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Adaptation

A fascinating mixture of creative talents leads to a fairly lacklustre and amateurish attempt at meta storytelling. It's weird and there are some brilliant performances, but I'm not sure it ever manages to justify it's own decisions.

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

More pantomime than reality, but somehow that works out very much in its favour, becoming a rare sequel that appears to have improved on the original in just about every way. Funnier, more quotable, and with an expanded all-star cast; a whole lot of fun.

The Princess Diaries

Comfort food in film form. There's nothing overly nourishing on offer, but it's still highly enjoyable and will leave you feeling all warm and full-up of good vibes.

Mean Girls

A fun flick with more depth and talent than it ever needed, which has helped it hold up nearly 20 years later.

Men in Black: International

A fun return to the franchise, nicely reimagined and with a great cast, but lacking polish and suffering from a lacklustre plot.

Set It Up

A totally typical rom-com with some genuinely funny, quirky moments and a decent cast, but it won't light your world on fire.

Artemis Fowl

An empty mess with the occasional moment where the genius of the books briefly shines through. Lacklustre.

The Raid

A brilliantly tense and incredibly choreographed two-hour fight sequence, supported by just enough plot to keep you engaged and interested.

The Man in the High Castle

A brutally tense and depressing show with a great cast of characters, some exceptional plot lines, and beautiful cinematography. The sci-fi is still a little odd, but the alt-history is intriguing and the world-building brilliant.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Brilliant, campy, hyper-violent goodness that expands on the original world with some interesting new angles; a perfectly sarcastic sequel.

Kingsman: The Secret Service

A brilliantly paced, excellently acted, and seriously funny film. In other words: excellent.

This House

A humorous skewering of modern politics, through the lens of a ridiculous period of British democracy that has some uncanny parallels to modern days.