Filmnerd97 Reviews

Murdoch Mysteries: Murdoch Knows Best (2021) Season 15, Episode 8

The spy that loved me...

[9/10 · 16 October 2022]

I used to find Myers character irritating, and found the episodes with him a little grating compared to the much loved inventor, James Pendrick.

But after seeing his story and character develop over fifteen seasons, and now to find out he has a wife and adult-ish children, who also either adore him, or are irritated by him, it's quite a nice rounding of his character.

In fact, I found it sort of romantic that his wife, despite being an Austrian spy, does love him, and was compromised by the fact someone at a part saw her exit his spy lair, who she then killed...

...and then one of her Austrian accomplices tried to kill Myers- after he then killed him- Because Meyers has a bleeding heart, and loves her, just as she loves him, even if they're both spies.

It's even sweeter that actors Peter Keleghan and Leah Pinslet, who played Myers and and his wife/The two spies who got married and had a family, are actually married Actors.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Huntara (2019) Season 3, Episode 2

...On the edge of Greatness

[9/10 · 12 January 2020]

I tried watching the 80's cartoon of He-Man & She-Ra, but I didn't get on with the degradation of the soundtrack and barely remastered animation, despite being interested in the lore. This version has little easter eggs for old fans and new alike altogether in the series so far...

Even the characters who you would have thought were strictly black and white evil have had great character development like Hordak, and those you thought were super good, also developed their own neutrality on the side of the Horde. I'm talking about Entrapta , which might have been something to do with her name foreshadowing things(!) and of course the loveable, not-so bad one Scorpia.

I really hope to learn more about the lore of She-Ra and other related heroes through this series, and I definitely think it deserves more than three seasons so far...

Here's hoping that it doesn't suffer from the Netflix Three Season Curse.

Anne with an E: Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny (2017) Season 1, Episode 1

Beautiful yet triggering...

[7/10 · 31 December 2019]

Beautiful yet triggering for those who have experienced Emotional or Physical bullying.

I was weeping near panic attack at the end of the first episode, having learned about Anne's life in such a short span of time. I love how you connect with the story, as it resonates with your personal experiences, young or old.

Before We Go (I) (2014)

Debut excellence

[7/10 · 23 July 2015]

This romance movie is Chris Evans' directorial debut which was first shown at Toronto international Film Festival.

Brooke Dalton is a buyer and art enthusiast from London who misses the last train home from Boston, and gets robbed for her bag.

She drops her phone and as she rushes towards the departing train. Forced to leave grand central station after it closes, she ends up meeting Nick Vaughan, a Bostoinian trumpet player who is due to go to an interview for the job of his dreams the next morning.

Together they rush across Manhattan's lower east side to try and get home before Brooke's husband. Along the way they open up to each other about Nick's old relationship with Emma who he met while he was a sophomore in high school. Brooke also has relationship issues with her husband after discovering emails showing he is having liaisons with a woman called Liz.

Brooke also tells Nick the reason she needs to get back is because she wrote a letter exposing evidence that she discovered while reading his emails to and from Liz along with her wedding ring.

Nick is planning to confront his ex and make her jealous with his success in order to try and try and change their break up years ago when he planned to marry her. Brooke persuades him to go and they arrive and entertain wedding guests with a performance of "My Funny Valentine". Then they discover they're at the wrong place!

Nick's friend Danny is contacted in a green room and then Nick tries booking into a hotel. Discovered that they aren't who they say they are at the hotel they go to the party and meet Nick's ex.

Hannah is in a relationship with Cole and Nick figures out that his plan won't work bailing and walking away with Brooke. Along the way they find a physic and for fun have predictions even though Nick is a skeptic.

Finally, Nick and Brooke get to the hotel and Nick kisses Brooke after all they've been through, which Brooke stops half way because it feels wrong to her. Then they travel to the station and Brooke waits for her train. Before getting on Brooke kisses Nick as a thank you.

I thought that the story was quite unusual in terms of how Rom Coms usually play out rather banal because the man ends up convincing the woman to drop everything and be in a relationship. This time though, Nick and Brooke start as strangers and end up as connected somehow through their shared experiences.

Chris Evans directing for the first time was quite interesting because I heard that he said he would definitely want to do some directing and take a break from acting. Especially as it seemed that he was getting pegged as either the hero, fanciable guy or main character who's point of view determines the story arc like in most of his filmography.

I enjoyed the cameo of Chris' younger brother Scott who is also in the industry as an actor when he played the concierge of the hotel and I was amazed at the fact that the whole film took 19 days to shoot.

I'd rate this film- ★★★★ because of the well thought out acting, defying the normal Rom Com tropes. Next time I'll look forward to Chris Evans as both an actor and director.