A Bohemian Is Born

A Star Is Born (2018): Directed by and starring Bradley Cooper: [Cast and Crew]: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga do a solid job of resurrecting this Hollywood chestnut in its fourth iteration. It's not the sort of movie I seek out, but I enjoyed it. And the songs by both Cooper's and Gaga's characters are excellent. An unrecognizable Andrew Dice Clay does nice work as Gaga's character's father. Sam Elliot is a hoot as always. Recommended.

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018): [Cast and Crew]: Mostly fictional band biography of Queen (and specifically Freddie Mercury) has an awfully familiar, homophobic sub-text which sometimes becomes blatant enough to just be text. Remember kids: gay sex is bad and gay men should just hold hands. Also, all the evidence suggests that Mercury actually was bisexual given his choice of partners throughout his life. Oh, well. Mr. Robot's Rami Malek is excellent as Mercury -- he and Freddie both deserved a better movie. Also, how the Hell does a Queen biopic leave out the Flash Gordon soundtrack? Weird. Not recommended.