Daily Archives: July 14, 2024

Movie Review: So, what’s the big deal with “Longlegs?”

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

The comparisons with “Silence of the Lambs” litter the reviewing landscape of the wintry Oregon-set thriller “Longlegs.” It’s a horror movie with higher ambitions, or at least pretensions, thanks to its casting of Nicolas Cage as an aged, high-voiced, Satan-worshipping … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: An Englishman among the Maori, but who is “The Convert?”

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

The image is so iconic, so striking, and occurs so early in the immaculately realized period piece “The Convert” that you can’t miss its meaning. Guy Pearce, at his most dashing and playing a lay preacher new to a tiny … Continue reading →

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