Pairs well with Closer, Beatriz at Dinner, Our Best Year or True Lies.
Do I make you horny Baby? Sexiest British spy movie since Austin Powers.
Not a single action scene. There aren’t any gadgets (no cell phones either I don’t think). There’s no mission, no villain, no cool cars, no secret headquarters. The whole movie takes place in tastefully appointed dining rooms and minimally appointed government offices.
It’s not really a movie about espionage. All the spy craft -…
Pairs well with The Menu, The Invitation (2015), Blink Twice or Velvet Buzzsaw.
Every facet of this film has been done better by other very recently released movies. Wanna see a luxury getaway descend into violence? See Blink Twice. Wanna hear a celebrated artist-turn-villain philosohize about creativity? Watch The Menu (it’s fine). Wanna watch a rational protagonist fail to convince fellow guests they’ve been invited to a massacre? Watch The Invitation (it’s great).
And just saying it’s a cult doesn’t…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Pairs well with Ghost Story (2017), Personal Shopper, Stir of Echoes or Call (the Korean one).
It’s a ghost story shot from the point of view of the ghost. That’s a novel enough idea for me, no question about it. The problem is there aren’t many other ideas to be found here.
This hits all the haunted house beats - family moves in, one kid senses the vibes are off, there’s a telekinetic poltergeist moment, a visit from a stern…
Pairs well with Bubba Ho Tep, Greener Grass, Cuckoo or The Frighteners.
It’s a horror comedy - never a good sign.
Unrelentingly wry and overstuffed with effortful quirk. Every character, location and prop is zany to the max. It’s tiring.
There were elements that worked including a few great montages. I enjoyed the narration, Theo James was good and it occasionally resembled some of the Cohen Brother’s sillier stuff (there were a couple dream sequences that could have been ripped…
