Category: One Thing I Like

Even though I don’t get Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, I can still tell that Tilda Swinton did

Sometimes a movie is not made for me and that’s a good thing. Lots of spoilers.

Until Dawn is a collection of b-movie horror moments loosely structured around a video game, and it’s at its strongest when it leans into that. (Some spoilers after a warning)

Tom Basden and Tim Key’s story of lost loves and forced reunions manages to charm its way through in the end

There’s one scene in Sinners that seems to be played for a laugh, but it’s packed with meaning that ripples throughout the entire movie. Long post with lots of spoilers.

Drop places itself in the long history of high-concept suspense thrillers, then makes a reasonably convincing argument that it belongs there

The experience of watching Ryan Coogler’s Sinners in IMAX is why cinema exists in the first place

Lake Mungo is a fictional documentary about ghost sightings that’s most horrifying for what it implies

The most remarkable thing about Paddington 2 might be its casting

The first Paddington is a perfect example of the difference between a family comedy and a kids’ movie

Death of a Unicorn reminded me of the 1980s, in that it’s the kind of movie they hardly ever make anymore