I thought this movie fucking ruled in high school. I still like it a lot. The smart-aleck sarcasm in Shane Black’s script is heavy — bordering on whiny in parts — but it’s still smart with sharp dialogue that Robert Downey, Jr. and Val Kilmer whip at each other like snowballs at some dipshit’s winter wonderland party in L.A. Even though the film’s narrator framing device can wear on you, it shows Black is in control of his first feature…

Renfield is a tale of casting extremes. Getting Nicolas Cage to bare his scenery-chewing teeth is an outstanding move, and director Chris McKay's campy horror-action-comedy is at its best when it's Cage verbally abusing Nicholas Hoult or Hoult whining about his undead "boss" to his support group (who all have real-world issues with narcissists) while remaining winning and funny. But adding comedians Awkwafina and Ben Schwartz to play a cop who's a romantic foil and a wannabe violent gangster, respectively,…