Read the script by Charlie Kaufman

Compelling and surprisingly-freaky. I think my blood pressure raised 20 basis points while reading this. A lot of long, weird conversation scenes that had me craving to see this dialogue performed.

But, I think my rating may go up when I watch the film because (and perhaps this is unavoidable...not sure I can say for sure until I see the film) I found it truly difficult to visualize what exactly was going to be…

It's breathtaking just how much Vigalondo & co manage to accomplish making a time travel film with zero VFX. Unfortunately it's a big of a victim of its own success, because now after 20 years of hearing its praises as a witty, clockwork entity, it falls a wee bit short for me.

Trapped uncomfortably between its propulsive, thriller framework, and some very effective irreverent "watch a dummy catch on" theatrics, TIMECRIMES doesn't fully cohere. Both sides of that uneasy equation are…

A less-than-thrilling (and far less than essential) conclusion to the X trilogy, MAXXXINE left me really cold. There's undeniable craft at work here, and Mia Goth remains a fascinating, watchable presence (who Ti West better be crazy thankful for), but it's all in service of rather pedestrian Hollywood philosophizing (seriously, hitting the "in Hollywood everyone is phony" button repeatedly does not a thesis make), and short of a couple of early explosions of violence (including one that's going to make…