Daily Archives: January 23, 2024

You seen any of the Oscar-Nominated Documentaries?

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

No? Me either. And I watched a LOT of docs this year. But what is out there and available to be seen never or at least rarely correlates with the Academy’s docs branch. An occasional exception proves the rule, but … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The heroic nun named “Cabrini” wants to build “an Empire of Hope” in New York

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

The director of “Sound of Freedom” is behind the camera for this New York “Five Points” rathole 19th period piece. John Lithgow and David Morse support Cristiana Dell’Anna in the title role, that of Francesca Cabrini. Wonder if they’ll get … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Animated Martial Arts fantasy “The Tiger’s Apprentice” comes to Paramount+

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

Henry Golding, Lucy Liu, Jo Koy, Sherry Cola, Bowen Yang, Sandra Oh and Michelle Yeoh provide the voices for this one, which has impressive looking effects and kind of dated CGI human character renderings. Could be cute. Feb. 2.

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Netflixable? Barcelona Graffiti Artist and pals finance their Dreams by Breaking and Entering — “Caged Wings”

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

Too many movies put one through a filmgoers’ version of Elizabeth Kübler Ross’s “Stages of Grief” while you’re watching them. You go from “This might be good” to “This COULD be OK,” and then “It’s not half bad” to “It … Continue reading →

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Gerwig, Dafoe, Julianne and Margot and Taraji, Payne and others — lots of others left out of contention for the 96th Academy Awards

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The Zone of Interest,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Creator,” America Ferrara in “Barbie” and Colman Domingo’s turn in “Rustin” were among the surprises that turned up when nominations to the 96th Academy Awards were announced by Zazie Beetz and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Ripley” reminds us how “Talented Mister” Tom was and remains

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

Tom Ripley was a fictional creation of the Golden Age of the Homocidal Homosexual in literature and film (“Compulsion,” etc) and he remains Patricia Highsmith’s most famous creation. Even though she herself — a lesbian — denied he was gay … Continue reading →

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Are you ready for Oscars AM?

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

For the 96th time, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is about to announce the field for their upcoming Academy Awards. We’ll learn about them online, on Youtube, or via the old-fashioned ABC “Good Morning America” way (That’s still … Continue reading →

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