A kid. His mum and dad. The sex and drugs. And the boy next door who watched the whole thing unravel.
In Crossbow the spoiler is right in front of you, there in the title. A crossbow is an anachronistic device and does not, at least in my mind, lend itself well to analogy or metaphor. In spite, or, more accurately, precisely because this ominous title hangs over the very start of viewing, the short film remarkably sustains a growing dread throughout its languid narration and slow-moving, though arresting visuals; maximizing its force not through the promise of surprise but through the inevitability of its conclusion.
Veronica Mars
Crime, Drama, Comedy
6.6
The Wine of Summer
Drama
5.6
Ex Machina
Drama, Science Fiction
7.6
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
8.1
Barbie
Comedy, Adventure
7.0
John Wick
Action, Thriller
7.5
PK
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
7.7
Inside Out
Animation, Family, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
7.9
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Action, Adventure
7.2
Eden Lake
Horror, Thriller
6.8
Deadpool
Action, Adventure, Comedy
7.6
Guardians of the Galaxy
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
7.9
Kong: Skull Island
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
6.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
War, History, Drama
7.7
Gifted
Drama, Comedy
8.0
Soul
Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
8.1
Blue Beetle
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
6.7
Oppenheimer
Drama, History
8.0
Rush
Drama, Action
7.7
Fifty Shades of Grey
Drama, Romance, Thriller
5.9
Crows
Drama
5.8
American Beauty
Drama
8.0
Donnie Darko
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
7.8
Peaches
Drama
0.0
The Butterfly
Family, Drama
6.8
Paradise Is Burning
Drama
5.5
Kes
Drama
7.4
Summer of 84
Drama, Horror, Mystery
6.9
I Saw the TV Glow
Drama, Horror, Fantasy
6.1
Good Friends and Faithful Neighbors
Drama
1.0
El Camino Christmas
Comedy, Crime, Drama
5.6
Beast Beast
Drama
6.2
The Kiln
Drama
0.0
No One's Child
Drama
6.8
Beautiful
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
4.8
Normal Adolescent Behavior
Romance, Drama
4.3
Daybreak
Crime, Drama
7.6
Lavender
Family, Drama, Comedy
0.0
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Drama, Romance
7.5
Happiness
Comedy, Drama
7.4