Daily Archives: March 26, 2022

Movie Review: Scots lad leads “Schemers” into Concert Promoting Glory

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Schemers” is an autobiographical slice of Scottish whimsy about a 20ish lad who becomes a concert promoter just to impress a college girl in the Dundee, Scotland of the 1980s. As Davie McLean (Conor Berry) tells his tale — with … Continue reading →

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Preview: “The Offer,” the story of “the Greatest Movie Almost Never Made” — “The Godfather”

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Roger Moore

Hand it to Paramount. They keep making hay out of their most popular intellectual properties, “Star Trek,” and now “The Godfather.” Miles Teller plays producer/hustler Albert Ruddy, Matthew Goode is handsome slick and vain studio honcho Robert Evans, with Giovanni … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Prep School kids try to pull off a “Coin Heist”

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Roger Moore

The gold, or at least silver standard for teen heist movies was filmed way back in 2004. “The Perfect Score” was about breaking in and stealing the answers to that year’s SAT at the Princeton Testing Center, where such data … Continue reading →

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50 Years Ago Today, “An offer” we “couldn’t refuse” — “The Godfather”

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Roger Moore

You know what this original trailer reinforces? The iconic characters, the legends playing them, the instantly recognizable music? It’s the idea that “The Godfather” was a “Star Wars” or “Harry Potter” for grownup film lovers. An alien universe obsessively detailed, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Dinner Party that Goes Wrong LONG before “Barbarians” arrive

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Roger Moore

A high end housing development is going up on a big British farm that changed hands under unsavory circumstances, a development resented by locals, including the family that lost that farm, and all on ancient land with Druid legends attached … Continue reading →

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