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Martin's 2021 in film

*𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻'𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭* Here goes. 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: A Quiet Place Part 2 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻: 1 Cost: £6.29 per film   .... I didn't go to the cinema much this year. In May, we decided that although cinemas were reopening, we were not ready to go back. So after being a member for 10 years, I canceled my Unlimited Card. We went to the cinema once in July (we had a giftcard with some money left on it), with plans to go again a few days later to see Black Widow. However due to lack of social distancing measures in the cinema we decided to cancel the second trip. However with 500+ films on our shelf, a Netflix account and a Disney+ account, we were not short of things to watch. So for the first time since I started this in 2014, let's include films I watched at home. In cases where the “winner” is a film from a previous year, I have also included my choice from films released this year.   𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗳...

My 2020-21 Playthrough of Assassin's Creed

One year ago, Ubisoft announced Assassin's Creed Valhalla. At that point, I had not played any Assassins Creed games however the viking setting of the new game interested me. I knew there was more to Assassin's Creed than the history part, so wanted to experience the older games before getting the new one. Assassin's creed is a series of 12 games (plus spin-offs) that tells the story of a secret war between the Assassins (you) and the Templars (the bad guys). Each game is set in 2 different time periods, the modern day and which ever era that particular game is taking place. The modern day sections are generally less interesting and in some of the games they basically didn't bother to include them, but the general idea is that using modern technology you can use DNA to relive ancestors memories. The historical part of the games have you exploring an open world, living through historical events, meeting famous people, and climbing towers to get to viewpoint...