As a writer/director, Rian Johnson’s work hasn’t been impressive so far. He’s shown potential and a creative mind, but he lags behind in a number of key areas as a filmmaker. With Knives Out, you’ll still be able to see that some of those flaws are still present, but noticing what look to be improvements isn’t as difficult as they …

Based on all of the movies in the franchise that were released after 1978’s Halloween, trying to start over from that point had me optimistic about the future. I wasn’t expecting David Gordon Green’s version to compete with the first one from John Carpenter, but I was praying that it would be better than all the other ones that came …