Gary Fleming

@garyfleming
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Agile/Technical Coach. codecraftuk founder. leanagilegla organiser. Topics: Lean/Agile, technical practices, and movies. He/him.
#FF25 Film Fight 2025: May is now up. Two in two days? Incredible. https://solitude.vkps.co.uk/2026/01/film-fight-2025-may/
Solitude - Film Fight 2025: May

The blog of Solitude

#FF25 Film Fight 2025: April is now up. I won't be posting the individual film reviews here any more, either, just the final monthly post. solitude.vkps.co.uk/2026/01/film-fight-2025-april/
#FF25 Blog post: Film Fight 2025: March. Also finally up. https://solitude.vkps.co.uk/2025/07/film-fight-2025-march/
Solitude - Film Fight 2025: March

The blog of Solitude

#FF25 Mickey 17 is a mixed bag.

There are moments of comedy and action that work, but mostly it's weird for weird's sake. It drags on significantly, long after it has nothing left to say.

Meh.

#FF25 The Last Showgirl is a look at a world that's being left behind, and the people being left behind.

Anderson is well cast - embodying a somewhat naive performer who can't let go of the past. The plot struggles in the back half, having said what it needed to already.

Decent

#FF25 The Monkey is some over the top, gory fun.

The premise (an evil toy monkey haunting a family) is tongue in cheek, and the gore is wildly over the top. Go in expecting a ridiculous horror that verges on comedy and you won't be disappointed.

Good.

#FF25 The Gorge is some silly nonsense.

The chemistry between Teller/Taylor-Joy doesn't work, and the entire story is propped up on that. The rest feels like it was a plot generated by an AI - it's that level of ridiculous.

Skip.

#FF25 Captain America: Brave New World is a pretty tired take on the Marvel formula.

It's nice to see Mackie take on the lead, and for certain threads to come back, but there's nothing particularly new here and a serious lack of interesting action.

Meh.

#FF25 Babygirl fails to live up to its own premise.

There are moments of real clarity in the central relationship, but they're undermined by indecisive actions and serious consent issues. The movie fails to explore the dynamics it sets up - and doesn't do much else instead

Skip

#FF25 September 5 is a tense look at the journalists trying to cover the 1972 Olympics attack.

It's fast-moving pace pulls you in and doesn't stop until the very end. The cast are solid, but it's the tightness of the plot and editing that really propel this forward

Worth seeing