Daily Archives: August 31, 2023

Movie Preview: Michael Jai White IS “Outlaw Johnny Black”

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Roger Moore

Didya love “Black Dynamite?” Didya MISS it? Get on that, wouldya? I loved it. And this has “Black Dynamite” blaxploitation Western energy, and we know Mr. White’s gift for deadly deadpan. Michael Jai White wrote, directed and stars in “Outlaw … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A Mexican version of “The Great Seduction (La Gran Seducción)”

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Roger Moore

Every ten years, like clockwork, we get a new version of “La grande séduction.” And every ten years, I review it and find something charming in this “Northern Exposure” tale of a dying village lying, cheating and manipulating its way … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: An animated Oddity from China — “Goodbye Monster”

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Roger Moore

In the spirit of “It’s animated, let’s dub it with English-speaking voices and see if it’ll sell” comes “Goodbye Monster,” a cross-cultural curiosity from China that loses something in translation. The director and co-writer of “Bobby the Hedgehog,” Huang Jianming, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Lakeith Stanfield goes a Bit Biblical – “The Book of Clarence”

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Roger Moore

This A24 release is a sort of Jesus-adjacent/not quite Pythonesque account of the revolutionary ferment of 1st century Jerusalem. Omar Sy, Alfred Woodard, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo and James McAvoy are in this January release.

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