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Kiss of the Spider Woman

October 22, 2025Addison Wylie0 Comments

Movie musical maestro Bill Condon (director of Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast [2017], and screenwriter for Chicago and The Greatest Showman) provides a good stage-to-screen adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman. But, it’s also a reminder that sometimes a filmed version of a bottled staged show can’t overcome its blatant challenges. Most of 1993’s Tony award-winner takes place within a shared jail. Luis (soap star Tonatiuh) has been incarcerated for indecency and continues to experience other prejudices for…

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Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

October 10, 2025Addison Wylie0 Comments

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror may be the the definitive time warp on the history and legacy of the cult hit, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the stage musical that preceded it, The Rocky Horror Show. Produced by World of Wonder (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts) and from the perspective of director Linus O’Brien (the son of Rocky Horror creator Richard O’Brien), the documentary works in a linear fashion; starting with…

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Bone Lake

October 5, 2025Addison Wylie0 Comments

Mercedes Bryce Morgan directs the provocative Bone Lake. While the press notes assure me that Mercedes Bryce Morgan is a single person, this messy and conflicted film feels as though it was a tug of war between three creatives named Mercedes, Bryce, and Morgan. Bone Lake is bookended by its best (and bloodiest) bits. The film kicks off with a stark naked couple, fearfully running away from crossbow arrows before being outrageously impaled. This opener is immature,…

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Eleanor the Great

October 4, 2025Addison Wylie0 Comments

Eleanor the Great is fine, but it could be a lot better. As actor June Squibb rides her career high after her leading turn in last year’s Thelma and Scarlett Johansson approaches her first chance to direct a feature film, the audience expects more than an easy crowd-pleaser; pitched to the over-50 crowd like an underhanded softball. Squibb plays the titular senior, who gets a kick out of playfully humiliating people to entertain her loyal aged friend…

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