Jesse Lee Humphry

I don't like Christmas movies and I never really have; However, Klaus is a very unique Christmas film in that it uses Christmas and mythology of Santa as a backdrop for telling a very touching, human story alongside some absolutely gorgeous animation. 1 star off for the weirdly anachronistic music selection over the course of the film. Otherwise, stellar stuff.

Tenet is a visual and mindbending treat. Its weakness, however, lies in its characters and sound mixing. By the end of the film, I didn't feel as emotionally invested as I should have, and I didn't fully understand the plot as it unraveled from the beginning because I couldn't hear anybody talk. It's definitely one I want to watch again just because of how visually incredible it is, but it's by no means a perfect film.

This film is so much more than meets the eye. If you watch it for what's on the surface, you'll likely be unimpressed. But if you peer beneath that layer and observe the relationships and the conflict and see the movie as the vehicle for assessing that, you'll love it to pieces.

It's difficult to get into this show considering that BBC's Sherlock is much more subtle with its arcs and development, but the story told through this version of Sherlock can be equally as poignant at times, and his drug addiction becomes a very relevant piece of the character. Lucy Liu is about as good a Watson as you're going to get, and Aidan Quinn has some great moments as well. The only weak point is that the show doesn't seem to be able to lets subtleties lie, so otherwise great character moments are undercut but interactions that feel a bit too obvious. "Show-and-don't-tell" would be a good rule for the writers to utilize moving forward. I wasn't really a fan of the way Moriarty was used in the series, but I also understood it given what we know about the characters involved. It's not bad, it's even great at times, but I think the whole show could be elevated by making things a little less obvious in character.

The movie felt interesting and tense, but it clearly didn't resonate with everyone. Movies as divisive as these are some of my favorites. Not been a fan of Bullock lately, but she pulled it off in this one. The dread in this film comes in a Hitchcokian style. We know the result, we know what's about to happen, but the tension comes from having to wait and see how the plot will play out.