Category: One Thing I Like

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.

Almost certainly the only review of the Emma Thompson thriller that compares it to Paddington

The Roses is a much lighter and funnier adaptation of a story that doesn’t lose its edge by choosing to be sincere

Honey Don’t! is the kind of independent, noir-tinged, straightforward detective story that just doesn’t get made anymore. (No significant spoilers)

Drive-Away Dolls has so many of the components of a good movie

I never expected this movie to treat the question “am I in the target audience?” as completely irrelevant

Weapons is so ingeniously structured and so confident in its tone that it feels like something genuinely new. (Spoilers)