I See You (2019)

A revelation halfway through, one that cleverly had me reevaluating what sort of movie I thought I was watching, introduced me to a horror concept I probably would have been better off not knowing about - I will never listen to the creaks and groans of my home in the same way again - but once the movie aboutfaces after this surprise, it loses some credibility as the plot starts relying on an outrageous and exhausting confluence of events at the family home of Helen Hunt's Jackie Harper (although admittedly these events are all neatly tied up in the end).

★★★☆☆

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The Night Clerk (2016)

I think we are supposed to be relieved when the 'Norman Bates' secret of a hotel night clerk with Asbergers is out and turns out to be not quite what we suspected because this thriller seems to think that that is the end of the matter and moves breezily on, apparently unaware of a whole lot of concerns and questions and 'but-hold-on-a-minutes' the viewer has about this witness to a hotel room murder who becomes embroiled in an investigation; it's an initially intriguing but ultimately ŕather sad little thriller.

★★☆☆☆

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Cast Away (2000)

Tom Hanks plays a plane crash survivor stranded on an island with a Wilson volleyball Man Friday in this extended Fedex advertisement that seeks to demonstrate the extreme lengths the company will go to ensure its parcels get delivered - lengths much greater than most attention spans.

★★★☆☆

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Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

A year after Michael J Fox was sent Back to the Future to his parents' teenage lives in 1955, a 40ish Peggy Sue, like a temporal Dorothy Gale, was zapped back to her high school days in this adorable 1986 comedy drama and, resembling Sandra Olsson but with modern day sensibilities, she takes the opportunity to make different choices and ends up better appreciating her future in a troubled marriage.

★★★★☆

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