Kristin and I saw 26 movies this year, some more than once, and all but one at the drive-in. As with previous years we wrote five-word reviews after each of them, and here they are. Since I couldn’t sometimes pick only one, some films have multiple ‘reviews’ 🙂
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – Best film of the year!
Ghostbusters Frozen Empire – Time to retire this franchise.
Abigail – Original and fun vampire movie.
The Mummy – A decent bootleg Indy film.
The Mummy – The hero murders many people.
Jumanji – Children imperiled by jungle animals.
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace – Meesa do lika dis film.
Challengers – It’s not really about tennis.
If – Deadpool as an imaginary friend.
Furiosa – Oh what a lovely film!
Furiosa – We didn’t need another hero.
Inside Out 2 – The sequel to Inside Out.
Kingdom of The Planet Of The Apes – What’s with these ape movies?
Kingdom of The Planet Of The Apes – The best character isn’t simian.
Despicable Me 4 – Prequel to Despicable Me 5.
Maxxxine – Mia Goth is a star!
Twisters – Pretty people doing stupid things.
Close Encounters of The Third Kind – Re mi do do sol.
Deadpool & Wolverine – Proof that plot is irrelevant.
It Ends With Us – Unbelievable people living unbelievable lives.
It Ends With Us – It didn’t end fast enough.
Alien Romulus – ‘Goonies with aliens’ doesn’t work.
Grease – The lyrics are so suggestive!
Grease – Sadly it doesn’t include Xanadu.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – What the hell was that?
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Worst film of the year.
Trap – Just another dumb Shyamalan film.
Trap – Appropriately the title rhymes with…
Transformers One – More than meets the eye.
Joker: Folie A Deux – Should never have been made.
The Wild Robot – Robot Jesus saves furry animals.
The Wolf Man – Spoiler: Lon Chaney’s a werewolf!
Dracula – The bats have left the bell tower
Dracula – The victims have been bled
Dracula – Red velvet lines the black box
Dracula – Bela Lugosi’s dead
(Ok, so I broke my 5 word limit for that last one. I’m sure you forgive me!)
With winter fast approaching the drive-ins are once again closed for the season. It was the end of our 15th year going to our closest local drive-in, and we will again buy a season pass for 2025. I hope they’ll have a lot of good films for us to watch next year!