Mickey 17 is a snarky sci-fi blast that combines a lot of what works from Snowpiercer and Parasite (though theres no comparing anything to Parasite, if we’re being honest).
Pattinson’s phenomenal dual weirdness pulls this along at a pretty great pace and Ackie, Ruffalo, and Colette all deliver excellent supporting roles.
This really worked for me, it’s funny, it’s well edited, and I feel happy we get to see Bong Joon-Ho keep making movies the way only he could.
Paddington in Peru is another delightful entry that unfortunately has the critical flaw of having to follow the absolutely perfect Paddington 2. All the familiar beats are there, the charm is intact, I’ll still die for Paddington, but the story is a little clunky and too fast paced. It just can’t quite rise to meet the other two, though it’s still a fun one.
Having said all that, Olivia Colman is in a league of her own. It is insane seeing how…
Maria is a knockout for me, an intimate unraveling of an opera singer all too aware that her curtain call is upon her. Less a story about a woman trying to rediscover her voice and fame, as the characters around her all seem to believe, but rather a woman realizing that it’s never been her voice at all, that there’s still time to take back for good.
By starting the movie with the end, Larraín adds not only the tragic inevitability…
