“Disclosure Day” (Universal) is the third installment in Steven Spielberg’s friendly alien trilogy, including 1977’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and 1982’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (“War of the Worlds” doesn’t count because those aliens were meaner than Pete Hegseth). It’s also heavy on religious allegories, as well as a serious indictment of secretive government agencies. The latter is especially notable due to our current administration’s obsession with Area 51.
“Stop! That! Train!” (Bleecker Street/World of Wonder) is an ill-conceived homage to the 1980s Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker comedies, including “Airplane!”, “Top Secret!”, and “The Naked Gun,” with a hat tip to 1976’s disaster comedy “The Big Bus.” Fueled by tired sight gags and slapstick, as well as laugh-less and lifeless jokes, “Stop! That! Train!” should never have been allowed to leave the station.
Now streaming on Peacock and available on VOD on June 12, “It’s Dorothy” is filmmaker Jeffrey McHale’s latest documentary. Arriving 126 years after L. Frank Baum’s book was published, 87 years after “The Wizard Of Oz” movie premiered in theaters, and 57 years after Judy Garland’s untimely passing, “It’s Dorothy” takes a deep dive into the lasting impact that the character of Dorothy Gale has left on our culture.
It’s official! A “Rocky Horror” revival is in full swing. Currently running on Broadway, the Tony-nominated “The Rocky Horror Show” stars hot, out actor Luke Evans as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Meanwhile, on screen, you can watch the documentary “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror” (Magenta Light), directed by Linus O’Brien, son of Richard O'Brien ( writer of “The Rocky Horror Show,” co-writer of the screenplay for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” and, of course, portrayer of Riff Raff on stage and screen).
The indie drama “Magic Hour” (Greenwich Entertainment) was directed by Katie Aselton, who also co-wrote the screenplay (with husband Mark Duplass) and stars in the movie. Aselton plays Erin, who is married to Charlie (Daveed Diggs). Our first glimpses of the couple present a portrait of a playful pair, seemingly happily married, who are trying to conceive.
Bradley Cooper received a couple of Oscar nominations for the 2024 biopic “Maestro,” in which he starred as the late Leonard Bernstein, in addition to directing and co-writing the screenplay. “Maestro” didn’t avoid the subject of Bernstein’s queerness, but it felt like a secondary subject.
Brother and sister Raymond (Brandon Soo Hoo) and Coco (Andie Ju) have brought shame on their family in the past. He got thrown out of Duke, and she dropped out of art school. But those things will pale in comparison with the high-stakes criminal activity in which they become involved in Jing Ai Ng’s feature-length debut “Forge” (Utopia).
As unnecessary sequels go, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” (20th Century Studios) earns a well-deserved place near the top of the list. Where the original, released 20 (!) years ago, had iconic lines (“That is all.”) and portrayals (Meryl Streep should have won an Oscar for her performance, as opposed to the undeserved one she received for the abysmal “The Iron Lady”), the sequel is lacking.
It’s incredible to think that it took this long for Michael Jackson, the late “King of Pop” who died two months shy of his 51st birthday in 2009, to be the subject of a big-screen biopic (in IMAX, no less). Unfortunately, the mono-monikered “Michael” (Universal/Lionsgate), directed by Antoine Fuqua, with a screenplay by gay writer John Logan, comes off as nothing more than a glorified Lifetime movie.
Gay filmmaker François Ozon’s movie adaptation of “The Stranger” (Music Box Films), based on Albert Camus’ 1942 novella of the same name, is the third time the book has been adapted for the screen. However, it may be the first time that audience members might have to decide which is more breathtaking - the black and white photography or the actor in the lead role?
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