Daily Archives: October 19, 2022

Movie Preview: Kristen Bell and Allison Janney bond over “The People We Hate at the Wedding”

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Roger Moore

This November film release on Amazon Prime promises a lot of Ugly American behavior in the UK for Bell’s half-sister’s posh nuptials. Cynthia Addai-Robinson (“Lord the Rings: Ring of Power,” “Chicago Med”) is the sister, Black and British. Ben Platt … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Mel Gibson as a talk show host named Elvis with a murderer “On the Line”

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Roger Moore

Nov 4, let the caller and host cat-and-mouse game begin.

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Movie Review: Robbers are “Hunted” in this Brit thriller about class, privilege and “the most dangerous game”

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Roger Moore

As long as there are movies to be made, there’ll be fresh versions of the hoariest thriller plot of all, the one based on a short story with a pun in the title. Man/human beings are “The Most Dangerous Game.” … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview — Cary Elwes broadcasts underground radio defiance — “Resistance: 1942”

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Roger Moore

Is the setting France? The character names are French, so probably. Jason Patric and Judd Hirsch also star in this WWII drama. Nov. 11 this streams and hits VOD.

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Movie Review: Remembering the Good/Bad Old Days with “My Policeman”

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Roger Moore

There’s a stately, old-fashioned gentility to “My Policeman,” a period piece romance from the days when homosexuality was “The love that dare not speak its name” in the United Kingdom. It’s the sort of tragic gay melodrama that stood out … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Roberts and Clooney cash their “Ticket to Paradise”

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Roger Moore

Julia Roberts and George Clooney wring every last drop of good will and good humor out of their long friendship and screen personas as estranged exes who join forces to stop their daughter from marrying too impulsively and too young … Continue reading →

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