Alien: Romulus - This was great, been meaning to watch it for awhile now, sometimes I just need the right moment for it. This is definitely a return to form for Alien, with some vibes that kinda pluck from different eras from 1 to Prometheus, for better or worse, but absolutely more like the first two movies. The first two movies are still unrivaled, but I'd probably put this over Alien 3, and definitely Alien 4 and absolutely above Prometheus and Covenant. I just like getting dark, grungy, scifi like this so hopefully Alien: Earth is also good.
Indiana Jones: The Dial of Destiny - I went into this with super low expectations, Crystal Skull was pretty terrible and I didn't want to see another Indiana Jones, but...this was okay. What I remember most about Crystal Skull was Mutt being kinda obnoxious and lots of awkward overdone CG scenes, but everything here looks good, the Harrison Ford de-aging mostly works (I don't really support de-aging, I'd rather actors be recast more often than not and you can hear it in his voice that he's old), Mikkelsen was a decent bad guy, most of the action was pretty solid.
It does suffer abit at the end where they go too far into the supernatural and it's just not handled the same way as the old movies did I feel, it's an escalation, bigger movie, gotta go bigger, you can't have The Last Crusade's final confrontation be a temple puzzle and a battle of wits, gotta have Jones dealing with time travel. I can admit to enjoying it abit, and maybe it's weirdly purist to say, because if this was Tomb Raider or something, that's fine, but Indiana Jones is at its best when it's relatively ground with just bits of the fantastical.
Overall it's fine, I enjoyed it more than Crystal Skull, which is great for that alone.
