Digger (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2026)

Bigger(WARNING: plot twists and story discussed in explicit detail!)Digger for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is arguably his most expensive production yet ($125 million officially); for Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise it's September. The film has been described as 'obnoxious,' 'self-indulgent,' 'pretentious,' and-- possibly most hurtful-- 'delusional;' it's also been called 'brave.'I like 'indulgent.' Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki has lit and shot the film to look like the world's most elaborate stage production, complete with sets gargantuan enough to make Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark look like a modest high school musical, and miniatures with enough sprawl and detail to delight the most avaricious railroad collector (the spots that illuminate the knee-high trees and waist-high grassy hills have all the drama of a museum exhibit, the delicacy of a children's book illustration (pop-up of course); the showstopping ten-minute monologue that climaxes the middle of the film with its…