Daily Archives: October 19, 2023

Movie Preview: Rowing against Hitler, American underdogs “The Boys in the Boat”

Christmas Day, a best seller becomes a George Clooney film starring Joel Edgerton and hits the big screen.

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Netflixable? Diner-owning Dutch Dad doesn’t know what to do with “Crypto Boy”

Movies like “Crypto Boy” remind us that no matter how current and “hot” the topic, the label “melodramatic” will never go out of style. Melodramas use exaggerated tropes for plots and lean on character “types” so familiar that the entire … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Adam Driver is Michael Mann’s idea of Enzo “Ferrari”

Shailene, Penelope Cruz, and Italian cars — racing ones. Dec. 25, Neon releases this epic in the States. But I’ve shared the longer, cooler “Sky” Brit trailer, for your motoring, Enzoing pleasure.

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Next screening? The woman The King groomed to be Queen — “Priscilla”

This one has an unknown or TV known cast and a whiff of Oscar buzz. Sofia Coppola tells us the story of “Priscilla.”

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Movie Review — The title “Dicks: The Musical” says, does and sings it all

Titillatingly transgressive and deliriously blasphemous, “Dicks: The Musical” barrels through the “Oh no they didn’ts” fast and furiously, a movie so self-conciously gay, outrageous, rude and gay again that one wonders if only George Takei should be allowed to review … Continue reading

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