The Housemaid (2025)

A woman with a troubled past becomes the live-in maid for a wealthy household that seems to house a lot of secrets within. It's a twisty-turny psychological thriller with mysteries abound that keep unraveling. Lots of weirdness and inconsistencies throughout. It all falls apart towards the end, but it's an entertaining ride getting there. It also poses the question: Who would win in a fight? Amanda Seyfried or Sydney Sweeney's cleavage?

2½ deadbolts out of 5

Big (1988)

Some films are so ingrained into who I am as a person that they are hard to look at objectively. Such is the case with Big, about a boy who makes a wish on a fortune-teller machine that comes true, and must suddenly contend with the trials and tribulations being an adult, without any of the experience or tools. Of course, it's a fantasy film, so anything is possible, and he ends up falling ass backwards into a dream job as a toy tester, while attracting a beautiful young executive with his boyish charms. It's just naïve enough to sidestep any grandstanding moral issues (not that I care about such things anyway) and leaves you longing for those innocent days, before life got too complicated.

5 walking pianos out of 5