Eddington

If you hesitated, like I did, to watch this because you weren't up for a COVID movie, don't worry, it breezes right through that in the first 30 minutes or so.
The last hour is a fever dream. The SolidGoldMagikarp AI company is an amazing inside baseball reference that shows Ari's thinking about this more deeply than most of us. Can't wait to rewatch.

Fantastic Four: First Steps

Marvel managed to make their Superman – very old IP, kind of boring characters – into a heartfelt, human story that I enjoyed.
Also, more importantly, my boys enjoyed it. For some reason we've forgotten these movies are for kids.

Mountainhead

Laughed out loud at times. But it supposedly took Jesse Armstrong just 60 days to write and you can kind of tell.
BUT "I’m worried about him… I heard he’s circling the jet just to fall asleep" is one of the funniest and depressing and of our times things I've ever heard.

And much like Succession, there are several lines like this one intermixed with lots of circling dialogue in various rooms. But, also just like Succession, I've watched it twice now and I'll probably watch it at least a third.

Sinners

One of my red flags is that I'm a jerk about actors' southern accents.
I think I came in thinking it'd be something completely new and different, and was a little disappointed when it wasn't.

Good music. Okay action. Questionable southern accents.

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