Daily Archives: October 4, 2021

Documentary Review — “Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters”

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Roger Moore

If you have any fondness at all for the movie, the myth that was “Ghostbusters,” here’s the definitive “How we made that” documentary about the comic blockbuster of 1984. Me? I got the warm fuzzies for actor and co-writer Harold … Continue reading →

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Movies as Language Immersion, Cartoons can teach you Spanish?

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Roger Moore

I can’t count the number of movie or TV characters I’ve run into in American or international films or TV who explain their flippant fluency in American English with the line, “I learned it watching Hollywood movies.” It’s an accepted … Continue reading →

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Documentary Preview: “Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time”

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Roger Moore

And so it goes…Nov. 19? Fascinating figure, captivating writer, a great subject for a biographical documentary.

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Movie Review: A shattered widower vows “Vengeance is Mine”

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Roger Moore

“Keep it simple, stupid” is something many a screenwriter should keep taped on her or his keyboard when conjuring up a movie. That’s particularly beneficial if you’re trafficking in screen thrillers. Judging from his movies, I’m guessing writer-director Hadi Hajaig … Continue reading →

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