Daily Archives: July 8, 2018

Preview, “The Bookshop” showcases Mortimer, Nighy, Clarkson, romance and the love of…books

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Roger Moore

Based on the Penelope Fitzgerald novel, directed by the woman who gave us “The Secret Life of Words,” “Elegy” and “Learning to Drive,” “The Bookshop” celebrates reading in the face of ignorance, public good over greed and love. It finally … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Brolin has brawny fun with “The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter”

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Roger Moore

  Josh Brolin joins Danny McBride and his “The Foot-Fist-Way” director Jody Hill for another comic riff on emasculated Southern white manhood with “The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter.” It’s a satiric goof on fathers and sons and the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Keanu copes with Russian chill in “Siberia”

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Roger Moore

The sophomore jinx settles in over “Frank & Lola” director Matthew Ross’s second feature, a violent thriller with a strong undercurrent of sex, Russian intrigues and Keanu Reeves. “Siberia” is tedium itself, a boring, talkative and nonsensical story that parks … Continue reading →

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