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The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) – Prada Harder

Released: 30th April
Seen: 30th July

In 2003, Lauren Weisberger released her first novel, The Devil Wears Prada, about a young woman working in a fashion magazine under a tyrannical boss named Miranda Priestly. The book was a hit and, in 2006, it was turned into a movie of the same name. That movie became a cultural touchstone; it turned two of its leads into superstars, effectively revived Meryl Streep’s commercial career and reminded the world why she’s one of the best of all time, and is full of enough witty, biting dialogue to delight any fan of witty bitchy banter (The Cerulean monologue in particular has enjoyed quite a life as a drag queen staple). It honestly does feel shocking that it took twenty years to get a sequel for this incredible film, but at least we got one, and while it might not hit the dizzying heights of the original, it’s still a spectacular experience.

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Jolt (2021) – Shockingly Silly

Released: 23rd July
Seen: 24th July

Jolt Info

The idea of an objective review is, to put it bluntly, misunderstanding the way media criticism works. It’s impossible to just objectively state if a film is good or bad because what works for some people might not work for others. I’ve been doing this now for a few years and have seen films that I would consider as close to objectively bad as possible have some incredible defenders. I once had someone tell me that you couldn’t criticise Cats if you hadn’t seen and enjoyed the original stageplay and even then, if your critique was negative, it didn’t count… FOR CATS! Cats, a film that I don’t wanna say is responsible for the coronavirus but the fact that it was the last big thing to come out before that virus hit is certainly not helping it.

All of this is to say that I’m aware that Jolt is not a technically good movie but god damn it, I enjoyed myself with it and will now try to justify that for a few paragraphs.

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The Witches (2020) Witches Get Stitches

Released: 10th December
Seen: 20th December

In 1983, Roald Dahl released his 14th novel The Witches and his story of a boy and his grandma going up against a coven of witches has always been somewhat polarizing. On the one hand, it’s a best selling novel that recently appeared on the BBC’s list of Top 100 most influential novels and on the other it’s been accused of being a misogynistic text ever since it released (and considering that the main villain is, essentially, every woman who isn’t a kindly old grandma and it was written by Roald Dahl… yeah, yeah that’s definitely there).

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