3 Movies
Bad Words: Jason Bateman's movie about an adult who uses a loophole to get into the National Spelling Bee competition for reasons. Which wobbles all over the place between treating its characters as sociopaths or woobies in need of a hug. Some funny scenes but honestly adult who plays cruel head games with children doesn't work for me...
Only Lovers Left Alive: Jim Jarmusch directs Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as melancholy vampires was a very easy sell. Slow-paced but clever. Doesn't try to reinvent the cinematic vampire concept and doesn't need to...
Detention of the Dead: On the other hand this last movie probably could have done with ditching of its sub-genres cliches. Or at least done a better job of lampshading them...
Only Lovers Left Alive: Jim Jarmusch directs Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as melancholy vampires was a very easy sell. Slow-paced but clever. Doesn't try to reinvent the cinematic vampire concept and doesn't need to...
Detention of the Dead: On the other hand this last movie probably could have done with ditching of its sub-genres cliches. Or at least done a better job of lampshading them...