Chameth.com - film reviews

Project Hail Mary

2026-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rating: 9/10

A film adaptation of a book I loved that's actually good. Huh! Ryan Gosling does great in what is often a solo act. Early on I thought the film was trying a bit too hard to be funny, but at some point it started working and I enjoyed it. There are lots of parallels to The Martian, Arrival, and so on, but it's a sufficiently different mash-up of the concepts that it's not a problem.

The Substance

2026-03-18T00:00:00Z

Rating: 5/10

I really didn't get on with this. It's too long for what it is, and over-the-top in a way that just didn't work for me. Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley were great, but nothing else really was. The cinematography and sound design were too affected, the plot was pretty shallow and obvious, most of the body horror fell into the uncanny CGI valley for me. It's not completely without merit: there were around 40 minutes in the middle where I was really into it, but that's not really enough given it's closing in on a 2.5 hour runtime. There's something to be said for the message it's presenting about women in Hollywood, too, but it was very heavy handed. Dennis Quaid's character is even called Harvey; it's not so much a subtle nod as a sledgehammer to the face.

No Country for Old Men

2026-02-17T00:00:00Z

Rating: 8/10

I really liked the first 85-90%. The characters are interesting, Javier Bardem does some great acting, and there's some brilliant cinematography. Then there's the ending. I can see what they're going for, and in another film I can see it working, but it feels a bit like a bait and switch.

Get Out

2026-02-14T00:00:00Z

Rating: 10/10

Damn, that was something. Going to be living rent free in my head for a while, I think. Daniel Kaluuya was phenomenal, the plot was delightfully twisted, and the whole thing just worked really well. It was a slow burn to start with, but was never boring, and built up wonderfully.

The Faculty

2026-02-13T00:00:00Z

Rating: 6/10

A serviceable 90s teen horror/sci-fi mashup, with some pacing issues and way too much foreshadowing. I enjoyed the opening, and the first half of the climax, but the other bits were way too drawn out for my liking.