Daily Archives: February 19, 2024

Movie Review: A Canadian family wrestles with race, loss and a marriage on the brink — “Seagrass”

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Seagrass” is a low-simmer Canadian drama about a couple in trouble and the therapeutic resort “retreat” they visit to see if this marriage can be saved. By focusing on a “mixed” marriage between the daughter of Japanese immigrants and a … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Little Liverpool Noir with Mature and Dors — “The Long Haul” (1957)

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

Victor Mature packed up his trench coat and made for Liverpool and the eager arms of Diana Dors for “The Long Haul,” an acrid film noir made with 1950s Columbia Pictures money tied up in Europe. Writer-director Ken Hughes, who’d … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Regina King takes on “Shirley” Chisholm

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

An Oscar winner brings to life a Brooklyn schoolteacher and Representative whose quixotic run for president wasn’t so quixotic after all. The late and great Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges and Terrance Howard also star in this March 22 drama that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Hunters come across a bag of cash, and “The Bad Shepherd” comes for them

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

The heavy in “The Bad Shepherd” shows up in a Dodge Challenger, a sports coat and a black turtleneck. And something about him is just…off. It’s not the menacing presence, that cropped hired-killer haircut. Not even the “attempted mustache.” The … Continue reading →

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