On the topic of movies, Emily The Criminal starring Aubrey Plaza was quite good. It's an atypical depiction of crime, neither gritty nor banal, nor glamorized. Quite interesting, with a decent amount of suspense, even if the director seemingly asked Plaza to do a pretty one-note performance. Would recommend if you like realistic crime drama. (Very little violence for the genre.)
Ghosted was not very good. It's a perfectly passable story, but the casting was just way off. There was no chemistry between the two leads, but they were also both kind of miscast for the roles. Neither Chris Evans nor Ana de Armas had the comical chops necessary for the kind of banter this movie had. He also looked way too competent in the fight scenes for his character, and she couldn't really pull of the toughness her character needed. Would not recommend.
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