Day of the Jackal — my favorite this month, an incredible 10-episode thriller starring Eddie Redmayne, basically 007 if he was a mega bucks assassin. Plot dragged midway — could have trimmed maybe 2,3 episodes to make the story tighter, but the acting, action, cast, character development, dialogue, all of it was awesome. Cliffhangers galore. A+
Bikeriders — enjoy anything with Tom Hardy; Austin Butler reminds me of a young Brad Pitt; some fun action and fights and a bit of historic Americana, but story wasn’t engaging enough imo
Kraven — incredible trailer (first ~5m), but unfortunately that was the highlight of the film; needed a stronger antagonist, and more interesting characters to surround Aaron Taylor Johnson
Heretic — though I finished the movie, it was solely to watch the final plot reveal which was an anti-climactic gotcha; I did enjoy Hugh Grant’s bad guy arc, and the female co-leads held up capably, and the cinematography was great
started American Primeval towards end of the month and it is promising as heck — Peter Berg directed (Friday Night Lights sublime); Taylor Kitsch does well in gritty roles with less dialogue; the setting is chefs kiss for dramatic storytelling (Mormon military expansionism + raw Native American portrayals + dark sides of American frontier life); awesome writing; you know it’s good when you feel like you’ve seen a movie’s worth of plot and character progression and you check and you’re barely halfway through the pilot, can’t wait for rest of it