Musings of a Wandering Writer

2023 has been an interesting year for films. I wouldn't say it's been a bad year, but I also struggle to point to anything that's particularly blown me away with maybe the exception of The Sound of Freedom . When I heard about this film, I was immediately excited as I wondered if this would be 2023's under-appreciated dark horse like 2016's The Nice Guys or 2018's Bad Times at the El Royale . Sadly, I don't think this film will join those champions of cinema, but this one still gave me plenty to think about. 1 Where You Can Find It: This film is exclusively available on Netflix. General Information  The Killer is a crime thriller film, which was first released on 27 October 2023 to select theaters before a 10 November 2023 VoD release. It was directed by David Fincher and its screenplay was written by Andrew Kevin Walker. Erik Messerschmidt provided the cinematography for this film, and its scoring was done by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. It was produced...

I'll never forget when one of my friends pushed Willy's Wonderland on me that I was hesitant to give that ill-fated movie a try as I believed that it was essentially just a cheap knock-off of what this would become. As someone with a super-charged ego, I must formally put into writing that I was wrong to expect so much and now look back on Nicolas Cage's thrashing of ghoulish puppets with what one might almost classify as nostalgia. To be clear: that movie wasn't all that good, which says something when I look at what this film managed to pull off. 1 Where You Can Find It: I saw this in theaters, where it's currently available. It is also available for streaming on Peacock . General Information  Five Nights at Freddy's is a horror film that was released on 27 October 2023. It was directed and co-written by Emma Tammi. The film is based on the popular horror video game franchise of the same name, which was created by Scott Cawthon, who also co-wrote the screenp...