Category: One Thing I Like

Send Help is tremendously fun and fully committed to defying expectations and being purely visceral movie-making. (Some spoilers without giving away the best surprises)

The Bone Temple is the rare sequel that makes every installment before it more profound. (Spoilers after a warning)

The horror movie about a rabid chimpanzee works largely because it’s so contrived. (No significant spoilers).

Dust Bunny is undeniably a movie with a distinct creative vision, I’m just still deciding whether I like that vision

The sequel continues the precedent set by the original of being more clever and insightful than these movies need to be

This surprisingly charming movie about choosing the perfect afterlife makes a love triangle where you want to see everyone win

Wake Up Dead Man is a solid murder mystery that in the Knives Out tradition, has a lot to say about Our Current Moment. The most interesting twist is the idea that Benoit Blanc isn’t right about everything. (No significant spoilers)

The Running Man isn’t nearly as good as the version of the movie that was playing in my head, but also that movie could never exist. (Spoilers after a warning)

This feels like a heist movie targeted at people who haven’t yet grasped object permanence, but it’s so shamelessly corny and ludicrous it can’t help be kind of fun

I’m still not sure exactly who Predator: Badlands is for, but I imagine whoever it is will probably enjoy the heck out of it

Bugonia is a surreal black comedy that seems arch and dark but can’t completely disguise its underlying humanity. (No significant spoilers)

One Battle After Another is full of outstanding performances and virtuosic, genuinely daring filmmaking. I just wish more of it had connected with me.