Knives Out: Sharpest Writing of 2019?
Knives Out doesn’t just defy the whodunit narrative, it uses the weaknesses to its advantage. It’s well aware of the genre’s faults and tropes

A pregnant woman makes a series of phone calls to her doctor and loved ones while she waits alone to give birth at her parent's bathtub.
Knives Out doesn’t just defy the whodunit narrative, it uses the weaknesses to its advantage. It’s well aware of the genre’s faults and tropes
Gay representation is out there, but to portray a character who's gay as a big, happy brute is a rare treat.
Zombie apocalypses have been metaphors for late-stage predatory capitalism, but never a system disrupter that brings about freedom.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
A Christmas tale that everyone is wishing for, and that everyone will remember.
Black Christmas movies are few and far in between to find — so it is wonderful to see more representation on the screen just in time