A $4.5 billion crypto heist should be thrilling, but Biggest Heist Ever somehow makes it feel like a bland PowerPoint presentation. The victims are crypto bros, the criminals have the charisma of a LinkedIn hustle coach, and the heroes are the feds—not exactly a lineup worth rooting for. The only real entertainment comes from the accidental comedy of watching law enforcement struggle with hacker slang and the now-infamous TikTok raps. But beyond that, it’s just a play-by-play of events with none of the chaos or stakes that should make this story interesting.
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After Hours 1985
Scorsese takes a break from mobsters and morally bankrupt men in suits to instead chronicle the most cursed night in cinematic history. After Hours is a surrealist comedy wrapped in a stress dream, where one unlucky dude just wants to get home but instead gets absolutely obliterated by the chaotic energy of 1980s New York. It’s fun, it’s miserable, and it’s one bad decision away from being a horror film.
Paul Hackett’s odyssey through SoHo is a chain reaction of…
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The Brutalist 2024
One last sample: I pray to god Mikey Madison is not type cast as a badass New Yorker for the rest of her career because of how perfect of a performance she gives in Anora. This film excels at blending the comedy of the Armenian Three Stooges with the underlying tragedy of the lifestyles portrayed. I found myself struggling to choose between laughing at the absurdity of the situation or feeling somber at the reality of Ani’s life. Regardless, Sean…
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Sicario 2015
If only I could’ve seen this in theaters. Sicario is the perfect action film with each second jam packed with real stakes. A true white knuckler from start to finish. I just wish more directors were willing to tackle action films in the same way Villenueve does. He does it with a sense of seriousness while still not shying away from what makes the genre so great.
I know the border scene has been spoken about ad nauseam, but…
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