Tim Basaraba – I feel sorry for kids these days. If they want to watch fantastical coming-of-age live-action stories, they usually have to commit to an entire series like Stranger Things on Netflix or a franchise like Harry Potter. Stand-alone original films, which were common in my youth, are now rare.
Tim Basaraba – Paul Walter Hauser has made a career out of playing painfully unaware losers. In Samir Oliveros’s first English-language film, he portrays a painfully unaware winner, walking away with $110,237 (equivalent to one-third of a million in today’s economy).
Matt Ashworth – Pharrell’s “Get Lucky” was playing as I stepped into the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre for the first time, setting the perfect mood after seeing the premiere of his new LEGO biopic on Tuesday. It was the second screening of Cronenberg’s latest, The Shrouds, and I felt “on brand” in my McLusky shirt.
Tim Basaraba – The latest from rising director Luca Guadagnino is a 1940s period piece in three parts. Daniel Craig plays William Lee, a self-described “homosexual” whose identity seems to revolve around his conquests of young men in Mexico City.
Tim Basaraba – Max Minghella’s follow-up to his debut film Teen Spirit (2018) once again focuses on a female protagonist. Elisabeth Moss stars as Samantha, an aging actress best known for the self-described “cheesy” TV show Have a Heart.
