The Boys in the Band (Movie Review) | Shades of Queerness and Friendships

I am no theater geek, so I'm not quite sure how this movie came to my attention. I think it might have been when the actors in this piece were promoting the play on various late night talk shows. Maybe it's the cast themselves, Jim Parsons (Home, The Big Bang Theory, Hidden Figures), Matt Bomer … Continue reading The Boys in the Band (Movie Review) | Shades of Queerness and Friendships

The Devil All the Time (Movie Review) | A Circle of Bad Things

The novel this movie is based on is not one that I would have picked up. One of the reasons I ended up watching the film is the producer Jake Gyllenhaal (Spider-Man: Far from Home, Brokeback Mountain), and the cast which includes Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Mudbound), Bill Skarsgard (It, Deadpool 2, Allegiant), Harry … Continue reading The Devil All the Time (Movie Review) | A Circle of Bad Things

Young Wallander (S1 Review) | Shades of Nordic Noir Mystries

This new contemporary Swedish mystery crime-drama, Young Wallander focuses on Henning Mankell's iconic detective Kurt Wallander. Adam Palsson (Avenue 5) plays the titular role and is joined by Richard Dillane (Strike Back, The White Princess), Leanne Best (Carnival Row), Ellise Chappell (Poldark), Yasen Atour (Robin Hood), Charles Mnene (The Informer), Jacob Collins-Levy (True History of … Continue reading Young Wallander (S1 Review) | Shades of Nordic Noir Mystries

The Last Days of American Crime (Movie Review) | Story Beats Haphazardly stitched together

The Colombiana - and Taken 2 & 3 - director, Olivier Megaton, is back with an adaptation of Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini's graphic novel "The Last Days of American Crime." Maybe his previous films do not inspire much confidence or you might like one or two of them but with a cast including Edgar … Continue reading The Last Days of American Crime (Movie Review) | Story Beats Haphazardly stitched together