mm has written 76 reviews for films during 2023.

  • John Mulaney: Baby J

    John Mulaney: Baby J

    So you’re telling me we can get a funny stand up special in the year 2-0-2-3 that doesn’t have 30 minutes set aside for some middle aged dork to whine about cancel culture and how it’s facism (?) that people don’t laugh at their tired & lazy jokes.

    Crazy.

    I’m glad that Drug John didn’t kill Normal John. But I do wish we got some clarity on… The Timeline.

  • Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

    Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

    ★★★★

    Just lovely. Can’t wait to get to Dublin for the next tour.

  • Circle

    Circle

    ★★½

    This is a very dumb movie with very clunky writing, but its biggest mistake and departure from reality is that sweatervest guy wasn’t zapped immediately.

  • The Muppet Christmas Carol

    The Muppet Christmas Carol

    ★★★★

    Animal is the kind of man I’ve always wanted to be. Free, insane, unbothered and always down to rock out.

  • Cocaine Bear

    Cocaine Bear

    ★★★

    She didn’t do anything wrong.

  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    ★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    Of all the possibilities that could be chosen to power a supernatural death mask, Tommy Lee Wallace picks Stongehenge. The 1980s were a magical and exciting time.

  • Knock at the Cabin

    Knock at the Cabin

    ★★

    I want to give M. Night a big hug for shooting this on film. The praise stops there though.

    There just isn’t a lot there with this one, unfortunately. It’s got a thin script, cringey dialogue and performances, the usual Shyamalan fare.

    I’m glad some people are getting enjoyment or deeper meaning from this phase of Shyamalan, I just can’t get there.

  • Dream Scenario

    Dream Scenario

    ★★★½

    I’ve been waiting to see what movie takes the baton from The Truman Show in attempting to contextualise the hurricane of stuff we’ve been swept up into thanks to the Internet age…. I guess it’s this?

    I’m an enormous idiot and always will be when it comes to themes and subtext, so while I’m sure this has A Lot To Say I just had a great time experiencing this concept evolve, and Cage’s manic energy (there are about 30 incredible line…

  • M3GAN

    M3GAN

    ★★★½

    "Fuck off, Helen!"

  • A Haunting in Venice

    A Haunting in Venice

    ★★★

    Surprisingly good atmosphere! Unsurprisingly “eh” everything else.

  • Sleepy Hollow

    Sleepy Hollow

    ★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    Absolutely lost my mind when the horseman stabbed that guys head to pick it up off the ground like he was poking an olive with a toothpick.

  • The Menu

    The Menu

    ★★★★

    An absolute banger.

    No mussin, no fussin, just a tight little movie that makes good on is premise. Every scene and concept here flows fluidly, building to a wonderfully dark finale where King Psycho turns what should be his heaven into his own personal hell.

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