Daily Archives: March 29, 2023

Movie Preview: Tom & Tilda & Jeffrey Wright join Wes Anderson’s company for “Asteroid City”

UFOs and aliens and A Bomb tests in the 1950s desert make up the weekends of Anderson’s latest, opening June 16. All star cast, not a lot of laughs in this first trailer, but you get the idea. “Twee” as … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Remembering a hot Disco Era record label, “Spinning Gold”

Perhaps you’re not of a mind that a short-lived record label run by an all-in music biz gambler of the ’70s is a subject worthy of a two hour and seventeen minute musical bio-pic. But that just means you’re not … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Sentimental gay-rom about aging out of cruising — “Chrissy Judy”

In life, it happens gradually. But in the movies, one day a character wakes up and realizes she or he isn’t in sync with or even aware of “what the kids are into these days.” That’s the subtext of actor … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Vietnamese “Furies” set their sights on Vengeance

“Furies” is a lurid, ultraviolent Vietnamese thriller about a quartet of women assembled to take down a Saigon crime lord by hitting him where it hurts — killing off his henchmen in ones, twos, or big bunches. Yes, characters refer … Continue reading

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