Two for two. The Philippou brothers feel so untouchable right now.

Didn’t these tech bros get the memo, comedy is legal now!!

Armstrong’s pen still carries some Succession venom, but for his first crack at directing, lacks the visual flair to really bring to life what is 60% guys reading the news off their phones.

Why is the movie where a guy’s dick gets ripped off by a giant magnet more respectful of Tony Todd than the new Candyman

Saying “it is written” an awful lot in a movie that clearly barely was.

A shaky victory lap that doesn’t scrape the series best, but BOY howdy if this isn’t another RICH text for observers of cinema’s self appointed messiah.

Cruise and Atwell’s whole thing, huh. Fascinating. We come to this place for magic.

Drink up lads it’s good for you

Matched each other’s Freak(y Friday)

As we speak Ryan Coogler is striding into a WB boardroom writing SINNERS$ on a whiteboard. Just give him the fucking money.

When I say “Galaxy Brain” this is of course what I am referring to

Visceral and astoundingly gripping for how little the audience is given to hold onto, but the fist-pumping hormone-charged intro suggests a much more interesting and purposeful film hiding in the margins of Garland and Mendoza’s military exercise. 

Found myself wanting more of the Iraqi family’s perspective instead of the behind the scenes coda we got, awkwardly letting the air out of the balloon both tonally and ideologically.

Just Liev her…

Takes a moment to acclimatise to its overwhelming digital maximalism immediately after devouring the fuzzy wuzzy analog original. But this is a non-stop parade of insane swings both visually and story-wise. Kind of a necessity for a film following up not one but two genre defining landmarks, both The Major and Batou’s first outing, and its totemic love letter from Hollywood The Matrix.

Filled with glimpses of cyclical influence, scratching the back that scratched theirs first. Exactly the kind of sequel that I wanted to believe Matrix 4 was, though indulgent, deepens and complicates the original rather than just muddying the waters.