So excited for the Wrap ups coming back!!!

I just signed up for letterbox a week or two ago thanks to watching your channel and I'm loving it. Thanks for introducing me to this site.

Wow, 40min video from ImpressionBlend. I'm in! ❤

I woke up and saw, January Wrap-Up, in my notifications. I couldn't be more happier. Wrap-Ups are BACK BABY!! Edit: I am a Huge fan of The Stranger films and cant wait for the third.

Thanks for bringing back the wrap-up. :)

Loved that Wrap ups are back, can't be more happy about it. But i think that if these videos were divided in talking about like 10 movies at a time, it would be more engaging. 2,3 videos would provide more content with more engagement. Just my humble opinion. Still can't be more excited about the return of this series. Much love❤

I love "The Invisible Man" and Claude Rains' booming voice really creates a sense of danger. I also love "The Bride of Frankenstein" with Ernest Thesiger as the mad scientist and, of course, Karloff as the monster. I have a love for werewolves so i did like "The Wolfman" (1941) with all the atmosphere , fog and great performances by Claude Rains as the father of the wolfman and Maria Ouspenskaya as the kind sympathetic Roma woman whose own son was afflicted with the werewolf curse. I can't recommend "Frankenstein Meets rhe Wolf man" except for the climax. The Frankenstein monster ( not Karloff) is supercharged but the Wolfman just relentlessy keeps coming at him until outside forces intervene for both of them.The Roma woman returns and i love her compassion for the werewolf. Many Universal movies have a sentimental attraction for me as i viewed them as a child so i don't really recommend too many of them. Still i love so many of them.

Thanks for watching the duds so that we don't waste our time! PS: That shade of blue looks so flattering on you

Glad you are back with the wrap ups! My surprise January favorite was the Leftovers with Paul Giamatti.

Hahaha im so here for the curse's dissapproval. Heard way too many praises on this show. Your opinion is so refreshing😊

Yesssss missed them soooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!

I totally agree about Significant Other, I'm surprised how few people talk about it!! Super cool. Also I'm dying to see Red Rooms after seeing you and Spooky Astronauts talk about it, shoutout Emma. Can't wait until it releases in the US lol

In terms of Universal Horror from the 30's, Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein should be watched together as Bride starts right after the original ends... plus is even better than the first and has more humor. The Spanish version of Dracula (also from 1931) was filmed on the same sets as the Browning film and in some ways is actually better than the Browning film.

I also watched windchill because im an emily blunt fan, and i really liked it, very underrated

So happy the wrap up is back i love them so much

Best films I’ve watched in January.. birth/rebirth Possessor and the Michael Mann great..Heat. Highly recommend them all.

My favourite watches of this month were Poor Things, Anatomy of a Fall, When Evil Lurks, Brooklyn and The Teacher's Lounge. Also, a couple I enjoyed that I don't think you've seen are Honor Society and How to Have Sex.

If you haven't seen it I'd highly recommend Little Miss Sunshine (same directors as Ruby Sparks and also starring Paul Dano but as a baby). It's my favorite movie lol. It's also just a delightful dark comedy that somehow leaves you feeling happy and features a terrific ensemble (Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear, and two members of Breaking Bad therefore it's a prequel to Breaking Bad)

Like you with Wind Chill, I also find really good the late 2000s The Informers, is low rated/unwatched too, and I love it!

I admire your willingness to pursue underrated gems through the forest of low ratings.

😅 I was reverse confused about the 5 star system and couldn’t believe Twister only got 3.1 🤣 It was a classic!

Nice to see monthly wrap ups are back. Also I like that you don't put ley something being poorly received get in the way of finding hidden gems, I feel like people let other ratings filter what they watch too much and sure I understand people don't want to have their time wasted by watching/reading/playing/listening/etc to something they don't like but I personally feel that mindset can prevent finding some really good stories if not all time favorites

I don't know if it's the first of this type of video, but this review of what was seen is really cool, we only usually see content from films of the month or hype.

Oh Pontypool, that brings back some college memories. Also love Twister, which has the best end credits music ever, Respect the Wind, love it! Somehow got a lot in this month: Rewatched Dungeons and Dragons with the family, it's still just as funny as it was the first time. Also did a Christopher Nolan triple bill over the first week, Memento, Dunkirk, and Oppenheimer, these were for influential purposes for my writing, the latter two I mostly watched for the sensory elements, obviously the sound design is fantastic, but Hoyte van Hoytema's cinematography is stunningly immersive. Spree, interesting premise, even if the kills and scares feel a bit too "been there, done that." Got the Criterion Blu-Ray of Roma, loved it, definitely a personal and intimate film for Alfonso Cuaron, made me want to look up things like the Corpus Christi massacre and how appalling that was. Scorsese's Silence, wanted to watch it before KOTFM, but I really liked its take on the complexity of the missionary cause, warts and all with Andrew Garfield giving a fantastic performance. 12 Angry Men rewatch, still my favourite movie of all time. Fincher's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, not my favourite of his movies, but still captivating and suspenseful, playing to his strengths. But I'm a Cheerleader..., a good film for the most part, but I can definitely see how real-life might feel even more absurd for some. The Handmaiden, had me guessing from beginning to end. 2020s indie catch-up with The Worst Person in the World and Aftersun, because I enjoy giving myself a quarter-life crisis apparently. Pig, my new favourite movie of 2021, absolutely loved it. Goodfellas rewatch, never get tired of it. No One Will Save You, not a bad sci-fi horror with Kaitlyn Dever carrying most of the film through her vulnerable perfornance. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, very cute with my kind of atmosphere and tone. Couple of threequels I just got round to, The Godfather Part III, not as bad as its reputation suggests, but definitely fell short of its potential, and Army of Darkness, I can definitely say that this and Evil Dead II are good come-down if you found an intense horror film a bit much, because sometimes you just have to admit it's a bit silly. The Boy and the Heron, absolutely loved it. Did a Yorgos Lanthimos catch-up with a rewatch of The Favourite, and then Dogtooth, The Lobster, and The Killing of the Sacred Deer, just... WHOA! Anyone who says The Favourite and Poor Things is too weird for them ain't seen nothing. Speaking of Poor Things, it came to my local. Not much to add that hasn't already been said, definitely my favourite Lanthimos film, but when I went, there was a fair number of people there whom I know go to church. Expected a lot of walkouts, but they thought it was bloody hilarious! I also reread The Wind in the Willows, mostly to take notes for a potential adaptation. Oh yeah, and I did work, writing, and real-life stuff too.

Love your channel. Huge strangers fan here( original only) I can’t believe you didn’t like. “Is Tamra home.” Genius!

Always appreciate seeing and hearing your thoughts on movies and love this format to get movies added to my never ending watchlist.

I read The Ruins last year and it was absolutely dreadful, but it was one of my favorite books of 2023! I watched the movie after & while I was annoyed by certain changes, overall was a pretty good horror film. I don’t do body horror well either but it was just so creative.

I was exactly about to watch The Curse after watching your video and… OMG SAME 😅 came to say that you are not alone lol I could barely finish the first episode 😬

This is so great, Marianna. Have really missed these wrap up shows. Did watch all ten episodes of 'The Curse.' Found it engrossing, but I can understand your criticism. Was never a huge Emma Stone fan until I saw her in 'La La Land.' Now, I will watch anything with her in it. But getting back to 'The Curse', I thought it had a very much reality show feel to it. Which is the effect I think the show's creators were trying to achieve. Other than that, I found the locales and setting of the program to be very interesting. We do not see very many series or movies set in Española, New Mexico. Without divulging anything, the last episode (#10) had one of the strangest final half hour sequences I have ever seen. Apparently, they are going to have a season two. I will watch it because of not only Emma Stone, but also the sheer unpredictability of the plot, which I think is probably the series greatest strength.

Wohoo!! Let me get some popcorn first.

Thanks for bringing this back. You're definitely a great movie reviewer

I enjoyed Pontypool. "WE got Cow". Today that would have been a huge meme. Winter Horror, John Carpenter's The Thing. Ravenous was really good up to a point. Will check out American Nightmare.

Enjoyable summary, thanks. If IB is serious about watching more Universal Classics, then I agree with the posters who recommended The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and Son of Frankenstein - although you might wish that Karloff finishes off the annoying child actor in the latter. You can also have fun seeing how many of the scenes are so closely and affectionately parodied in Young Frankenstein. I would add to this list Karloff's The Mummy and The Old Dark House. In a similar vein Creature from the Black Lagoon is great fun, and I'm sure it was a huge influence on Jaws, including the iconic shark theme music. I would strongly recommend pushing the boat out a little bit further and watch some of Lon Chaney's classic silent movies. As well as the more well known Phantom of the Opera, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, I would also add The Unknown, He Who Gets Slapped, and Laugh, Clown, Laugh. Finally, there is a recently restored version of The Man Who Laughs with Conrad Veidt, which is just marvellous.

I saw pontypool years ago and couldn't remember the name 😢 thank you for reminding me of it because I love it

I agree on The Curse. Bearly got through the first episode.

Loved this wrap up. After reading what a train wreck the final episode of "The Curse" was I gleefully watched it without seeing the first nine episodes and to my surprise found the ending kinda great starting at the 28 minute mark. Maybe I'm crazy but I dare you to watch last 30 minutes. All the best Marianna.

"Requested a spark, was ignited by a blaze" 40 mins of joy, happy to see ur video notification before i initiate a search on ur name in YT 🙏 Also, m totally unaware of #letterboxd uses bz i thought it was complicated & i really hated there rating system where I find low rating for so much classics n Magnum opus, but u made me aware; no surprise in it the way you ranked A24 movies made me a huge fan❤ 25:32 : "I will survive,thank you"😌🤣 Girl who recommend these kind of movies; but I understand the hope you gave while watching even though it's mediocre Thank you for being in my top fav UKpostsrs 💗

Excited to see you in my feed Marianna! We need more women's voices about film!

You have the most radio voice lol Do u have a podcast? I think bringing back the monthly wraps is a good call.

Significant Offer kind of feels like a sequel or spinoff or sorts to John Carpenter's The Thing. More people need to watch this movie.

So many interesting recommendations! I've watching you for a few years now, you definitely deserve much more views, you always have interesting takes

Your letterboxd review of Significant Other finally got me to pull the trigger on watching and yeah, totally with you on it. A real hidden gem so thanks. We're on the same page when it comes to The Strangers, Overlord and Color Out of Space also.

Absolutely incredible video Marianna. Loved it. So glad to see these videos back. I’ve really missed them. You have fantastic taste, and knowledge on films, and you watched some amazing films last month. Dungeons & Dragons Honour Among Thieves is a great film. One of the biggest surprises of last year. Twister is a 90s classic. Really glad you enjoyed it. I haven’t seen Pontypool, or The Invisible man, but they’re fantastic, so will definitely check them out. Awesome stuff Marianna.👍

I didn't know what to watch so I pulled Incendies out of your top 4 and it became my favorite watch of last month, it really blew my mind. Some of my other favorites were: Godzilla Minus One Poor Things RRR Hunger Games: Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes Saltburn I'm glad the Wrap-Ups are back! ❤

This was awesome. Thank you. Can’t wait for the next one

Love your work 💘

Love this, please continue doing wrap-ups!

yay these videos are back!

Sweet review 😊

I'm sure time is an issue but you really should review more of today's TV. I find that our tastes align and some of it is better than most movies we both like.

Hey hope you have a more enjoyable month in February, I noticed that most of your enjoyment was low to mid. I like you being passionate about how much good you feel about some movies. Since you like horror, did you watch The hour or the Wolf? Is an unknown psychological horror gem made by a master

Hi, thanks for sharing your thoughts on movies, your channel is right up my alley. I too enjoyed Wind Chill quite a bit but I also really liked The Strangers, very sorry that one didn’t tickle your fancy. I liked its simplicity and found it to be quite unsettling and genuinely creepy. The sequel? A waste of time! Now excited to check out Red Rooms, based on your recommendation.

Idk why I don’t get a notification when you post 🤷‍♀️ love your videos ❤

Glad you liked Color out of Space. I think that was the last thing I saw on the big screen before lockdown.

Yesterday I watched a matinee screening of The Zone of Interest and followed it up with Jason X when I got home. I know which is the better film, but I also know which one would make a great musical.

I’m really starting to like these monthly WRAP-UP’S Marianna. I’ll always be looking 👀 forward to each one this year! Thanks again for a great video 😊BTW, you look really great tonight 😍

It’s back!

Hi from Germany. Love your videos and really apreciate your opinion on movies ❤❤❤ by the way: the curse will get stranger with every Episode. Made it to Episode 5. Can't go on 😂

11:13 LOL, never watching that then. I'm so glad to see the wrap-ups are back! I'm a long time subscriber and really missed them so thank you ❤

Good recommendations Marianna! Several good picks.

I feel the same about The Curse. I see what they were doing, but it doesn’t grab me.

great recap, i hated The Curse too ha but i love Nathan Fielder usually, weird :) I loved the mini series, Murder at the end of the World, would love to hear your take on it

Wow, this was great! So much to put in my watch list. Thank you!

I'm happy you are doing these again. I got 4 movies from this that I've never seen before. 😊A quick recommendation, if you haven't seen the japanese movie "Monster" from 2023, i think it's one of the best of the year. Try to go in knowing as little as possible.

I really liked Overlord, Colour Out Of Space and Nimona. I just saw Godzilla Minus One Minus Color which made this film seem more historical and horror filled. This is the first movie I have seen twice in the theatre since Ed Wood. I think I like the B&W better than the color which the exception of the power up scene in Ginza before he let's his breathe go (wish the could have done a "Sin City" thing there with the color splashes). The Visual Effects nomination at the Academy Awards is well deserved aand I wish it would have been nominated for sound and possibly score. See it in B&W if able, you'll appreciate it. The Invisible Man is the second best Universal film after Bride of Frankenstein, though my favorite early horror film is "Freaks" by Browning (who also did Dracula).

Love Color Out of Space, that's right up my alley, too. I was also disappointed with Overlord. At one point it was supposed to be part of the Cloverfield universe, if you can believe that. Which I can, considering they were just slapping that on any movie to make them more marketable.

Love your monthly wrap up, very informative 🎉

looks like I have to keep an eye on Red Rooms since the US distributor is Utopia. Still hasn't announced a US release date yet, but based on your recommendation, I'll check it out once I can get access.

I am a little jealous you watched Constellation before it premiered lol. Nice wrap up. I'm a fan of the first The Strangers movie, never watched the sequel, nor am I excited for the new trilogy of standalone sequel films. The Color ot of Space is a 7.5 for me due to Nic Cage going too far with his craziness.

Great wrap up, thanks! Will be adding a few of these to my watch list - Wind Chill and Signifcant Other. Pontypool is def a classic - made a big splash locally here in Canada back during its release/

Yay!

Code 8 and Ruby Sparks sounds good, added to my list! I spend January mostly catching up on 2023 films: The Marvels 5/10 - I had a few laughs, the action is fun, but it didn't do anything new. Napoleon 4/10 - I wanted to watch a film about Napoleon, but this wasn't it. Beautiful actions scenes, though. The Five Devils 5/10 - I really liked the premise, but the end result was a bit messy. Brother 4/10 - It didn't feel like there was any real character development, despite it being the focus of the film. Wonka 6/10 - I don't like musicals, but underneath the cheesy songs there's a really good film, especially for kids. The Killer 6/10 - Part of me I love what this movie is, but a hollow lead character - despite a love interest - drags it down. Jules 5/10 - A funny, quirky Sunday afternoon film, that I wanted a little more emotion and a little less humor from. I Like Movies 5/10 - This movie doesn't know if it wants to be a comedy or a drama, so it gets stuck in-between. Still worth a watch. May December 3/10 - This one just wasn't for me. The characters were too dumb and it felt kinda awkward. Series: Blue Eye Samurai 10/10 - Great characters, great story, great animation, great action, I can't wait for season 2! Percy Jackson and The Olympians 3/10 - The story was boring, the lead actor has the emotional range of a wooden plank, and every time an action scene is set up it's over in 2 seconds.

Pontypool and Code 8 are both great Canadian films.

I also prefer the 1-10 scale, more clean, not half stuff, also clear because some star scales are 1 to 10

finally🎉🎉

You may like to watch some older movies! I recommend you The Swimmer, 3 Woman, The Passenger, Repo Man, Picnic at hanging rock, Dead ringers

Hi everyone

Damn,no spider-verse love? Great video as always!

Huh I google THE IMPOSTER and I had already watchlisted it?!?!

Hi! Will you be continuing this series and making a February Wrap-Up?

Glad the wrap-ups are back, are you gonna do a separate video for books? Or will you keep them movie/tv show exclusive from now on?

“people with super powers can F you up “. bahahahaha

I liked Wind Chill

Yessss

I bougt the complete series of both "Succession" and " The Leftovers" so i have mesmerized by these shiws, especially the former.

I’m not as high on D&D as most people. I liked it, but it just didn’t wow me; and I’m not talking WORLD OF WARCRAFT! I had to go back to my Letterboxd to find out what I thought about RUBY SPARKS as it was a long time ago when I watched it. Reading it over, I found I liked it, but I did have a few problems with it. I like Dano and Kazan’s chemistry, and Kazan’s writing; wondering why she hadn’t made another movie since. What I didn’t like though was the beginning and end of the movie, mostly because I find Dano’s character inconsistent in these parts. I also don’t know why they got Annette Benning and Antonio Banderas to play Dano’s parents for scenes that I felt did not add enough to the movie. Overall I gave it a solid three stars but might be worth a rewatch just to see if my opinion has changed. In terms of what I have watched in January, I didn’t watch much (for me) because there just wasn’t much new this month, but of the movies I did watch. I'm not going to go through all of them, but I enjoyed AMERICAN FICTION; the first film I saw this year. Jeffery Wight is finally getting the recognition he deserves for with this film. He is hilarious when he is playing his fictionalized writer character of the most stereotypical book of all time that becomes his best seller. The one part of the story that didn’t work for me was the family stuff, but I almost feel like that was the point. Like, if this storyline was in a White centric film, this would just come off as the typical waspy family living in a beach community that we wouldn’t bat an eye regarding. Because I couldn’t be sure, that brought the film down to a 3.5 out of 5. I also watched THE ZONE OF INTEREST. It’s such an interesting film about how people can turn their back on horrific crimes, even if they are happening right next door. It’s one of the most daring films of 2023, specifically with how it ends. Sandra Huller is fantastic in this movie; specifically with how she views the house her character and Rudolph Hess are living in next to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp as the ideal paradise. A really daring film by director Jonathan Glazer; four stars out of five. One that really surprised me last month was I.S.S, a film about American and Russian astronauts on the International Space Station as war breaks out between the US and Russia; with both sides given orders to take over the I.S.S by any means necessary. The movie does a really good job at building the tension. I was so nervous and my heart beats quickened as I was watching. There are some detracting parts of the movie like the acting, which was a little subpar, and the outside space effects are not as good as inside the Station, but overall this was a surprising movie that I think people are sleeping on; four stars out of five.

She looks so lovely in sky blue.

She's back 😅

I really liked Nimona, it was funny

Love your channel! Have you ever watched "Until the End of the World" (1991)? I'd love to see a video with your take on it.

Okay I pull up hop out at the after party

LOVING TRUE DETECTIVE--MAX. JUST STARTED WATCHING WITH SEASON 4. I JUST FINISHED ONE AND WRAPPING UP SEASON 3---WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?!?!?!!?!?

You should check out The book the troop by Nick Cutter he’s a Canadian horror Author and the best way I could describe the book is it’s a mix between Michael Crichton and Stephen King . It’s about a scout troop, and their scoutmaster, Who decide to explore a local deserted island, but The encounter more than a bargain for. If you can listen to the audiobook, the narration is phenomenal

I actually loved The Strangers (2008) and I enjoyed Prey At Night enough (not as much as the 1st one)! But I happen to like home-invasion horror movies in general anyway. However, I don't see a need for another sequel and definitely NOT 3 more at that! Gotta be basic cash-grab bait since both movies were cheap to make & both were profitable at the box office.

Hello Mariana. You should give 'A Murder at the End of the World' a go. Also, what are your thoughts on 'No One Will Save You'?

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I just watched The Woman in The Wall. I doubt anyone will recommend it for any awards, but it's enough to piss you off until October, if Magdalene Laundries have ever crossed your mind before. Or if ever you've googled 'stolen newborns' in your country. Any country. Every country.

Great overview. I totally agree with you on Indiana Jones. I am one of the very few people who loved "The Crystal Skull". For me, it was the right kind of big budget b-movie: The refrigerator was amazing and the ending felt very George Lucas. I could feel the fun everybody had making it, going with their instincts and what they loved. In comparison, "Dial of Destiny" felt very bland and corporate. There was not a single scene or idea that stuck with me. I couldn`t see any kind of ingenuity or heartfelt emotion or feel any kind of connection. For me a lack of suspension of disbelief is a huge part of the problem. The studios don`t go with the logic of the movie universe anymore. Instead they create this weird hybrid. They create fantasy lands that are bogged down in real world conventions and logic. Which is not appealing to me. My ideal for a movie is to comment on real world conventions and logic without adhering to them.

Do you like the original top gun from 1986 is that a good film

Silent Hill has a cult following (including myself) because of the videogame that is based on. They actually nailed perfectly the world, the atmosphere, Pyramid Head, Alessa (bosses in the game). Even the camera shots reminds of how the game is directed. But as you said, the character aspect..... was another case of dismissal of the adult theme of the characters and their trauma, because is a video game, so it isn't suppose to be deep. Same goes for the american Ghost in the Shell. It's a cartoon so......is not deep. The visual is perfect, but they can't go full psychological like thr Japanese can and fail in what it makes it great. And the story of Silent Hill 1 and 2, is regarding one of the best psychogical stories in gaming for a reason.