Blink Twice
Let's be direct about what Blink Twice is doing and whether it succeeds at it....
WOKE: 22.24
TRAD: 5.88
AUTH: 28%
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Here is what Rian Johnson is very good at: constructing mechanical puzzles. The Glass Onion mystery — Miles Bron's island, his orbit of enablers, the twist about who Janelle Monáe's character actually is — works as clockwork.…...
WOKE: 42
TRAD: 18
AUTH: 55%
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a film about friendship, decency, and the courage it takes to defend democracy against people with money and no conscience. It is also, unfortunately, a mess....
WOKE: 10.49
TRAD: 9.24
AUTH: 61%
Smile 2
Parker Finn's Smile 2 is a bigger, louder, more technically ambitious horror film than its predecessor. It is also, paradoxically, a more traditionally structured morality tale.…...
WOKE: 8.1
TRAD: 10.92
AUTH: 80%
Black Bag
Black Bag is the kind of adult thriller Hollywood forgot how to make. Steven Soderbergh directs a 94-minute spy puzzle that treats its audience like grown-ups, trusts its actors to carry the material, and never once stops to explain itself for the ch…...
WOKE: 5.94
TRAD: 18.75
AUTH: 74%