Lyndon in 2026

[Lord_Lyndon]

Started the year with 10 rewatches and only 4 new viewings.

1. Days of Heaven (1978; Terrence Malick) 10/10
Decided to start the year with one of my two favourite films of all time.

2. Yesterday (2019; Danny Boyle) 7/10
Some interesting ideas and a very charming and heartwarming film overall. Lily James was wonderful in this.

3. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013; Peter Jackson) 8.5/10
A wonderful adventure film with many fun set-pieces and action scenes. Really love this.

4. Labyrinth (1986; Jim Henson) 8/10
Always love Jennifer Connelly and this is just a wonderful and imaginative film. Great stuff.

5. The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000; Anh Hung Tran) 8/10
A Vietnamese art film with a really calming, relaxing tone and direction from this guy. It was quite visually lush IMO.

6. Chinatown (1974; Roman Polanski) 10/10
Loved the screenplay, Polanski's direction and performances from Jack Nicholson and John Huston. Such a great classic film.

7. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967; John Schlesinger) 7.5/10
Turned out to be a good period piece with some wonderful cinematography, wonderful landscapes.

8. Badlands (1973; Terrence Malick) 10/10
This landmark film is definitely my favourite debut film of all time. It is incredibly beautiful and poetic. Loved Martin Sheen in this.

9. Apocalypse Now Theatrical (1979; Francis Ford Coppola) 10/10
All the best parts of the film are in this version.

10. Apocalypse Now Redux (1979; Francis Ford Coppola) 10/10
I liked the additional scenes, especially the French plantation sequence.

11. Prey (2022; Dan Trachtenberg) 7/10
It definitely delivered some really nice cinematography and action sequences.

12. Predator: Badlands (2025; Dan Trachtenberg) 8/10
Interesting film where the Predator is the protagonist. Just a great action film with stunning visuals.

13. Schindler's List (1993; Steven Spielberg) 10/10
This is definitely by far my favourite Spielberg film. Really loved the black & white cinematography and camerawork.

14. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014; Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez) 8/10
This is sort of great and underrated. Just a fun, entertaining, cool, sexy film. Eva Green was very beautiful in this one.

I also saw some old(ish) Amanda Seyfried films today. She is so damn beautiful. I'll post about them tomorrow.

[Raxivace]

Make sure to check out Trachtenberg’s Predator: Killer of Killers too if you haven’t yet, its quite good.

[Gendo]

Chinatown made it to my top 10 when I saw it a couple years ago.

As much as I love Labyrinth, I didn't like Connelly in it; though that's probably more about how her character was written than her acting.

I like Yesterday more than most people seem to; my favorite Boyle movie probably.

Recently added the Hobbit movies to my collection; I've still never seen the third. Was not a big fan of the first 2.

[Lord_Lyndon]

Make sure to check out Trachtenberg’s Predator: Killer of Killers too if you haven’t yet, its quite good.

Thanks for the recommendation, Rax. I'll put it on my watchlist and I'm looking forward to seeing it.

As promised yesterday:

15. Red Riding Hood (2011; Catherine Hardwicke) 7/10
Here we have another film which tries to be several things at once. It's a whodunit where you are tying to guess who the werewolf is, it's a critique of witch-hunting done under the pretense of religion, it's a romance film. Amanda was stunningly and breathtakingly beautiful in the film.

16. In Time (2011; Andrew Niccol) 8/10
I really liked this sci-fi thriller. Premise: In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. In other words, this film envisions a future where time is the currency. Amanda and Justin Timberlake were hot as this 'Bonnie & Clyde'-esque couple.

17. Lovelace (2013; Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman) 7/10
Amanda plays Linda Lovelace, a girl who starred in that porn film 'Deep Throat'. I only saw a couple of films about porn industry in my life, so this was rather interesting I guess. It was a solid film and Amanda was very good in it.