Bohemian Rhapsody BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (2018) Starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, Allen Leech, Mike Myers, Aaron McCusker, Dermot Murphy, Aaron McCusker, Meneka Das, Bomi Bulsara, Dickie Beau, Neil Fox-Roberts, Philip Andrew, Matthew Houston, Michelle Duncan and Max Bennett. Screenplay by Anthony McCarten. Directed by Bryan Singer. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 135 minutes. Rated PG-13. The rock group Queen –

God’s Own Country GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (2017) Starring Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart, Harry Lister Smith, Patsy Ferran, Melanie Kilburn, Liam Thomas, Moey Hassan, Naveed Choudhry, Sarah White, John McCrea, Alexander Suvandjiev and Stefan Dermendjiev. Screenplay by Francis Lee. Directed by Francis Lee. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Company. 104 minutes. Not Rated. It’s not hard to look at God’s Own Country as a UK version of Brokeback Mountain. After all, i

Boulevard BOULEVARD (2015) Starring Robin Williams, Kathy Baker, Bob Odenkirk, Roberto Aguire, Giles Matthey, Eleonore Hendricks, J. Karen Thomas, Landon Marshall, Henry Haggard, Clay Jeffries, Brandon Hirsch, Curtis Gordon, David Ditmore and Joshua Decker. Screenplay by Douglas Soesbe. Directed by Dito Montiel. Distributed by Starz Digital Media.  88 minutes.  Rated R. Despite whatever positive and negative attributes that Boulevard may display as a film, it will forever be

Peter Stickles Peter Stickles Something in the Lair by Ronald Sklar Photography by Eugene Gallegos When New-York-based actor Peter Stickles yearned for a role he could sink his teeth into, he wasn’t just whistling “Dixie.” As the lead vampire in the new Here TV drama The Lair, Stickles plays a vampire so evil that his name is Damian. And yet, he doesn’t play it straight. It’s all about this premium cable TV channel’s new original scripted drama, which premieres this summer. “

Michael Rapaport in “The War at Home” MICHAEL RAPAPORT THE WAR ON TELEVISION by JAY S. JACOBS Michael Rapaport is one of the best color guys in show business.  It’s rare that he gets the lead role, but when a director needs a legitimate, colorful, smart working-class guy for the second or third role, they dial up Rapaport.  He has been the punch-drunk boxer who dates Mira Sorvino in Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite, controversial teacher Danny Hanson on Boston Public, Will Smit

Girl Play GIRL PLAY (2004) Starring Robin Greenspan, Lacie Harmon, Mink Stole, Dom Deluise, Katherine Randolph, Lauren Maher, Gina DeVivo, Shannon Perez, Domenic Ottersbach, Julie Briggs, Jessica Golden, Lynn A. Henderson, Sarah Bareilles and Katlin Belcher. Screenplay by Robin Greenspan, Lacie Harmon and Lee Friedlander. Directed by Lee Friedlander. Distributed by Wolfe Home Video.  80 minutes.  Not Rated. The theatrical roots of Girl Play (it is based on a play called Real