Daily Archives: July 26, 2023

Classic Film Review: Cabaret Society carved up, one newspaper column at a time — “Sweet Smell of Success” (1957)

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Roger Moore

The look is as lurid as black and white cinematography ever got, New York after dark “Photographed,” the title tells us, in a novel way of giving credit, by the great “James Wong Howe.” The music is jazz at its … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: That “new” Queen Anne house includes “The Mistress”

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Roger Moore

Writer-director Greg Pritikin’s “The Mistress” is a slick and servicable if somewhat unsurprising thriller about traumas newlyweds unearth and unleash when they move into a gorgeous old Queen Anne house in LA’s Angelino Heights corner of Echo Park. Pritikin apparently … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Homeless Soccer Players “Dream” of Glory in this Korean Comedy

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Roger Moore

Let’s get the words “ragtag team” and “feel-good” and “uplifting” out right at the beginning of a dissection of the Korean soccer comedy, “Dream.” Because you know if it’s an underdog sports comedy, all of those words apply, at least … Continue reading →

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