. After they kill her friend and steal her dog, Becky begins another killing spree. Rating: 6.8/10 Why Did I Watch It? I liked the first film, and I've been waiting to see this sequel. It finally released in Australia, so I pounced.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 17th Via: Cinema Plot: After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday. Rating: 7.1/10 Why Did I Watch It? Everything about it made me want to see it ASAP.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 16th Via: Netflix Plot: Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival. Rating: 5.5/10 Why Did I Watch It? It leaves Netflix soon and I was curious about it.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 15th Via: Cinema Plot: An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle where they must survive. Rating: 6.3/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's a new R-rated action film from Pierre Morel and it stars John Cena.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 14th Via: Amazon Prime Video Plot: After a one-night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions. Rating: 7.0/10 Why Did I Watch It? Matthew Perry mentioned it in his autobiography and it sounded promising. When I saw it was a cheap rental, I pounced.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 13th Via: Stan. Plot: Former getaway driver Charles Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charles' former gang chase them on the road. Rating: 5.7/10 Why Did I Watch It? I intended to watch it back in 2012, and I didn't want to pay for it, so when it appeared on Stan., it seemed like a good chance to finally give it a whirl.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 12th Via: Netflix Plot: A yachtswoman is forced to deviate from her plotted course in response to stormy weather, and she discovers people in the water clinging to wreckage. After saving them, she is forced at gunpoint to recover cocaine from the bottom of the ocean. Rating: 5.8/10 Why Did I Watch It? I'll always watch a new shark movie, especially if it's free on Netflix.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 12th Via: Amazon Prime Video (via VPN) Plot: The life of British career criminal Carlton Leach. Rating: 7.2/10 Why Did I Watch It? This has been on my watchlist for many years and I could finally watch it with a VPN.

First Viewing Viewing Date: November 11th Via: iTunes Store Plot: A sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a silent maniacal murderer who, as the result of secret genetic experimentation by an unethical scientist, has the ability to self-heal. Rating: 5.3/10 Why Did I Watch It? I'll take a simple Chuck Norris action movie any day, for the schlockiness of it all.

One of 2023's most unexpected gems

“In contrast to similar 2023 movies like Air and Tetris, director Matt Johnson's BlackBerry is not an upbeat underdog story with an uplifting ending about a successful company. Instead, BlackBerry is about the rise and fall of the once-popular smartphone, with the screenplay showing as much interest ” read more

The nadir of the MCU. A dumpster fire.

“After overwhelmingly negative feedback towards 2019's Captain Marvel, and of Brie Larson's portrayal of the titular heroine, the character is sidelined here in her own sequel which does not even carry the title of Captain Marvel 2. Directed by Nia DaCosta (2021's Candyman remake) 2023's The Marvels ” read more