I Am the Messenger
Description via The StoryGraph:
Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery.
That's when the first ace arrives in the mail. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?
The Commuter
Synopsis via Letterboxd:
LIVES ARE ON THE LINE
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
Non-Stop
Synopsis via Letterboxd:
THE HIJACKING WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.
Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.
Forbidden Empire
I don’t know what the fuck just happened but…
Weapons
Where to start… Holy hell. This will need a few rewatches but first off it’s a beautifully shot film. The cast is fantastic. The community feels authentic.
The Name of the Rose
Description via The StoryGraph:
The year is 1327. Benedictines in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon—all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where "the most interesting things happen at night."
The Pale Blue Eye
I’m not even sure what to say about Scott Cooper’s newest film other than that he is definitely - literally without fail - one of the most consistently fantastic directors currently working.
The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Since it’s been a bit since I’ve done one of these, I want to point out that I don’t really do reviews. I just kind of geek out at shit. I’m not even going to pretend that the anticipation for this movie didn’t almost kill me through most of 2022. I loved Knives Out. Like, really, really. I’ve watched it probably a dozen times in three years.