Daily Archives: June 18, 2024

Series Preview: Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram, fates connected by the dead “Lady in the Lake”

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

Based on the Laura Lippman novel, this ’60s period piece (Dame Shirley singing the best song from “Man of La Mancha” in the trailer) is about a Baltimore housewife digging into an unsolved murder. Y’lan Noel, David Corenswet and Mikey … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Kit Harington might unleash “The Beast Within”

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

That’s a durable thriller/horror title, evocative enough to be recycled even if most movies carrying this name have little to do with one another. This Kit Harington vehicle was filmed under “What Remains of Us,” a story of a British … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: How the Irish Saved Civilization…again — “Apocalypse Clown”

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

Perhaps you didn’t know you needed a twisted comedy about clowns, on the backroads of Ireland after “The Event,” struggling for fame, love and simple “acceptance” after the world ends. But everybody gets the joke, that even after the power … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Girl Pop-flavored horror — “Smile 2”

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

Naomi Scott and Lucas Gage star in this pricey sequel. Will the October 18 release “Smile 2” own Halloween? Will the vanishing horror audience show up?

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Movie Preview: Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg are Cousins taking a Holocaust Tour of the Old Country — Poland — “A Real Pain”

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

A bitchy, kvetchy, edgy comedy about paying tribute to a beloved granny, traveling and bickering over family history. Eisenberg wrote and directed this Oct. 18 Searchlight release.

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Movie Preview: “A Man of Reason,” and violence

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

It’s getting so a Korean mobster can’t get out of prison and go about his business any more. The directing debut from actor Jung Woo-sung (“Steel Rain”) opens July 5.

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Netflixable? “Remembering Gene Wilder” scratches the surface of a Famous Funnyman

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Remembering Gene Wilder” is an affectionate and sentimental biographical tribute to the beloved star of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” “The Producers” and “Young Frankenstein.” Director Ron Frank uses archival interviews, Gene Wilder reading from his autobiography, and interviews … Continue reading →

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