In flight Movies

An eight hour flight to NYC requires either an amazing book, or a lot of movies.  I chose the movies.

Dune 2 This had less pretentious music than Dune 1, and the cgi and cinematography were fabulous.  I actually wanted to be in that desert despite the weird creatures that could kill me.  The downside is the bloated storytelling which meant it was far too long.   That's why I only can only see myself watching this movie series on planes, despite the tiny screen.

I Saw the TV Glow -  I had heard loads about this but hadn't seen it available anywhere.  My best way to describe it is Stranger Things meets trans allegory.  It is both strange and wonderful, and looks great, a mix of schlocky horror imagery and an evocative colour palette flooding the screen with that blurry 80's video aesthetic.  The basic story is about a couple of teenagers who are obsessed with a tacky teenage horror/mystery show, but it's all about the subtext.  In fact, I am not sure it would make any sense at all if you didn't catch the unsaid in this.  Loved it.

Wicked Little Letters - I needed something less emotionally exhausting as my last movie of the flight, so I did a rewatch.  A silly, fun, but sharp couple of hours with (my girl crush and National Treasure) Olivia Coleman ripping it up with Jessie Buckley