Daily Archives: April 21, 2022

Movie Preview: Emma Thompson Hires a Hooker — “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Roger Moore

An unconventional sex comedy about a newly widowed woman who hires a sex worker, and their love or lust connection. June 17, Emma T. reminds Kenneth B. what he misses.

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Movie Review: Pinot Noir meets Film Noir in “Brut Force”

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Roger Moore

Don’t let the bad pun in the title scare you off the wine country mystery “Brut Force.” Writer-director Eve Symington’s debut feature is a solid, engrossing film noir set in California’s pinot noir terroir. It’s the sort of smart, simply-shot, … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: DisneyNature visits the “changing world” of a “Polar Bear”

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Roger Moore

There’s an optimism in every DisneyNature release, each timed to fall on Earth Day. No matter how embattled, threatened or tested nature is by a human race unwilling to switch off their SUV engine while we sit watching cat videos … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review — A Groundbreaking female band is celebrated in “Fanny: The Right to Rock”

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Roger Moore

They were the first all-female rock band to put out an album on a major label, a fixture on concert tours, opening for Deep Purple, Jethro Tull and others, and a “novelty act” mainstay of TV musical variety shows of … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Christina Ricci is a single mom facing something “Monstrous”

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Roger Moore

A period piece for Christina R, this one opens in early May.

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Netflixable? A hostage and The Mob face “The Turning Point (La svolta)” in this Italian dramedy

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Roger Moore

A mobster on the lam turns life coach for an introverted Italian comic book nerd in “The Turning Point (La svolta),” an Italian mob dramedy with a hard, bloody edge. Riccardo Antonaroli’s film, based on a Roberto Cimpanelli/Gabriele Scarfone script, … Continue reading →

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