In no particular order, I have to bring your attention to The Boy 2: Brahms which was an atrocious film & best avoided even for fans of the original which it takes a shit on anyways. Our review: https://www.midlandsmovies.com/mid-year-review-round-up

It had its fans but another stinker for me was VFW. A host of familiar grizzled faces star in a boring low-budget "action" film with terrible dialogue and some blatant technical mistakes. It ends by being a bit embarrassing for everyone. Our review: https://www.midlandsmovies.com/reviews-of-the-wretched-ophelia-and-vfw

Artemis Fowl started promising then descended into impenetrable fantasy gubbins that couldn't have been less engaging with gaudy cheap visuals. Actors looking unimpressed against green screen certainly didn't help. Here's Jake Evans’ thoughts: https://www.midlandsmovies.com/review-of-artemis-fowl

I didn't actually review this one for the site but Capone was a misjudged tonal mess from start to finish that, much like the protagonist, gave me the utter death shits. After the huge misstep that was the Fantastic 4 film, I was hoping director Josh Trank would come back with a film similar in quality to his debut Chronicle. However, he came back with a Crapicle. Not even acting maestro Tom Hardy could save this bomb.

And who the bloody hell decided to put a coin in the X-Men franchise machine? The New Mutants was devoid of any real thrills & fumbles its unique horror concept by ending the mostly-fun comic-book film series on a complete dud. Our review: https://www.midlandsmovies.com/review-of-the-new-mutants

You Should Have Left starring Kevin Bacon was the film equivalent of the Aldi middle aisle - a mish-mash of elements that don't work together in any way. A dreary experience that only the most desperate-for-something-to-watch horror fan should even attempt to watch. Our review: https://www.midlandsmovies.com/2020-chiller-catch-up

A perhaps controversial choice but I found the documentary Spaceship Earth the biggest missed opportunity of the year making it as frustrating as hell to enjoy. "In the end they were trapped with no immediate means of escape which is how I felt whilst watching the film”. Our review: https://www.midlandsmovies.com/review-spaceship-earth

Another film I didn't get around to writing a review for was Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga on Netflix. It contained Will Ferrell at his loud worst with Dan Steven's supporting character the real star of the show. Some good pastiche songs couldn’t make a up for a film that was surprisingly joyless.

I thought I had sharted but in fact I had sadly spent time watching 2020's The Grudge which was like sitting in your own mess for 90 minutes. Probably my least favourite of all films I watched this year, it contains not a drop of horror or anything of interest whatsoever in any single frame of the film. AVOID.

Finally then, let’s make it an even 10 - so we finish the list with Ava - more disappointing than laughably bad. The excellent talent involved - Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, John Malkovich etc - makes this all the more unfathomable that (at best) it’s a terribly bland and lifeless thriller. Our review: https://www.midlandsmovies.com/review-of-ava