Page B2 Wyoming Tribune Eagle Friday, July 9, 2021 What to stream: HBO Max’s “No Sudden Move” has the art of the steal and lure Enjoy some of a Soderbergh heist movie By Michael Phillips summer fun with Chicago Tribune Steven Soderbergh has been here before. His latest project, these offbeat films the sleek, zigzaggy crime story “No Sudden Move” currently streaming on HBO Max, was shot and takes place in Detroit, where much of Soderbergh’s terrific 1998 “Out of Sight” un- folds. “Here” also means the heist genre. Soderbergh has prowled its streets many times. Among Soderbergh’s most commercial projects are the 2001 “Ocean’s 11” remake plus two sequels. Set in 1954, starring Don Chea- dle in his sixth Soderbergh Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro in Steven Soderbergh’s “No Sudden movie along with other Soder- Move.” Tribeca Festival/courtesy bergh alums including co-star Benicio del Toro, screenwriter bunch of great character ac- flamboyant conceit, but Duke’s Ed Solomon’s “No Sudden tors.” terrific, as is Ray Liotta as the Move” script has elements of Bingo! This explains why the venal adversary on the other the “Ocean’s” banter and low- Music Box’s recent heist mini- side of town. Screenwriter Sol- keyed wit. But the underworld festival did well, with Jules omon does more name-check- setting and hints of sociological Dassin’s “Rififi” Michael ing than dramatizing when it awareness point to a variation Mann’s “Heat,” Soderbergh’s comes to what’s going on in De- on film noir and its moral laby- “Ocean’s 11” remake and Steve troit (and elsewhere) in 1954, rinths. McQueen’s “Widows,” a Chica- from redlining of Black neigh- Actor Johnny Knoxville arrives for the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “Action Our screen lives have be- go spin on a British crime se- borhoods to the corporate con- Point” on May 31, 2018 at the ArcLight Hollywood in Hollywood, California. AFP via come all too consuming these ries. spiracy that gives “No Sudden Getty Images/courtesy past 16 months, so maybe neo- This also explains why “No Move” its eventual story devel- noir terminology is inevitable Sudden Move” hits the spot, in opment. But Soderbergh, By Katie Walsh no crafted a pair of masterpieces that in describing a pandemic its wry evocations of mid-20th backed by another fruitful and Tribune News Service evoke the heady intoxication of a lurching from “No Way Out” century Detroit, in a clever sly collaboration with compos- warm European summer. The best (this’ll never end; we’ll never story of the Black and Italian er David Holmes, is really on Summer is officially in full swing, known is of course, the queer romance get enough people vaccinated; American syndicates. his game here, editing bursts of and it’s time to pack in as much sum- “Call Me By Your Name” (2017), everything’s hopeless) to Solomon’s script puts enough violence for maximum effi- mer fun as possible before the hazy where the furtive dalliance takes cen- where we are now, which is ei- narrative machinery in motion ciency without maximum sa- and humid dog days of August roll in. ter stage, and the sumptuous Italian ther “One False Move” (for for a four-or six-part limited se- dism. And of course, “summer fun” also lunches and dips in ancient stone pools those bracing for variant disas- ries, and in its two-hour struc- Like many of Soderbergh’s means watching movies when you offer a setting one can almost taste. ter) or “A Better Tomorrow” ture it’s a challenge to keep up. achievements, this one is domi- need to beat the heat. Rather than Watch it on Starz or rent it for $2.99 on (for the optimists, many with Cheadle’s character, Curt nated by a stylistic decision suggest the well-worn favorites like all platforms. But don’t sleep on Gua- tickets to Lollapalooza). We can Goynes, is recently sprung that’s a bit of a mixed bag. He “Jaws,” “Independence Day” and dagnino’s previous film, “A Bigger from prison. He’s hired by the shoots with ultra-wide lenses, “Caddyshack,” here are a few offbeat Splash” (2015), which takes place dur- agree only on this: To every- Italian mob to “babysit” the perhaps too slavishly; the fish- summer cinematic selections to ing a sizzling Sardinian vacation. Tilda thing that has plagued us since family of an automotive compa- eye effect and curled-up edges spice up up your seasonal streaming. Swinton stars as a rock star on vocal early last year, we’re just trying of the frame can seem a little Though oft-cited in lists of best rest, and while she rarely utters a to say farewell, my lovely. ny accountant (David Har- summer movies, Greg Mottola’s “Ad- word, the sensual, funny and sus- “We did this thing during bour). The accountant has been self-conscious, at least when ventureland” (2009) is well-deserv- penseful family mystery that unfolds COVID,” says Rebecca Lyon, given an offer he can’t refuse: used this aggressively. On the ing of a top spot. This poignant theme is riveting. Ralph Fiennes and Dakota assistant technical director at Influential men in low places other hand, the location work park dramedy hits all the sun- Johnson turn in career-best support- Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, want what he can give them, and Soderbergh’s compositions streaked melancholy notes that other ing turns. Rent it for $3.99 on all digital “where people would send in which is a set of highly confi- are often wonderful. The movie blockbusters obliterate, and it fea- platforms. requests for suggestions on dential plans (contents re- is devoted to the presence of its tures a duo of standout performances “Call Me By Your Name” star Timo- what to watch. This was vealed later in the film) being beautiful old cars, and when the from Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen thee Chalamet also stars in the under- through the Music Box Insta- sold at a premium to a rival auto camera follows a vehicle on a Stewart. Watch it on HBO Max. rated 2017 drama “Hot Summer gram account. They’d send me company. pivot, the effect is noir in a nut- Along the same lines, but a bit more Nights,” which drops the viewer di- a question, and especially over It’s plot-forward, this movie, shell: For these weasels – most zany, is “Action Point,” a crass stunt- rectly into the sticky, sexy embrace of the winter, people really appre- and it’s good enough to make of them, anyway – what goes based comedy from the “Jackass” a 1991 Cape Cod summer. Co-starring ciated the advice.” Romantic you wish it were just that much around, comes around. crew. Sitting at the intersection of Maika Monroe, Alex Roe and Emory comedies of the ’90s; silent better. Solomon’s script could The double crosses are more “Wet Hot American Summer,” “Ad- Cohen, this teen dream becomes a films; whatever. Lyon leaned use some ventilation, and not in like sextuples. But there’s ventureland” and “Jackass,” “Action nightmare when our heartthrob be- on her colleagues for help de- the machine-gun way. At its enough going on in “No Sudden Point” follows the mishaps and mis- comes embroiled in a drug ring. Rent it pending on the question. best, “No Sudden Move” lets Move” to cure any momentary adventures of the misfits running a for $2.99 on all digital platforms. People, she says, “just liked Cheadle set the tone and the bouts of “wait … what?” Any- wildly unsafe, ramshackle ‘70s For something in a completely dif- having somebody curate their rhythm; when he’s on screen, way, that’s COVID for you: theme park. Starring Johnny Knox- ferent mode, take a trip to Sweden for movie experience.” the movie’s about a human These days we’re all a little ville, it’s an interesting experiment in the traditional Midsommar celebra- Unintentionally, Lyon adds, being we want to know more wait-what. Soderbergh filmed seeing how the stunts of “Jackass” tion in Ari Aster’s horror film, “Mid- the outreach effort ended up about. The actor pushes his this last fall, helping to estab- might fit into a proper fictionalized sommar,” starring Florence Pugh. collecting informal data on au- voice down into Miles Davis lish Covid filming protocols as narrative, and its brutish charms Dark, disturbing and often too relat- dience tastes. The No. 1 re- territory (easy access for Chea- he went on behalf of his indus- aren’t not fun. Give it a whirl with a able for a film about a relationship quest? “Heist films,” she says, dle; he played Davis once) and try. The movie is full of terse en- $2.99 digital rental on all platforms, crumbling among the rituals of a followed closely by whodunits. finds levity, gravity and casual counters between actors in and then tune into HBO Max for the death cult, Aster takes flower crowns “I get it,” Lyon says. “They poetry in that range. tight spaces, small kitchens, real-life version, the 2020 documen- and summer sunlight and renders it engage your brain in a way Some of the casting is odd- sedan back seats. The confine- tary “Class Action Park,” about a le- horrifying. Stream it on Amazon that’s very distracting, in a good ball, as with Brendan Fraser’s ment feels both of its filming thal New Jersey theme park. Prime and Kanopy, and you’ll never way.