Gene Park

Pattinson cracks him wide open. He twists, bends and crumples in Hansen’s skin, embodying the moral tensions as his show crosses a line and begins to dictate what law enforcement should be doing.

Resident Evil is almost great. It’s a clever (if heavy-handed) metaphor for Cregger’s own fears for fatherhood, but its fatalism goes down like a bitter shot. Strangely enough, it might have been better as a video game.

Brand New Day is a messy but largely successful attempt at remembering what makes Spider-Man special: that his greatest battle isn’t about villains, but the balance between his humanity and his job as a superhuman. Isolation and punishment don’t need to come with that responsibility.

It’s a spectacular tale about what we see, what we hear, and how both can change what we believe and how we treat each other. By the final frame of this beautiful, immersive film, you realize it’s a plea.