Daily Archives: August 27, 2024

Movie Review: Can Little Leaguers win the Big One for their coach with cancer? “You Gotta Believe”

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

The baseball is sloppy and the sentiments border on maudlin in “You Gotta Believe,” the latest “true story” Texas sports dramedy from director Ty Roberts and writer Lane Garrison. Luke Wilson plays a Little League coach with cancer — he … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: He’s Dying, but “Jack Has a Plan” for how He’ll Bow Out

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

After decades, not just years, of battling brain cancer, San Francisco apartment finder/rental agent Jack Tuller decided to take charge of the one thing he could still control, the way his life ended. Married, pushing 60 and with a circle … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: An artist reconnects with his addict-father, “Exhibiting Forgiveness”

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

Andre Taylor, John Earl Jelks, Andra Day and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor star in the debut feature of writer-director Titus Kaphar, a taste of the African American experience that touches on parents and children and trying to learn from the mistakes of … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: An heiress, a “your own blood” arrangement, a murderous family history — “Lies We Tell”

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

This lovely, moody Irish period piece from Quiver stars Agnes O’Casey, David Wilmot and is based on a 19th century novel by Sheridan Le Fanu, who wrote an early “Vampyr” novel and other fiction that has been adapted for the … Continue reading →

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