A Ghost Story

Spoilers: Casper Affleck dies. Also: Kissing. Furniture removal. Backwards smoke. Cars. Hospital. Halloween costume. Light door. Walking. Pie. More pie. Watching. Kissing. Ghost next door. Music flashback. Leaving. Watching. Hispanic family. College philosophy. Demolition. Construction. Office building. Settlers. Arrows. Empty house. Back again. Piano payoff. Ghostception. Frame story. Fortune Cookie.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Besson’s back in his Element with visually astounding sci-fi symphony. City of 1000 Effects Shots mashes together shiploads of spectacle to compensate for episodic plot, illogical ending and clunky emotional beats. Hawke hocks Rihanna, and Clive Owes more than this performance to albino Na’vi, but Cara’s character carries the film.

Atomic Blonde

Jane Wick is half bombshell, half monster as she tears through irrelevant baddies and tedious dialog in equal parts. Political Tinkerings, Watchmen music, Birdman continuity & Curiosa sex-scenes can’t heat up this chilly ice bath of action. About as subtle and tasteless as straight vodka, though not nearly as neat.