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First Viewing Viewing Date: January 11th Via: Amazon Prime Video Plot: In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots. Rating: 6.4/10 Why Did I Watch It? I'm always in the mood for B-grade '80s sci-fi action. I randomly found out that this exists, and it was directed by Michael Crichton, and I promptly jumped on it.

First Viewing Viewing Date: January 8th Via: Apple TV Plot: An Italian waiter fights off a criminal mastermind with his inherited powers of disguise. Rating: 4.6/10 Why Did I Watch It? I saw a few posts about this film on social media, with people defending it as a guilty pleasure, so I was curious and wanted to give it a whirl.

More hit-and-miss than its predecessor

“Despite The Inbetweeners creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris designing and intending 2011's The Inbetweeners Movie to serve as a theatrical finale for the beloved television show, the immense commercial success immediately prompted sequel talks. Beesley and Morris return to oversee the screenplay” read more

Rewatch Viewing Date: January 7th Via: Cinema Plot: After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy. Rating: 8.8/10 Why Did I Watch It? This was the only Spider-Man movie I hadn't seen at the cinema. So when the re-release came around, it seemed like a great opportunity to right this wrong. Review here

First Viewing Viewing Date: January 6th Via: Amazon Prime Video (via VPN) Plot: A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks. Rating: 4.8/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's another shark movie, so I wanted to watch it.

An insightful, poignant documentary

“Indescribably touching and almost unbearably poignant, 2024's Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story chronicles the life of Superman actor Christopher Reeve from his early career all the way through to the horseback riding accident that changed everything. Using archival recordings from Reeve's audi” read more

It feels like a straight-to-video animated movie

“It is a challenging time to be a J.R.R. Tolkien fan, with Amazon's streaming series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power coming across as poor, lifeless fanfiction that grossly mishandles the lore, showing no respect or reverence for the acclaimed source material. Competing with Amazon, 2024's ” read more