Daily Archives: February 5, 2023

Movie Preview: Wasikowska, Radha and Bana and a Teen Girl who wants to save a “Blueback”

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

Now THIS is how you cut a feel-good movie trailer with a kid, a cause and wildlife. Radha Mitchell plays the mum, Ilsa Fogg young Abby, Mia Wasikowska as our crusading girl as an adult, and Eric Bana as a … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Matthau Stars, Directs and flirts with his future wife in “Gangster Story” (1959)

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

It’s funny to think about how late Hollywood was in figuring out Walter Matthau was a natural comic actor. For the first couple of decades of his film and TV career, nobody thought to let him go for a laugh. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Christoph Waltz, Sam Neill, Patrick Gibson and Sophie Wilde consider “The Portable Door”

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

Miranda Otto also stars in this “Time Bandits” meets “The Adjustment Bureau” fantasy about a corporation that fiddles with fate via a sort of “Jumpers” gimmick of a door that parks you hither and yon on demand. This Sky TV … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: 1999 BFFs try to cope with life’s “Millennium Bugs”

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Millennium Bugs” is a murky look back at Y2K Eve, a comedy that struggles to find laughs in end-of-the-90s fashions, slang and panic over what the world might look like when computers glitch as the year 2000 begins. It’s a … Continue reading →

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