Jack Quaid screams mid-air as he is thrown around in the back of an ambulance in Novocaine
Did it, 52 films in 52 weeks. Was meant to be one a week, but missed a few and crossed the line with three in two days.
But man, finished in style. Novocaine is dark, twisted, violent, and absolutely hilarious.
And it's a Christmas film.
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No 52
Jodie Cromer has a brief moment of respite in a field of oil seed rape in 28 Years Later
Another Danny Boyle classic, and very much two films in one. Starts off as a runny abouty screamy shouty zombieish thing, then Feinnes turns up and it's a whole different thing.
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No 51
Rebecca Ferguson looks suitably tense as shit goes down in A House Of Dynamite
Yeah.... not hauntingly terrifying at all. Don't need sleep anyway....
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No 50
Chief Brody looks scared while an actual shark expert explains sharks to him, including the fact they can hear sounds in the water. No way that becomes relevant later ...
Took less than 20mins to start rooting for the shark. Got to be one of the worst sequels ever.
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No 49
Cate Blanchet enjoys some popcorn in her cinema seat while Michael Fassbender looks at her suspiciously
A cracking 70s spy thriller, just set in the modern world. Think it works, hard to tell.
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No 48
Mila Kunis in a sheriff's hat and cop uniform stands to the left of Daniel Craig while Josh O'Connor in full priest regalia stands on the right watching Craig hold a picture like it's about to explode. It doesn't.
Best of the bunch by a country mile
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No47
(Who knew keeping count would be the hard part)
A jaunty green sign with a thick silver border and big yellow writing that reads "Dumpit to Crumpit", which features in one of the best Christmas films ever
Is it even Christmas if we don't watch this?
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No 45
The boy Culkin sings into his hairbrush, hair all a-quiff, in the second bathroom scene from the first Home Alone film
If someone had said this was a John Hughes film I'd have watched it 35 years ago
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No 45
Keifer Sutherland in full Buttons attire - blue and red jacket and matching hat - in the staggeringly terrible Tinsel Town
The Oatnog is open and the Christmas films are flowing. First up, a heartwarming tale of an aging action hero taking the only offer available in a desperate bid to show he has range.
Good? No. Terrible? Absolutely. Enjoyable? Yes, it seems
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No 43
Olivia Coleman, eyes closed behind her safety goggles, fires a handgun while Benedict Cumberbatch looks mildly concerned while holding on to her
A film whereby two of our finest actors try and convince us they love each other enough to hate each other. And fail.
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No 42
Robert Pattinson, on the left, and Naomi Ackie, on the right, stare off into the cold whitey-blue distance in Mickey 17
Watching this I couldn't get my head round how I was enjoying something boring.
But having slept on it, it's borderline brilliant. There's a lot going on, a lot to unpick, and while Ruffalo and Collette seem to be in different film everyone else delivers.
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No 41
Keira Knightley looks pensive as she strolls on the deck of a super yacht, the clear blue sky behind her, white fluffy clouds across the sky, wrapped in a coat she only wears once that looks too big to have been packed into the one small case she took on board
The money streaming companies throw at projects. The Woman In Cabin 10 has a stunning cast (Knightley, David Ajala, Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, David Morrissey and Art Fucking Malik), an amazing location (huge super yacht) and a bang-average script.
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No 40
Alicia Vikander as Ava, the AI lifeform, lying on a couch. She has a human face and hands, but a clear skull and her body is a kind of silver mesh.
In which a tech mogul harvests the globe's search data to create an artificial lifeform.
Which back in 2014 we all thought 'ooh, bit scary...' but here in 2025 we all go 'yeah, figures'
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No 39
Pedro Pascal gets stretched as Reed Richards in the new Fantastic Four film
I can't remember the last time I watched a film and came out of it not knowing what the hell to think....
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No 38
A Xenomorph gets up close to a terrified Carrie The Waitress in what can only be described as a baffling homage to Jurassic Park
The first of these wasn't great, but at least it ticked all the right boxes. But this? This is a horror film made by people who have only ever had horror films described to them by others who have also never seen a horror film.
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No 37
A young Kenny Dalglish and a less-young Emlyn Hughes among other Liverpool players not long after the Kop legend had joined the club
You know it's going to be in there, you know it's coming, but still the Hillsborough part of the film hits you like a fucking train.
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No36
Colin Farrell, with pencil moustache and expression of faint surprise mixed with mild concern, as Lord Doyle in Ballad Of A Small Player
Mr Farrell is making some excellent film choices these days.
Also, now really want to go to Macau
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No 35
Predator emerges in a lot of blue light
20mins of painful expositional dialogue, quick bit of set-up, then the running and the screaming and the shooting and the splashing kicks in.
Does this film make you think? No
Does it make any sense within the Alien timeline? Also no.
Don't care. It's great.
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No 34
Keifer Sutherland as a vamped-up David, moodily lit from below like he's shining a torch on his own face
D'ya know what - this still holds up
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No 33
Isla Fisher holds a rabbit while Jesse Eisenberg shows everyone the box is empty in Now You See Me
Had forgotten just how slick and fun this film is. Also glad of the rewatch as had completely forgotten the twist and there's a sequel coming....
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No 32
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Renee Zelwiggyferwotsit does that pursed lips thing as she talks to Hugh Grant's Daniel (out of shot) in Bridget Jones 4 Mad About The Boy
Ahh fuck it, might as well as I've watched the first three....
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No 31
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Andrew Garfield looks sad during one of the many brilliant songs in Tick Tick.... Boom!
Fun fact - Hollywood doesn't like telling people a film is a musical.
Still, we managed to pick a film inside half an hour (a new record), took us about an hour to work out was going on, and by the end still had no real idea but loved it.
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No 29
Celia Imrie, Dame Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and SIR Ben Kingsley sit around a table wondering what they're doing in The Thursday Murder Club
One of the most impressive films of the year. In that these four acting giants read the script and then agreed to do it anyway. I fear more are on the way.
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No 28
Adam Driver impersonating Enzo Ferrari. Driver is a gifted actor but accents are not his thing.
Adam Driver's accent is.... fluid, the dialogue laboured, the writing pedestrian and at times obvious to the point of insulting, it would need to accelerate to become slow paced, and the characters two-dimensional and insipid.
Other than that....
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No 27
Florence Pugh in the opening scene of Thunderbolts. She's actually sitting on the edge of a building's roof, but we can only see her face so you'll have to take my word for it
This film has no business being this good. Also, rapidly coming to the realisation we'll watch Florence Pugh in anything. Man she's good.
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No 26
Mackie as Captain America, hiding behind his shield in the hope no one spots it's him in the film
At the end of the credits, four words appear: Captain America Will Return.
After enduring this, that feels more like a threat.
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No 25
A young Jimmy Page attacks his battered Fender Stratocaster with a violin bow during a blistering rendition of Dazed And Confused
The discovery that Page and Jones played on Goldfinger is just one of the many delights that pop-up during this beautiful wander through the Zeppelin woods. Hearing Bonham, children with fingers in their ears... It's a sublime documentary
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No 24
Grace Kelly - seen here with two average-looking men - battles the patriarchy and well-meaning condescension while looking utterly fabulous in every scene.
A classic take on an episode of Frasier. Or is it the other way round? Anyway, borrowed heavily from Strangers On A Train and shows the patriarchy in full swing. Still, spotted old Alfred.
Oh, and there's the walking stick issue....
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No 23
Keira Knightly thinks about her choices in Official Secrets
A story that most knew a little about, yet needed telling. Tries to be All The Presidents Men but the dialogue falls short.
That said there isn't a bad performance and if by the end you aren't filled with rage once more, you weren't paying enough attention.
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