Daily Archives: August 20, 2024

Classic Film Review: Fonda’s standoff with 1940s cops, “The Long Night”

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The Long Night” (1947) is a film noir era police stand-off thriller built around flashbacks that show us how the killer landed in this predicament. Melodramatic to a fault, it stars Henry Fonda, with Barbara Bel Geddes and Ann Dvorak … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The calamity that might have been — “Y2K”

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Roger Moore

“SNL” alum Kyle Mooney conceived this teen rom-com/disaster comedy. Jonah Hill produced it to ensure it’d be rude and filthy enough. Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martel, Julian Dennison, Mason Gooding and Lachlan Watson are the young folks caught up in what … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Almodóvar unites Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton in “The Room Next Door”

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Roger Moore

Another movie with Mommy issues from Pedro Almodóvar, this one in English and based on a Sigrid Nunez novel. Alessandro Nivola and John Turturro also star. Dec. 20.

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Series Review: Vince V. is back with the banter, and a “Bad Monkey”

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Roger Moore

Apple TV’s “Bad Monkey” ticks off so many personal boxes that there was no way I’d be missing this new series. It’s a sordid and silly Florida tale, and I put in my 25 years in the Banana Republic, so … Continue reading →

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