Daily Archives: June 5, 2024

Movie Preview: A “Bookworm” lures Elijah Wood back to New Zealand

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

Well, isn’t just the most doggoned adorable kid-friendly adventure movie trailer we’ve seen in ages? “Illusionist” dad returns for the first time in a decade, tween daughter sets out with him in search of an elusive panther. New Zealand co-stars … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: John Woo, just before He Became an Icon — “Heroes Shed No Tears” (1984)

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

The movie that sealed John Woo‘s reputation, and the genre with which he’d be most comfortable in the years to come, was 1986’s “A Better Tomorrow,” a gangland shoot-em-up that featured his longtime muse, tall, cool action icon Chow Yun-Fat. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Gere plays a man “Longing” to know the son he never realized he had

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

Whatever intrigues, insights and darkly comic charms writer-director Savi Gabizon gave audiences for his oddball Israeli dramedy “Longing” are mostly lost in translation in a Richard Gere remake he filmed in Canada. A tale of a middle-aged man who learns … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Radha Mitchell’s an Aussie who gets bad news in London — “Take My Hand”

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

This “true story” weeper is about a woman who chased her dream to London, only to get diagnosed with MS years later. “I want to go home” where there just might be an old flame willing to “Take My Hand.” … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Settling Australia got you feeling dirty? Perhaps it’s time to take “The Devil’s Bath”

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

An 18th century tale of the horrors of settling Terra Australis? Color me…intrigued. Shudder has this one, which will enjoy a brief theatrical release June 21, and stream thereafter.

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