HE is casually enroute to a 6 pm screening of David Leitch’s Bullet Train (Sony, 8.5). If I was running Sony, I would retitle it Bullet Train: Bing Bang Bop–shu–wop. (Sounds more rock-and-rolla that way.) Screenplay by Zak Olkewicz, based on Kotaro Isaka’s “Maria Beetle.” Brad Pitt’s character is nicknamed “Ladybug.” What’s your insect name? Mine is “Gnat,” as in Nathaniel.
I have to be honest: Sandra Bullock playing a peripheral character scares me.
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