My Mum Has Seen a Movie

This is it: the last episode of My Mum Has Seen a Movie. After reviewing 690 movies over six years of podcasting, we're hanging up our mics. But we go out with a bang by passing judgement on the fifth and final Indiana Jones movie ("It's going to pay for his funeral"), Wes Anderson's Asteroid City ("I liked the colours"), and the latest Mission Impossible ("The action is superb and Tom Cruise doesn't look as old as he is"). Thanks for listening, everyone.

This week mum and Rob are in Japan for a long-awaited holiday. While there they see two new Japanese films: tame horror Immersion (忌怪島), and gripping period drama Mountain Woman (山女). Mum has also seen Netflix actioner Extraction 2.

This week mum has seen Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ("I think Liam Neeson plays the big red truck, but they've put his voice through a boom box"). She has also prepared for her imminent Japanese holiday by seeing Japanese euthanasia drama Plan 75 ("Once you've done it, you've done it"), and documentary Tokyo Stories ("It bombards you with all the stuff that's over there").

This week mum has seen the live action remake of Disney's The Little Mermaid starring Halle Bailey ("Javier Bardem plays Trident: the feller with the magic fork"). She also reviews Chevalier, a flick about a French fiddler from olden times ("Mozart's in it and he's a little smirky gobshite").

This week Rob returns to the UK and he and mum see boxing biopic Big George Foreman ("As a kid he was a little tinker. Well, a gobshite"). Mum also reviews Finnish stab-fest Sisu ("Sisu rams a knife through a Nazi's temple - it was wonderful").

This week Vin Diesel is back in Fast X ("We all know family is important but get over yourself"). Mum also reviews Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix ("It was weird but I loved it"), and coming-of-age drama Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret ("It's not really for my age").

This week the Twig and the Rat are back for one final hurrah in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ("The main guardian has had enough"). Mum also reviews phone-based romcom Love Again, starring Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Celine Dion, and a man ("God bless you, Celine").

This week mum has seen Jim Broadbent walking in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ("I suppose old people want to see an old person doing something"). She also reviews British coming-of-age drama Polite Society ("It is ridiculous, but the story is good").

This week mum has seen The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan ("This is a French film so I felt a little bit high-brow"). She also reviews horror sequel Evil Dead Rise ("I didn't know anything about it, but the word 'evil' drew me in")

This week mum sees more evidence of Russell Crowe's continuing decline into Nicolas Cage schlock territory in The Pope's Exorcist ("It's not horrendous"). She also reviews web-based thriller Missing ("I might watch it at home if it was on the telly").

This week mum has seen Nicolas Cage as Dracula and the boy from About a Boy as his reluctant servant in Renfield ("It's flipping amazing") She also reviews board-game cash-in Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, starring Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez ("I don't know any of the other actors").

This week mum has seen AIR, a film about Michael Jordan's business dealings with Nike ("Ben Affleck plays a tool"). She also reviews romcom Beautiful Disaster ("I don't want to talk about it"), and Robin Wright's feature directorial debut, the weepie drama Land ("You can feel the emotions").

This week mum has seen (another) superhero sequel in Shazam: Fury of the Gods ("I stared at it blankly"). She also reviews A Good Person, starring Florence Pugh as a person who may or may not be good ("She is bloody brilliant").

This week mum has seen Keanu Reeves action sequel John Wick: Chapter 4 ("I think he's a nice boy"). She also reviews 80 for Brady, a flick about a gang of old dears watching the Super Bowl for some reason ("It's rugby with loads of pads and helmets and woosy stuff").

This week mum has seen slasher-sequel Scream VI ("If there's another one after this, you can fuck off"). She also reviews nursing-home-set drama Allelujah ("The cinema was full of doddery olds") and horror movie Pearl, starring Larsen Thompson in the title role ("She's a freakin' nutter").

This week mum has seen Adam Driver in sci-fi dinosaur actioner 65 ("It's only 90 minutes long – maybe that's why it's good"). She also reviews Woody Harrelson as a hot-tempered basketball coach in Champions ("He's a bit of a donkey, really").

This week mum has seen some more movies. That is the whole point of this podcast. First up, Rocky-spinoff-sequel Creed III ("You know what's going to happen"). She has also seen comedy-thriller Cocaine Bear ("The funny bits are in the previews") and Hirokazu Koreeda's Korean found-family drama Broker ("It's absolutely bloody fascinating"). She also recommends Netflix documentary Misha and the Wolves ("Fabulous").

This week mum has seen Marvel miniaturisation movie Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, starring Paul Rudd and the one who's married to Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Michelle Pfeiffer has got the most annoying voice"). She also reviews predictable romcom What's Love Got to Do With It? ("Emma Thompson is in it and she needs a slap") And Idris Elba is back in TV-spinoff Luther: The Fallen Sun ("There's a baddie in it and he's got a good baddie's face").

This week mum has seen Women Talking, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, and Frances McDormand ("You should all go and see it. EVERYBODY"); Shrek-spinoff-sequel Puss in Boots: The Last Wish ("Shut your eyes and listen to Antonio Banderas"); and Cornish folk-horror Enys Men ("All I remember is thinking, 'This is shit'").

This week mum has seen stripper threequel Magic Mike: The Last Dance ("I think even the actors knew it was a load of old shit"), starring Channing Tatum's abs. She also reviews Hugh Jackman in depressing family drama The Son ("Where's my Wolverine?"), and Gerard "Buttwad" Butler in aviation actioner Plane ("Watch it for the baddie's haircut").

This week mum has seen comeback kid Brendan Fraser in The Whale ("He usually plays a dopey bastard"). She also reviews M. Night Shyamalan's mystery flick Knock at the Cabin, starring "Dave Barista" ("It should have starred Daniel Craig").

This week mum has seen Steven Spielberg's autobiographical coming-of-age drama The Fabelmans ("Have you run out of stories now?"). She also reviews Cate Blanchett in Tár ("I can't tell you what this film was about").

This week it's our 300th episode! Mum reviews another one of those "love letter to cinema" flicks, Babylon ("This is what I call a mega-movie"). She also reviews Spanish drama Piggy ("It's a foreign film").

This week mum has seen Till, about Mamie Till-Bradley's fight for justice for her murdered son, Emmett ("Absolutely brilliant"). She also reviews techno-horror M3GAN ("I found it funny").

This week mum has seen Olivia Colman is Sam Mendes' Empire of Light, the first of several "love letters to cinema" that she will be compelled to watch in the next few weeks ("It's a bit mixed up"). She also reviews James Cameron's xenomorph-blasting super-sequel from 1986, Aliens ("It was alright until the girl showed up").

This week mum has seen one of the famous Toms in comedy-drama A Man Called Otto ("He's a grumpy old fart, like me"). She has also seen Ridley Scott's Alien for the first time ("Pop goes the weasel").

This week it's a bleak special. Mum has seen Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody ("It's just so freaking sad"). She also reviews Britflick Aftersun ("It's so lovely, but sad too"), and spoils Austrian historial drama Corsage ("It was funny and a little bit distressing").

This week mum has seen belated sequel Avatar: The Way of Water ("It was about three hours of my life where I sat back and did nothing") and Noah Baumbach's White Noise starring Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver ("You just want to give him a shake, really").

This week mum has seen Spirited, a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell ("Ryan Reynolds has got quite a good singing voice, and so has the other dickhead"). She also reviews Christmas comedy actioner Violent Night ("Father Christmas is quite a good looking dude"), and grandma chats about festive favourite It's a Wonderful Life.

This week it's a four-film extravaganza! Mum reviews She Said, in which journalists played by Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan investigate Harvey Weinstein's abuses. She's also seen Matilda the Musical, James Gray's Armageddon Time, and Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winning Triangle of Sadness.

This week we watch a load of bleak movies about murder, war, and abortion. Mum reviews The Good Nurse, starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain; Great War flick All Quiet on the Western Front; and Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver in Call Jane.

This week mum has seen haute cuisine horror The Menu, starring Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, and the boy from About a Boy. She also reviews psychological thriller The Watcher, starring nobody.

This week mum has seen Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ("It did seem to go on for a frigging long time") and a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru, Living ("If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't miss it").

This week mum has seen Florence Pugh in historical drama The Wonder, about a girl who lives on manna from heaven ("It's a bit hard to swallow, literally"). She also reviews romcom Bros ("It's a nice little love story, whoop-de-do").

This week reviews The Rock in Black Adam. She has also seen comedy drama The Banshees of Inisherin and, on the recommendation of a listener, horror movie Barbarian.

This week mum has seen David O. Russell's IMDB-rollcall Amsterdam. She also reviews Emily Brontë biopic Emily ("She got TB and kharked it").

This week mum has attended the UK PREMIERE of comedy-whodunnit Glass Onion, starring her best mate Daniel Craig ("I can't spoil it because Netflix know my address"). She also reviews seasonal retread Halloween Ends because it's October and Jamie Lee Curtis needs to pay her heating bills.

This week mum has seen feel-good flick Mrs Harris Goes to Paris ("It's sentimental shite, but a good story"). She also reviews comedy-drama The Lost King ("I loved it on EVERY LEVEL").

This week mum has seen David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream ("I enjoyed the beginning"). She also reviews Smile ("It's supposed to be a horror film").

This week mum reviews Viola Davis in The Woman King ("Go and see some Black women beat some White ass"). She has also seen 1950s-set Harry Styles vehicle Don't Worry Darling ("He did well—he came across like a really good arsehole").

This week Julia Roberts and George Clooney have teamed up again in Ticket to Paradise ("Mamma Mia without the singing"). Mum also reviews climbing thriller Fall ("The budget must have been 5 pence").

This week mum has seen Three Thousand Years of Longing starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba ("He doesn't do too badly in this"). She also reviews teen horror Bodies Bodies Bodies ("I tried to go to sleep but there was too much screaming").

This week mum has seen Idris Elba in Beast ("It should have just been called 'The Big Cat'"). She also reviews horror sequel Orphan: First Kill ("It all gets a little bit silly, really").

This week mum reviews a couple of duds from Disney: Toy Story spinoff, Lightyear ("We all love Tom Hanks"), and 2021's Encanto ("This is a little bit too long").

This week mum reviews Predator prequel, Prey ("Sorry, Arnie, times have changed"). She also reviews Rogue Agent, a true-crime caper about a creep pretending to be a spy ("It's a good one").

This week mum reviews Nope, Jordan Peele's latest horror flick ("I'm sorry, everybody, but it was shite"). She has also seen sea-shanty sequel Fisherman's Friends: One and All ("Yes to fish!").

This week mum has seen Brad Pitt as a wisecracking hitman "with dodgy hair" in cameo-riddled actioner Bullet Train. She also reviews Joyride, starring Olivia Colman ("It's twee and really frigging annoying").

This week mum has seen swamp-set murder mystery Where the Crawdads Sing ("She gets off with this feller and it all goes tits up"). She also reviews war-artist doc Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War ("He sent a load on a boat that got blown up, but he still had plenty").

This week mum has seen "Ray Gosling" in Netflix's 007 knock-off The Gray Man ("cars blowing up, people getting killed: smashing"). She also reviews twee sequel The Railway Children Return ("it's a bit racist actually").

This week mum has stayed in and watched a couple of Netflix films: You Are Not My Mother, and The Ledge.