Is It Still Possible to Achieve a Happyend Nowadays?
Neo Sora left a realistic and yet hopeful notion for the near future and the now.

Neo Sora left a realistic and yet hopeful notion for the near future and the now.
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.
This reboot of The Wonder Years is told from the lens of a Black man.
Him is visually stunning—all concrete cathedrals and bone-rattling impact shots that look like a nightmare highlight reel. Marlon Wayans is magnetic as this legendary quarterback who's basically selling salvation with a smile that never quite reaches his eyes. But the story keeps running in circles: more tests, more cryptic pep talks, more ritualistic drills. The sports-as-religion metaphor beats you over the head when subtlety would've been more effective. The middle drags, and that finale chooses spectacle over substance. It's undeniably stylish, but left me cold. Also worth noting: despite the Monkeypaw connection, this isn't actually a Jordan Peele film—he didn't write or direct.