The Dark Divide: Taking in some great scenery with David Cross – a good journey, if not a good time. ***
Kajillionare: A movie about a bunch of grifter weirdos that maybe takes that too far. Evan Rachel Wood goes for it with her character, also maybe too far. Still kind of liked it. ***1/4
Between the World & Me: A supplement slash cliffnotes of the book, a powerful note from a Black man to his son. ***1/2
Wonder Woman 1984: There is so much of this that is completely ridiculous — like, the entire closing stretch makes absolutely no sense in all the weirdest Hollywood ways. And yet between Gal Gadot, Pedro Pascal, Chris Pine, and this being the first blockbuster movie to be released since COVID-19 made the world extra sad… it is all just so watchable that the fact that it barely holds together doesn’t even matter. ***1/2
Soul: I’m not sure that it’s a good thing that Pixar is the only mainstream fare that feels on the pulse of a general message to folks that everything is just gonna be fucking OK (maybe), but here we are. This was beautiful: a sweet salute to Jazz (and consciousness), a creative new world, fun voice acting… just a necessary smile (and maybe some tears) that was genuinely on occasion Completely Profound. *****
