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The Aces Release “Don’t Freak” Utah natives and nowadays Los Angelites The Aces are back with their first single since the release of their 2020 album Under My Influence.
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse, Four Good Days, Separation, Street Gang and more
About Endlessness **
Over the course of 20 years, Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson has remained committed to his stylistic gimmick—master-shot tableaux of simple situations, often building to absurdist punch lines—to the point where it’s not clear what more he might have to say within this framework. Once again, his episodic scenes aren’t really connected to any overarching narrative, though a couple of characters—including a minister despairing over his loss of faith—do recur at various points.
Sculpture Club Releases “Twirl for Me”
The third single released in anticipation of their newest album, Worth (out May 14), Sculpture Club round out a diverse trio of sneak-peak singles.
Mortal Kombat, Together Together, My Wonderful Wanda
Mortal Kombat **1/2
With the benefit of hindsight, can we agree that making Mortal Kombat movies in the 1990s that were rated PG-13 was a really stupid idea?
An April Weekend with 12MM
As we brave something of a chilly spring weekend—not unusual at all for a typical, changeable Utah April—know you can tuck in at home for this month’s presentation by 12 Minutes Max, the short-form performance series that has been shifted online throughout the pandemic.
Arlo the Alligator Boy **1/2
Old-school 2D animation is uncommon enough that you wish something with this much enthusiasm came with a matching level of narrative creativity. Writer/director Ryan Crego introduces Arlo Beauregard (former American Idol contestant Michael J. Woodard), an alligator boy raised in a bayou shack by a woman named Edmée (Annie Potts), but who learns as a teenager that he was born in New York and sent away as an infant floating in a basket.
White Lives Matter rallies gain traction around the country
White supremacists on Telegram are organizing a series of simultaneous rallies under the banner of “White Lives Matter” in major American cities scheduled for April 11, with active participation and promotion in some locales by members of the Proud Boys.
Local Record Stores Prep For a Summer Record Store Day
Two Record Store Day drop dates are coming to Utah by way of a few local, beloved record stores up and down the state.
Thunder Force, Voyagers, Shiva Baby, Moffie and more
Africa Mia (The Mali-Cuba Connection) ***
The tale of a fascinating little music-history footnote loses its footing only when the filmmaker falls into the trap of making the story about himself. Veteran music producer Richard Minier (who co-directed with Edouard Salier) chronicles his 15-year obsession with Las Maravillas de Mali—a band made up of Malian musicians who traveled to Cuba in 1964 for music education sponsored by their fellow communist country—and Minier’s various attempts to reunite the surviving members.
Godzilla vs. Kong, French Exit, Every Breath You Take and more
Every Breath You Take **1/2
Occasionally, after decades of watching way too many movies, it so happens that I’ll come upon a narrative where after just a few minutes, I’m 90 minutes ahead of where it’s eventually going to take me. Such was the case with this psychological thriller about Seattle psychologist Philip Clark (Casey Affleck) and his family—wife Grace (Michelle Monaghan, reuniting with her Gone Baby Gone co-star Affleck) and teenage daughter Lucy (India Eisley)—whose lives are shaken when one of Philip’s patients commits suicide, and the patient’s brother, James (Sam Claflin) becomes entangled with all of them.
