Nope. What a versatile, efficient word it is. Truly the Swiss army knife of refusals, it can be employed to firmly shut down the unwanted advances of belligerent drunkards, casually indicate one’s satiated appetite when food is being ordered, or awkwardly turn back the weapons grade LSD you’ve just been handed at your nephew’s birthday party for some reason. We’re not here to talk about why I don’t visit uncle Horatio anymore, though, we’re here to talk about Nope the movie, a 2022 science fiction/horror flick directed by Jordan Peele, either the savior of modern cinema or the embodiment of everything that ails it, depending on who you ask. You can forget the anti-cloud gazing message of Don’t Look Up (I’m assuming that’s what that movie’s about, haven’t seen it yet) because Nope is all about cranking the ol’ noggin back to get a good look at the ...