It’s so cool when horror movies to get a little silly with it. This s Smile 2 as the best major studio horror in a long, long time. What a delight.

A great post-apocalyptic powder keg with another excellent performance by Danielle Deadwyler, someone who’s become must watch for me. Dug how insular this was. You get the briefest of glimpses of the world that led to this but this is far more concerned with one family on one farm. Feels expansive within its small frame. Loved the work by stunt coordinator Angelica Lisk-Hann. Blunt, tactile fights, razor sharp gunplay. Good stuff.

The realization that your life has been profoundly, irreparably fucked never comes in the moment of pain. Sometimes it hits you at a diner and you just have to keep it together because who else will? Pretty remarkable in layering in love for and from this family, little moments of life with people coming and going, dancing over good meals, before it’s all taken away. Deeply felt, well observed, gorgeous stuff.

I loved this. Fernanda Torres is tremendous.