Films 2024

As usual for the end of the year, here’s everything I saw at the cinema in 2024.  Again a mix of new movies (63) and some re-releases (31 – although 8 I’d not seen before!), and quite a variety too. Only a couple of really, really bad films, but quite a few middling ones that probably should have been a bit better.

January

One Life (7/10)
The Boys In The Boat (7/10)
Poor Things (6/10)
American Fiction (7/10)
The Color Purple (6/10)
The End We Start From (6/10)
Maestro (7/10)
The Iron Claw (8/10)
The Holdovers (8/10)

February

The Taste Of Things (7/10)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (8/10)
The Zone Of Interest (8/10)
Dune (2021) (8/10)
Interstellar (2014) (10/10)
Bob Marley: One Love (7/10)
Argylle (6/10)
Madame Web (2/10)
Blade Runner – The Final Cut (1982) (8/10)
NT Live: Vanya (8/10)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) (8/10)

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Two months of gigs and shows

It’s been a busy couple of months for gigs and shows – I’ve had a bunch that have kind of collected together at the end of the year, so I’ve actually been to 8 live shows in under 8 weeks!

First gig was Keane on the 19th October. It was originally supposed to be one of the first shows at the new Co-Op Live venue back in May, but because of all the issues they had with it not being ready, it was rescheduled to October.

Keane at Co-Op Live.

It was definitely worth the wait – they were really great, and Tom Chaplin has such an incredible voice… plus the fact the date was changed to October meant it became a birthday treat for me! Oh, and the Lathums as support was pretty cool too!

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