Tuesday, March 26

Us

Director: Jordan Peele

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6857112

Review: A little messy with its pacing but carries enough ideas, imagery and straight fear for several films.

Watch it if: You enjoy a horror film that can unsettle with it's very texture.

And if you liked: The Strangers, Get Out, Candyman

Saturday, March 23

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Director: Justin Lin

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463985

Review: Engages quickly through knowing melodrama carried and balanced through well grounded action.

Watch it if: You're ok with something using a fairly dry lead to explore a larger world.

And if you liked: The Fast and the Furious, Speed Racer, Riverdale

Tuesday, March 19

Velvet Buzzsaw

Director: Dan Gilroy

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7043012

Review: Messy and unfocused with a decent setting but no real sense of how to approach its story without clear derivation.

Watch it if: You want to see something that respects a genre but doesn't understand how to do it.

And if you liked: Phantasm, The Final Destination, Murder Party

Wednesday, March 13

2 Fast 2 Furious

Director: John Singleton

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322259

Review: Not as successful a story as the first but funnier and sillier enough to carry it through.

Watch it if: You want something that knows exactly what it is.

And if you liked: Point Break, The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious

Director: Rob Cohen

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232500

Review: Bonkers and dated in just the right ways with a decently put together story and a strong central action sequence.

Watch it if: You want something that's a clear cross-section of the time it was made.

And if you liked: Point Break, Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)

Monday, March 11

Captain Marvel

Director: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154664

Review: Falls into some frustrating clichés early on but manages to otherwise handle a solid story with great ideas and strong spectacle.

Watch it if: You want something dazzling with a reasonable depth of character.

And if you liked: Men in Black, Star Wars, Star Trek