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Britain simply canNOT get enough of that punk era Thatcherism or Thatcher Era provoking punk nostalgia. At least Danny Boyle’s behind this Sex Pistols mini series. The cast look and sound right. It’s on FX May 31. Maybe they’ll pitch … Continue reading →

Eichner stars in, comments on and co-wrote this with director Nicholas Stoller. Hard to tell how funny it is, but he’s reliably hilarious on the TeeVee. And it’s sure to be a bit raunchy. Sept. 30

How on Earth does a movie set amidst the sun, vineyards, food and earthy-sexy sensualists of Tuscany turn out as drab as Helsignor during a mid-winter rain? “Toscana” is an Around the World with Netflix stab at “Italian for Beginners,” … Continue reading →

Here’s the stand-out moment for many people who fondly recall 1988’s sometimes dazzling blend of live-action and animation, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” It’s the long-awaited teaming up of Warner Brothers’ wise-quacking anti-hero Daffy Duck with Disney’s sputtering, exasperated and always … Continue reading →

The sinister side of that British passion to “Escape to the Country” is the font of horror in “Men,” a genuinely hair-raising thriller from the director of “Ex Machina.” Alex Garland puts Jessie Buckley in jeopardy in a quiet country … Continue reading →

Same director as “Top Gun: Maverick.” Only…on Netflix.

Totally down with this as a concept. June 7.

Perhaps the best representation of the tediously-over-titled latest installment in the “Ghost in the Shell” media vortex –– “Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War” — is that hideously over-loaded title itself, translated from “Kôkaku kidôtai SAC_2045 Jizoku kanô sensô.” … Continue reading →

Jonathan Rhys-Myers at his most evil, Dennis Hopper fully amped-up and Robert Carlyle in all his “Trainspotting” rage — that’s Kyle Gallner in “Dinner in America.” Gallner and Emily Skeggs made the oddest and most adorable couple, a warm and … Continue reading →

Olga Kurylenko and John Malkovich also starting this June 3 release about the hunt for cops who witnessed an assassination attempt.