Daily Archives: July 19, 2024

BOX OFFICE: Everybody’s sucked into “Twisters” — an $80 million opening weekend

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

The summer’s big blast of climate-changed disaster, “Twisters,” had a big Thursday afternoon and evening and a bigger Friday clearing $32 million by midnight last night. That’s pointing to a two-studio (Universal/WB) release that will devour the weekend and let Universal … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Harry Connick stars, and Cyprus co-stars in “Find Me Falling”

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

The best Hallmark movie in years was snatched up by Netflix. “Find Me Falling” is a Harry Connick Jr. star vehicle and showcases him as an aged rock star fleeing the downward spiral that comes for most rock stars after … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Gabriel Byrne is Samuel Beckett, still waiting for you know who, but “Dance First”

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

Fionn O’Shea plays the young Beckett, with Lisa Dwyer Hogg, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maxine Peake, Bronagh Gallagher and Caroline Boulton cast as some among the many women in his life. Love the casting of the Irish icon Gabriel Byrne as this … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Loss, grief and a Swiss/Japanese romance, “I’ll Be Your Mirror”

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

Carla Juri and Takashi Ueno star in this downbeat Bradley Rust romance, about a woman who travels to Tokyo to visit a friend after the death of her husband. She finds that life goes on, experiencing different worlds within the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Fiennes, Rossellini, Lithgow, and Tucci go Papal for “Conclave”

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

A Pope dies and the world’s cardinals gather, and “you know how rumors spread.” About the death, the election and the candidates, one presumes? The cast includes Sergio Castellitto, Lucian Msamati and Brian F. O’Byrne. November, this latest film from … Continue reading →

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