Daily Archives: September 5, 2024

My favorite version of the musical highlight of “Beetlejuice”

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

The movie is a nostalgic wallow in old-school production design. The Bee Gees live on and pop up on the soundtrack and Harry Belafonte’s “Day-O” is reprised. But one musical gag, teased in the first act and camped to high … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Reform School Abuse remembered an Awards Season Drama — “Nickel Boys”

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel comes to the screen in an adaptation by cinematographer and documentarian RaMell Ross. Amazon/MGM’s big Oscar bait fall release?

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Movie Preview: A Quirky Josh Radnor take on Depression, Procrastination and…hoarding? “All Happy Families

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

Becky Ann Baker, Rob Huebel, John Ashton, Colleen Camp and Chandra Russell also star in this singer, actress turned writer-director Haroula Rose serio-comic study in dysfunction, a Freestyle release.

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Movie Preview: Aussie “imagined” love triangle thriller — “The 13th Summer”

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

A remote beach house with history, lovers hitting a rough patch with an imagined affair, a death and… Hannah Levian, Nathan Phillips and Ben Turland star in this chiller, opening in Oz shortly. North America release coming?

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Movie Review: Belgian Clowns take on an Identity Switch Caper — “The Falling Star”

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

The cartoonish caper of “The Falling Star,” the latest semi-silent slapstick farce by the troupe led by Euro clowns Abel & Gordon, won’t be to every taste. Truth be told, it took me a good long while to get on … Continue reading →

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Next Screening? Oscar winner Mercedes Ruehl is a late life chess phenom — with a family — “The Nana Project”

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

Charlene Tilton, Morgan Fairchild, Tony Todd, Wil Peltz and Margaret Avery also star in this senior comedy with a lot of juniors who call Granny “Nana.” Sept. 10.

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