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NEW RELEASES

Now’s the perfect time for a deep New DVDs Tribune News Service Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dive into Wes Anderson’s movies dates are subject to change: By Chris Hewitt “The Royal Tenenbaums” June 16 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (2001) “Impractical Jokers: The Movie” This family comedy is the one “2 Minutes of Fame” If the movie world were still on where Oscar winners (Gwyneth “A Soldier’s Revenge” its axis, a print of Wes Anderson’s Paltrow, Anjelica Huston) jumped “Bad Therapy” “The French Dispatch” would be on board. Part of the fun is watch- “Kill Mode” on its way to the Riviera for its ing actors who aren’t always al- “LEGO DC Shazam: Magic and world premiere at the Cannes lowed to show much range reveal Monsters” Film Festival, which was sup- something new when they slide “Project Blue Book Season 2” posed to begin May 12. into Anderson’s trademarked “Saint Frances” “Dispatch,” featuring the all- blank, seemingly emotionless, de- “Sniper: Assassin’s End” starriest of Anderson’s all-star livery of dialogue. casts (Frances McDormand, Sao- “The Etruscan Smile” irse Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Timo- “Isle of Dogs.” Fox Searchlight Pictures/courtesy “Rushmore” (1998) “The Marshes” Remember when Jason “The Quarry” thee Chalamet, Elisabeth Moss, actor Owen Wilson), carries all time. Schwartzman was suddenly every- Bill Murray), has been delayed through Anderson’s work, but its “Moonrise Kingdom” (2012) June 23 where? This movie, where he’s a until the fall. Those who see their wide-open setting does not jibe It may have more visual jokes “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” bratty, articulate boarding school 32-ounce Diet Coke cup as half- with subsequent movies, which al- than any other Anderson movie: “Corpus Christi” student, is the reason. It pulls off the empty probably wonder if movie ways feature symmetrical compo- a pingpong game viewed through “Inheritance” trick of creating a romantic triangle theaters will reopen in time for its sitions, characters conversing a doorway so we can see the “Pennyworth: The Complete in which we want things to work out rescheduled date. while looking straight into the ball going back and forth but First Season” for everyone (Schwartzman and a Meanwhile, we do have a laugh- camera, an obsessive collector’s not the players; a camera that tycoon played by Bill Murray both “South Park: The Complete out-loud trailer for “Dispatch,” love of fonts and a pink/orange/ pivots on an axis to show us three fall for Olivia Williams’ teacher). Twenty-Third Season” which ends on a funny camera chartreuse palette. perfectly centered tableaux; a Keep your eyes peeled for future “The Legion” move, as well as a couple of de- Anderson’s movies can be a lot. scene in which a boy claims one “Gilmore Girl” Alexis Bledel, an cades of streamable comedies To my mind, “The Darjeeling can quench one’s thirst by sucking extra. Incidentally, Schwartzman New games from the brainy-but-silly writer- Limited” is exhausting and “The on a rock, which he demonstrates will be back in “French Dispatch,” director. Life Aquatic” isn’t funny, but by pulling a rock out of a clear The following is a list of video which he also co-wrote. Anderson, whose childhood re- there’s so much going on in those stream of delicious-looking water games scheduled for release gard for Roald Dahl’s warped movies that they’re never boring. that he doesn’t even notice. It’s “Bottle Rocket” (1996) next week, according to www.ign.com. Release dates tales resulted in his adaptation of Once asked if he’d be interested Anderson’s usual Faberge egg Anderson loves an escape plan, are subject to change. “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” says au- in directing a Bond film or a big contraption, but the adolescent even more so if it involves intricate tobiography creeps into his work. musical, Anderson said he occa- love story is moving, as is a per- maps. His microbudget debut, “Azure Striker Gunvolt 2” Not that you’re likely to spot those sionally gets nibbles but prefers to formance of Benjamin Britten’s which introduced acting brothers (Nintendo 3DS, PC. Genre: details. His ornate vision (Wallpa- do his own thing. As these seven lovely “Songs From Friday Owen and Luke Wilson and some- Action. Rating: Teen) per! The Futura typeface! Fussy available-for-streaming movies Afternoons.” how also features James Caan, has “SpongeBob SquarePants: manners! Squabbling siblings!) is demonstrate, his own thing is two escapes, one from a hospital Battle For Bikini Bottom instantly identifiable as Ander- often an excellent thing. “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” and one from a prison. Fun fact: It’s Rehydrated” (PC, Nintendo son’s without revealing anything (2009) the only Anderson feature without Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox about him, to the extent that it “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Anderson’s quirky characters Murray, but he was the first choice One. Genre: Platformer. Rating: would be easier to imagine his (2014) seem most human when they’re for the Caan part. Not available) films as the work of a fussbudget Anderson describes his movies animals. Maybe because we look Brit in his 70s than a Texas native as “five degrees removed from re- more closely at behaviors with “Isle of Dogs” (2018) “Assetto Corsa Competizione” (PC, in his 50s. ality,” but I’m not sure I agree. Yes, which we identify in creatures that I’ve always thought the titular PlayStation 4, Xbox One. Genre: Combining a children’s book they’re set-decorated within an we don’t? Here, a fox (George Cloo- joke seemed too obvious for Ander- Racing. Rating: Everyone) sensibility with a highly devel- inch of their lives, the characters ney is the voice) vows to give up his son, but the movie, with maybe the oped visual style and wordy, faux- do crazy things and the fictitious life of crime when he marries most elaborate escape yet, is so ec- “Little Town Hero” (Nintendo sophisticated dialogue that makes lands (like the one in “Budapest,” (Meryl Streep, exasperated and centric that a pun about loving dogs Switch, PlayStation 4. Genre: his characters sound like refugees which is not Hungary) are fantasti- droll). The characters may live in may be just what it needed. Ander- RPG. Rating: Teen) from a J.D. Salinger novel, Ander- cal. But the characters always feel the wild, but their dens are as me- son’s second foray into stop-motion “Tower Of Time” (PC, son has become Andersonier with real. Think of Ralph Fiennes as a ticulously designed as Anderson’s animation, after “Mr. Fox,” wel- PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, each movie. The deadpan humor concierge who saves the world. hotel or train sets, and like their comes Yoko Ono and Greta Gerwig Xbox One. Genre: RPG. Rating: of his debut, “Bottle Rocket” The cast is jam-packed but kind; counterparts in “Budapest” and into the Anderson ensemble com- Not available) (written, like most of his screen- short-tempered Fiennes gives one “Darjeeling,” they love to plan pany, but trigger warning: A viral “The Innsmouth Case” (PC, plays, with his college roommate, of the best comic performances of heists. epidemic is a major plot point. iPhone, Android. Genre: Adventure. Rating: Not available) “Mr. Driller DrillLand” (Nintendo Switch, PC. Genre: Action, Puzzle. Rating: Pending) ALBUM REVIEWS “Poopdie” (iPhone, Android, The Philadelphia Inquirer Nintendo Switch. Genre: RPG. Rating: Teen) “Blair Witch” (PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch. Genre: Adventure. Rating: Mature) “Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition” (PC. Genre: Sports, Simulation. Rating: Not available) “Phantom: Covert Ops” (PC, Oculus Quest. Genre: Action. Rating: Not available) “Hunting Simulator 2” (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch. Genre: Hunting. Rating: Teen)

“NEW MEDICINE” “CAN’T TURN ME “PICK ME UP OFF THE New music The following is a partial list of MONDO COZMO (LAST GANG) HHH AROUND” FLOOR” titles released Friday. Josh Ostrander got his start in indie bands DEDICATED MEN OF ZION (BIBLE & TIRE) NORAH JONES (BLUE NOTE) HHH Compiled by Keith Coombes of Laguardia and Eastern Conference Champions. HHH Norah Jones, we need you now. The torch-sing- Ernie November Then he rebooted his career in Los Angeles with Bible & Tire Recording Co. was founded by Bruce ing pianist has made quietly satisfying music ....And Oceans, “Cosmic World the solo project Mondo Cozmo, and struck gold Watson, of the Fat Possum label, to revive the ever since her 2002 debut “Come Away With Mother” with the hit “Shine” from 2017’s “Plastic Soul.” glories of the Memphis sacred soul tradition. Me,” navigating the world between jazz and pop, Clint Black, “Out Of Sane” On “New Medicine,” his second Mondo Cozmo With this album by the Dedicated Men of Zion, a and throwing in a little country for an extra album, he makes it clear from the start that he’s gospel quartet out of North Carolina, the results heartache. Don Bryant, “You Make Me not interested in simply mimicking that last are sensational. (Not to be confused with the Jones’ records are always tasteful and never in Feel” number’s feel-good groove. Sensational Barnes Brothers, another Bible & the slightest hurry. And in the frantic, no-atten- Cro-Mags, “In The Beginning” Opener “Black Cadillac” is an insistent, fuzzed- Tire act that works the same territory with tion-span world we used to live in, her air of out rocker that lifts liberally from the Velvet similarly sublime results.) imperturbability could seem a little dull, so Deerhoof, “Future Teenage Cave Artists” Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man.” On “Can’t Turn Me Around,” the singers are becalmed that it sometimes bordered on the Ostrander is backed on that track by Black Rebel backed by a crew of topflight Memphis roots soporific. Bob Dylan, “Rough And Rowdy Motorcycle Club guitarist Pete Hayes and musicians as they deliver obscurities from the But now it’s a quality that comes in handy, amid Ways” drummer Leah Shapiro. Hayes helped produce catalog of the Bluff City’s D-Vine Spiritual label. global pandemic, economic collapse, and civil Michael Franti & Spearhead, the album and no doubt contributed to the big The songs are uniformly great, while the music rock guitar sound that gives it a harder edge unrest. If your nerves are rattled, never fear: “Work Hard And Be Nice” borrows as much from Memphis’ secular musical Norah Jones is here. than “Plastic Soul.” heritage as it does from the sacred, which of Green Carnation, “Leaves Of With echoes of ’90s bands such as Primal course were pretty close in the first place. “Pick Me up off the Floor” shines from the start. Yesteryear” Anthony Daniels, the eldest of the group, which Its opener, “How I Weep,” makes its sorrow felt Scream and the Verve – as well as of Beck’s hip- Holy Hive, “Float Back To You” hop blues – Ostrander also mines familiar also includes his son Antwan, has a background in the subtle interplay between her piano, Paul pleasures. As he proved with “Shine,” he knows in rhythm-and-blues as well as church music. Wiancko’s cello, and Ayane Kozasa’s violin. Shirley King, “Blues For A King” how to mass backing vocals (and sometimes “Father, Guide Me, Teach Me” starts the set by The album grew out of a series of mini-collabo- horns) into something triumphant and joyful. locking into a tough R&B groove punctuated by rations – with poet Sarah Oda, Jeff Tweedy of Lamb Of God, “Lamb Of God” That’s even the case when he’s slipping in barbed Will Sexton’s stinging guitar as the singing Wilco, and others – but hangs together cohe- Mark Morton, “Ether” references to Brett Kavanaugh (on “Black grows increasingly pleading. “Down Here Lord” sively. It revs up occasionally, as on the gospel- Cadillac”), the oppressive evening news (“Upside and the horn-accented “I Feel Alright” echo fired “Flame Twin.” But usually, “Pick Me up” is Mushroomhead, “A Wonderful Down”) or his own self-destructive tendencies classic Memphis soul, and the title song simmers happy to settle into a deeply comfortable, lan- Life” (“Generator” and elsewhere). with steady resolve. guorous groove that leaves space for ace musi- cians like drummer Brian Blade to shine. New Found Glory, “Forever – Steve Klinge The more straight-up gospel numbers, like the And Ever X Infinity” roof-raising “Leaning on the Lord” and “Work It really finds itself in a stretch of three themati- Owen, “The Avalanche” Until My Days Are Done,” are also transcendent. cally linked songs about essential stuff: “This To borrow Bible & Tire’s motto, listening to this Life,” “To Live,” and “I’m Alive.” In the last one, Oz, “Forced Commandments” written with Tweedy, Jones sings about a is a great way to “retread your soul,” and a The Sword, “Chronology: perfect tonic for the times. woman finding her strength. This first captures a common feeling these days: “This life as we 2006-2018” box set – Nick Cristiano know it,” Jones sings, “is over.” Whitesnake, “Rock Album: Greatest Rocking Hits” – Dan DeLuca