The Little Things (2021)

2 hours and 7 minutes of my life that I will never get back. Nice.

Late last year, Warner Bros. announced that all of their 2021 film releases would simultaneously release to theaters and on the streaming service HBO Max. The first launch of the year is John Lee Hancock’s slow-burn crime thriller The Little Things.

The story takes place in 1990s Los Angeles and follows Deputy Joe “Deke” Deacon (Denzel Washington) and Detective Jimmy Baxter (Rami Malek) as they work to catch a serial killer. Who is their top suspect, you might ask? Well, none other than Albert Sparma (Jared Leto), a rather unsettling individual with a sinister nature. As their obsession with the case deepens, the two officials notice similarities between Jimmy’s current position and Deke’s past unsolved murders.