Critter cinema
Animals arrive in this week's new movie releases, including Pandas and Tehran Taboo
Let's start with the big new release: for some reason, there's a rooster in the poster for Blockers, a movie about parents trying to preserve their daughters' virginity. What's that about? (Cue Beavis & Butthead chuckle.)
At the other end of the spectrum (in more ways than one), there's Tehran Taboo, playing in exactly one theater locally. No animal in the poster, but there's a cat who embodies a pretty powerful theme.
Foxtrot has an animal in the title, but no actual foxes, I'm guessing.
Gemini has a sort of metaphorical animal — the lost puppy who follows you home and trips your motion-detecting security lights.
But Pandas? Animal in title, poster, and film. Trifecta. Alas, unreviewed.
Also reviewed: Finding Your Feet.
Also unreviewed: A Quiet Place (which seems to promise critters of the nasty variety), Ramen Heads, The Miracle Season.