Daily Archives: November 27, 2023

Netflixable? The Best Action/Rom-Com in Ages is French and violently hilarious — “All Time High (Nouveaux riches)”

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Roger Moore

Silly me, I kept thinking about David Fincher’s dry and somewhat overpraised hitman film “The Killer” during sequences of the French comic thriller “Nouveaux riches,” retitled “All-Time High” and dubbed — if you prefer — for English speaking consumption. The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Luke Bracey’s a Frantic Father seeking his Missing Daughter and Redemption on “Mercy Road”

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Roger Moore

The first thing that leaps out at you from “Mercy Road” is the loud, insistent string-heavy “thriller” music, a score that’s reminiscent of “Psycho” in its aural urgency. It’s not an over-the-top miscalculation, as it was scored by its director … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Norwegian kids scheme to have “Teddy’s Christmas”

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Teddy’s Christmas” is a holiday fantasy for children that’s long on charm and light — to the point of “slight” — in entertainment value. It’s a Norwegian film (“Teddybjørnens jul”) dubbed for the English-speaking market, and now featuring the voice … Continue reading →

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Next screening? Jeffrey Wright tries his hand at writing “Black” to succeed in”American Fiction”

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Roger Moore

Novelists and screenwriters talk of the same problem, facing ethnic expectations that the white entertainment infrastructure lays on them to “write Black” characters who are cultural stereotypes and who “sound Black” to white ears. “Look at what they publish. Loon … Continue reading →

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