Daily Archives: May 27, 2020

Documentary Review: No lemurs, no animated penguins, the “real” Madagascar is “Madagasikara”

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Roger Moore

The world’s fourth largest island, a country famed for its beauty, its wildlife and a series of animated films about zoo animals making their way there, “has an image problem” a UNICEF official says in the early moments of the … Continue reading →

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The lowly Chevy Nova finally has its (movie, TV) moment?

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Roger Moore

Every now and then in various corners of the South, I’ll see a guy taking his fully-restored 1969-79 Chevrolet Nova out for a Saturday AM spin, maybe a run to a car show. And I’m not going to lie. I … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Tracee, Dakota, Kelvin and Cube aim to leave us on “The High Note”

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Roger Moore

There are worse sins than leaning into the cute if you’re making a diva-and-her-assistant romantic comedy, especially if you’ve cast sitcom star Tracee Ellis Ross (“black-ish”) as the diva, and Dakota Johnson as the assistant. Ross, the daughter of that … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review — Mexican cuisine’s first foreign champion, “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy”

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Roger Moore

She rumbles down a dirt path in a remote corner of Mexico in the Nissan pickup she’s put many hard miles on. The road’s so bumpy her ever-present straw hat drops over her eyes, not that this stops her. Diana … Continue reading →

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