Movie Spotlight: Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) — A Neo-Noir Masterpiece on Blu-ray
The cast is uniformly excellent, but two performances elevate the material from "good thriller" to "essential viewing."
Seven strangers, one dark secret, and a hotel with a bloody past. Set in 1969 at a rundown resort on the California-Nevada border, Bad Times at the El Royale weaves together multiple storylines involving a priest, a singer, a thief, and a cult leader. Think Pulp Fiction meets The Shining with a 60s pop soundtrack.