First movie in IMAX, and first movie in NYC. American audiences are certainly louder, whooping and cheering, than their frankly miserable English counterparts. I can't say I dislike that, though I've heard that American cinemas can also be hellish at times. It was cool to see these characters do things on streets I may or may not have walked down just a few hours before.

Regarding the movie itself, it's solid, considering what I had heard about the post-Infinity Saga…

Aside from being a victim of its own hype and therefore feeling slightly underwhelming, Longlegs is really good. I can't poke holes in much of the filmmaking, though, I felt it was a bit too reliant on sound cues for some of its scares, but with moments as brilliant as that opening scene it's hard to properly begrudge the film for such a thing.

It's always nice when Nic Cage lets himself off his leash, and the film presents his…