The Visitor (2007)

A worthy follow-up to Thomas McCarthy's The Station Agent, which I loved. The Visitor is a much subtler, slower paced film. What's unique about McCarthy is how he can make the most obscure hobbies into an entertaining, feature-length film. Trains, drumming, what have you. In the end, they are all just devices in which to paint rich characters around. Not as satisfying as Station Agent, but still good.

Rating: B

Black Panther (2018)

Over-hyped. Not the usual origin story, but it seems all superhero movies end up in the same place, with the hero fighting an evil version of himself. Everything is CGI heavy without much depth. The plot was implausible--more so than most from the genre. Mildly entertained.

Rating: C-