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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The Happening (2008)

The Happening is the point most people think M Night Shyamalan's career derailed, but I love its kookiness and deliberate pace, controversially think Mark Wahlberg is good in it, find the idea of airborne threats from plants not so ridiculous, and see in the movie many of the combined elements of comedy and horror I loved so much in Signs.

★★★☆☆

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