By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The trilogy that began with X and PEARL sees its climax this summer.
A24 releases MAXXXINE to theaters nationwide July 5. Ti West wrote and directed this latest starring vehicle for Mia Goth, reprising her Maxine Minx role from X and also one of the producers. The cast additionally includes Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon. The synopsis: “In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.”