Before our Sun dies, it will expand, burning Earth . . .

Rating: 8/10 (23 October 2018)

. . . to a tiny black cinder, as it "Goes out with a bang," the always eponymous Warner Bros. warn America with A STAR IS BORN. More so than the earlier three versions of this story, the "D.B. Cooper" take on A STAR IS BORN is primarily about A Star Dying. His "Jackson Mayne" character already is on his last legs, with at least one foot in the grave, before he ever sets eyes upon "Lady Maggot." Though it may seem that the worm turns then on a superficial level as Jackson wraps frozen peas around Maggot's bruised hand, perceptive viewers will note that he's actually beginning his Super Nova-like expansion phase, bathing all around him with the fire of a funeral pyre. Maggot feeds off the doomed Jackson until she's drained the last succulent drop of his tender bone marrow, and then kicks off into her own new orbit without a second thought. As the movie closes with a close-up of her eyes, it's clear that she senses that her time to shine will end soon.