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Double Jeopardy
The thrills are fun if you ignore the weak internal logic.
42
It is neither a great sports movie nor a great race movie.
Bonnie and Clyde
An uneven movie whose lack of polish in storytelling and cinematography is likely a result of originating much of the modern narrative and cinematic techniques it employs.
Arthur
Charmless and unfunny.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
This challenging contemplation on vengeance and redemption is worth the watch if you can stomach its bleaker than bleak tone.
Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
Forty years and nine movies worth of built up expectations ends in a hot mess.
An Officer and a Gentleman
Rough around the edges but with a compelling second half that redeems the picture.
The Manchurian Candidate
This film has neither the tension nor the adrenaline to keep up with modern political thrillers.
Blockers
Strong when it’s a coming of age story told from the perspective of the parents, weak when it leans on gross-out humor.
Saturday Night
This film’s lo-fi aesthetic, candid feel, and insights into creativity, while occasionally amateurish, capture a behind the curtain intimacy at SNL that is a treat for any student of the show and its influence on American comedy.
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
A 1940s comedy that trades on dated shock and directionless zaniness that was likely cutting edge for its time but is fairly empty for a modern viewer.
Parasite
This South Korean masterpiece isn’t the flashiest first watch, but with time to digest its thoughtful and precise filmmaking it reveals itself to be worthy of its acclaim.