Missing is an in-universe sequel to the John Cho-starring Searching from 2018. Both are “screen life” films – both told through the use of various screens the main character uses. I thought Searching was good… I think Missing is better. … Continue reading
Ugh. The Pale Blue Eye was a job of work to trudge through. An interesting story told in the most uninteresting of ways… a sludge, a cludge. Starkly beautiful to look at but a sucking mire of pacing and revelations. … Continue reading
I enjoyed the first Knives Out mystery perhaps a little less than some. It was a fun film full of great actors and a twisty plot, but it didn’t quite feel like the classic locked room whodunnit I was hoping … Continue reading
The Wonder is, at first, a very strange title for such a grim, austere, borderline brutal looking and feeling film. It’s a film that slowly feasts on your soul and belief in human kindness. It’s a cruel, frustrating film that … Continue reading
Amsterdam is a movie that had me confused what it was about for ninety minutes… and then it became ABDUNDANTLY clear what it was about. And then it speechified and orated and made meaningful, ponderous connections to modern day. And … Continue reading
See How They Run is a modern whodunit set in a world where people are familiar with whodunits. It’s a whodunit film about a murder that occurs at a whodunit play that is being adapted as a whodunit film. It’s … Continue reading
Don’t Worry Darling is a fine idea for a episode of mystery suspense sci-fi tv show… but it’s stretched to two hours of often uneventful, static storytelling. Cut this back by a good hour or insert more breadcrumbs and they … Continue reading
Of all the weirdly large number of movies that released this weekend, I did not expect to see Confess, Fletch first. Heck, I didn’t even know this movie existed until I pulled up the theater app. And I’m not mad… … Continue reading
The Weekend Away is about two women on vacation in a <ominousmusic>foreign country</ominousmusic> where one of them goes missing and the other has to find her. And she also finds all the crime. Like… ALL the crime. Everyone is a … Continue reading
This Batman is not a continuation of any previous Batman movies and is also not an origin story. When the film opens, Bats has been batting men for two years and already has a tentative working relationship with Gordon and … Continue reading