Daily Archives: July 19, 2023

Fans Know A24 — a sea of horror aficionados queue up for a preview of “Talk to Me”

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

Winter Park, Florida ready for a (preview) fright because they know if it’s an A24 horror release, it’ll be smart. (Updated: A link to my review of “Talk to Me” is here.)

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Next screening? Talk to the Hand, Aussie horror victims, “Talk to Me”

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

A good punch in the gut to end July, right? A24 knows horror. This one opens July 28.

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Classic Film Review: A Wartime Allegory from Powell and Pressburger — “A Canterbury Tale” (1944)

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

John Sweet’s not a name you think of when you remember the great actors, or even the lesser ones of Hollywood’s Golden Age. He was a Minneapolis schoolteacher turned sergeant in the Army, training in Great Britain to liberate Europe … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Nolan rides the Whirlwind of History in “Oppenheimer”

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

Christopher Nolan turns his considerable talents back to World War II era history for “Oppenheimer,” a biography that plumbs the genius, foibles and moral and ethical dilemmas faced by “The Father of the Atomic Bomb.” It’s an all-star revisiting of … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Animation for adults, from Signe Baumane — “My Love Affair with Marriage”

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

A cynical, snarky semi-musical about womanhood and marriage from the Latvian director of “Rocks in my Pockets. Oct. 6.

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Netflixable? “The (Almost) Legends” of Mexican rally racing and banda music

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

It begins all conjunto cute and jaunty and finishes with a banda band flourish. But it’s the dull, cluttered and formulaic middle acts that let down “The (Almost) Legends,” a tale of half-brothers and a Mexican band/Mexican road rally racing … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Illumination Animation’s “Migration”

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

No “Minions,” but birds in flight. And a family having relationship and “vacation” issues. Looks good, vegetarian and “green.” Dec. 22.

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“Oppenheimer” in 70mm, as God Intended

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

Disney Springs AMC. Here we go. The only way to see this. My review is here.

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