The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense featured a twist that these days seems totally obvious. I never like spoiling ends, even for films that are twenty years old. (I don't even like to discuss the ending of Citizen Kane.) But the twist in The Sixth Sense is not so important. I initially thought upon re-watching this...

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El Camino

Breaking Bad was not a show that seemed to have a need to continue its story. Closure was provided for many of the characters, and yet there was enough to entice people into watching the spinoff series Better Call Saul to explore how Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman. And during that final episode of...

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Joker

I guess I can't say I'm right all the time anymore. Back in April, I wrote that few would like Joker, the newest DC film that takes a radical step away in tone and style from other DC films. In the strictest sense, I was wrong: During its roller-coaster ride that has seen it win the top prize at...

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