Daily Archives: February 24, 2024

Movie Preview: Zendaya is the heart of a Tennis Love Triangle — A New Trailer for “Challengers”

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

This looks like a step away from the blockbusters she’s typically associated with on the big screen (“Greatest Showman,” “Spider-Man,” “Dune”). Let’s see how a pixie-pretty leading lady holds the picture together in a dramedy about tennis and love matches … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Nobel Prize-winning classic rendered in paint — “The Peasants”

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The Peasants” is a film based on a village life melodrama of the same title written by the Pole Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont in four massive volumes in the 1920s. Even the fact that Reymont won the Nobel Prize for literature … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Heavy-Handed Fascism Allegory — “Ship of Fools” Sails On (1965

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

The cinema of Stanley Kramer is marked by movies that touched, directly or indirectly, matters of great social import and social justice. Race and racism messages were carried in “The Defiant Ones” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” The perils … Continue reading →

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