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.
Total Recall
This sci-fi cult classic’s imaginative and mind-bending story does a lot to offset or otherwise justify its wilder directorial choices.
The Replacement Killers
Schlock. But fun schlock.
Ford v Ferrari
An auto racing movie with so-so racing but excellent everything else.
Love & Sex
This movie about personal romantic history has all the storytelling flair of an anthropologist’s doctoral thesis.
To Catch A Thief
A lighter Hitchcock, but every bit as fun.
Table 19
Misleading marketing, disappointing movie.
Defendor
A deconstructed superhero movie without a point.
Knives Out
An amazingly fun, genre defying who-done-it with plenty of exciting twists and turns on the way to its conclusion.
Giant
A sprawling western whose ambitious scope is the source of both its best and worst qualities.
Nurse Betty
This movie gambles on some bold choices, none of which come up winners.