BRB, off to watch Halle Berry’s Bruised on Netflix, but first, let’s watch the first five minutes of Halle Berry’s upcoming Moonfall. Already then. This looks like it could be fun up on IMAX. I’m down. Cheers to the movies. Cheers to being able to go to the movies. Moonfall is scheduled to open on […]
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The Song of Sirens
Do not call 911: It’s just bombastic director Michael Bay’s new actioner, Ambulance. Set in Los Angeles and starring Yahya Abdul Mateen II and Jake Gyllenhaal, the thriller (a remake of 2005’s Ambulancen by Laurits Munch-Petersen and Lars Andreas Pedersen) unfolds during a day in L.A., where three lives collide and change forever. Emmy winner […]
Marin Headlands, 11.22.21
Today was a gay fairy tale. Ever ours.
In the Beginning…
The dinosaurs are going global in 2022. You know Jurassic World: Dominion ain’t titled Jurassic World: Dominion for nothin’. The dinos got out at the end of the last one, after their kingdom fell. And it’s their planet now. Again. Mamoudou Athie joins Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and the original blockbuster trio Sam […]
Yo, Bay Area: Ama Sua
Ama sua, Bay Area. There is no difference between a man who steals from the Louis Vuittons at Union Square and a man who complains something, a courtesy around a service, is taking too long (Bah humbug much?). Both are wrong and so last century, thieves of things, of time and good will, of energy. […]
The Thing About ‘I Drink Wine’
The thing about Adele’s “I Drink Wine,” a new song in her latest record, 30, is it is the Brunch Song of the 2021-2022s. And I love it. I drink it up Champagne rosé.
Here They Come: America’s First Family
Ready or not, here they come: the Ricardos. Written and directed by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin. Starring fellow Oscar winners Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidman, Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos is an upcoming Amazon Studios biopic about the real-life man and woman behind the glittering Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, a.k.a. TV’s Lucy and Ricky […]
The Thing About ‘The Morning Show’
The thing about Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell (with Julianna Margulies as a recurring guest star in Season 2), is it’s a show about control. And because it’s a show about a TV morning show set against first, the #MeToo movement, and then, against the aftermath of […]
This Is Our Kingdom
I tried something new tonight: I went to church. Now, I’m not religious, but I am curious and into finally forming an opinion all my own regarding worship. At a church. And Grace Cathedral down the street is Episcopal, and from what I learned watching the Sex and the City on the HBO, that means […]
San Francisco, 10.2.21
Madame X vibes last night at @clubfugazisf for preview show 11 of “#DearSanFrancisco,” a high-flying love letter to the #CitybytheBay by @the7fingers, an awesome international troupe full of stars. @madonna’s “#MadameXTour” was the last show we enjoyed pre-COVID. How appropriate to get back to it with this performance, a celebration of dance, gymnastics, and human […]