Wes Anderson's sci-fi 'Asteroid City' stays true to his look and feel

Wes Anderson's sci-fi 'Asteroid City' stays true to his look and feel A Junior Stargazer convention is hit by world-changing events in Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, a comedy with an all-star cast including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton and Bryan Cranston. Critic Bob Mondello says that remains true in Wes Anderson's first venture into science fiction, "Asteroid City." What we're seeing is supposed to have been written as a stage play that's being filmed for a black-and-white TV show, narrated Rod Serling-style by Bryan Cranston - so a play within a teleplay within a movie, all to explore themes that don't sound as if they belong in a comedy that's artificial but that are common to a lot of Wes Anderson movies - themes like grief. MONDELLO: Given the film's quirkiness, Wes Anderson may be bracing himself for conversations that echo the last part of that exchange.