A very brief, very advanced note of negativity about my year in film: these were the 2023 releases that disappointed me the most.
Unpleasant, dull, shrill, irritating. Or, in some cases, just bizarre: how do you make a film about a Cocaine Bear that isn’t a lean 90 minutes of absolute batshit thrills? (Narrator: It wasn’t.)
BEAU IS AFRAID.
SHAZAM: FURY OF THE GODS.
FAST X.
INFINITY POOL.
THE FLASH.
INSIDE.
65.
COCAINE BEAR.