Tbh, yours truly thought he could get away with not doing a Netflix preview for July 2022.  After all, viewers out there didn’t need prompting to check out the finale of “Stranger Things Season 4.”  Nor were they likely to skip out on the July 14 debut of “Kung Fu

This may come as somewhat of a shock, but before attending Balboa Theater’s showing of Tommy Wiseau’s infamously bad,  The Room,  I had never seen the film. I was aware of Tommy Wiseau as a meme, and figured if a film was so bad that the story of how it was

What better way to celebrate the Pride Month of June and stick it to the culture warriors of The Homophobe Party (aka the GQP) than by catching some films at Frameline 46?  Yes, San Francisco’s annual showcase of LGBTQ+ friendly film returns with a hybrid of in-person theatrical screenings (at

“All About Evil” boasts an incredible cast able to bring both the laughs and the gore.  In addition to Lyonne and Dekker, the other actors include: “Elvira” herself, Cassandra Peterson; John Waters muse Mink Stole; Noah Segan (“Looper,” “Knives Out”), Ashley Rae Fink (“Glee”’s Lauren Zizes); and writer/director Joshua Grannell as Peaches Christ.

These last few years have been something else – full of discovery, disaster, and even some delights. Something that has brought many of us together during all of this has been the causes to support/protect. Something that, more recently, has been bringing more of us together, is the festivals that

With the news of the unfortunate closure of Berkeley’s Shattuck Cinemas, a city that decades ago offered a variety of moviegoing venues ranging from the UC Theater to the Telegraph Repertory Cinemas has now been reduced to one commercial theater.  Fortunately, the Pacific Film Archive (hereafter “PFA”) is still around

BottleRock Music Festival 2022 in Napa, a sold out event, launched again last weekend without COVID complications. Some might say it was on par with previous years. What does that mean? Mom’s were drinking wine and dads were popping cans. One thing I always notice when visiting Napa is that

Florida governor Ron Death Sentence may be doing everything he can to prevent people from publicly saying “gay.”  Thankfully Hulu in June presents various ways to say “gay” loudly and clearly.  A modern gay take on “Pride and Prejudice” puts “Saturday Night Live”’s Bowen Yang in the Jane role.  Or