Monthly Archives: September 2024

Movie Preview: A reach-for-the-stars go-getter meets a semi-employed actor, and somebody gets sick — “She Taught Love”

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

Hulu has this tested-by-illness romance, starring Arsema Thomas and Darrell Britt-Gibson, slated to stream Sept. 27. It shows promise.

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Movie Preview: “Dog Man” becomes an all star (ish) animated film…with Pete Davidson?

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

The creator of “Captain Underpants,” Dav Pilkey,  scripted this January 25 Universal release. Half man, half dog, fighting crime? Pete Davidson, Isla Fisher, Rickey Gervais and Lil Rel Howery are the names voice stars.

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Movie Preview: Peter Dinklage and “twin” Josh Brolin have the emeralds, Brendan Fraser wants them — “Brothers”

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

Oscar winner Fraser is scary, Oscar winner Marisa Tomei reteams with Dinklage as (once again) his love interest, Oscar nominee Glenn Close as the siblings’ psycho-mom and Fraser as the nutty “I AM JUSTICE” cop-avenger-seeker of the emeralds in this … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Oscar winner Cillian Murphy and Emily Watson consider “Small Things Like These”

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

Lionsgate has this November 8 release, an Irish period piece based on a Claire Keegan novel. Watson’s a scary nun, Murphy’s a father stumbling into something awful about the Catholic church’s stranglehold on his small. town.

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Movie Preview: Kinnaman’s a cop who loses his hearing and stumbles into his deadliest case — “The Silent Hour”

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

Sandra Mae Frank plays the deaf eye witness a newly-deaf detective must “interpret” and protect. Mark Strong is his “partner,” Mekhi Pfifer leads the gang out to tie up loose ends. Oct. 11.

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Movie Preview: Anna Kendrick is Looking for Mister Goodbar, and directing “Woman of the Hour”

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

A blind date with a creep thriller, this one comes to Netflix Oct. 15.

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Movie Preview: Losing her fur baby is enough to make any guy “Hangdog”

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

A deadpan comedy about what a guy will go through to recover his significant other’s dog. Desmin Borges has the title role, with Kelly Sullivan as She Whose Dog Must Be Found before she returns from a trip. A husband … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A seaside gay immigrant romance — “High Tide”

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Roger Moore

Marco Pigossi and James Bland play the lovers whose paths cross in this Marco Calvani (“A Better Half”) melodrama. Oscar winner Marisa Tomei and character actor and clown Bill Irwin also star.

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Movie Review: The Weekly World News covers “The Zombie Wedding”

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Aaallrighty, my flockers,” the Rev intones at the “first ever” marriage between a human and a zombie, punctuating his sentences with random James Brown howls. “The zombie apocalypto is upon us!” But first, there must be “The Zombie Wedding.” “Dearly … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Couple tormented by what happens when he starts acting out in his “Sleep”

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Roger Moore

Lack of sleep will drive you crazy quicker than most anything, doctors tell us. And what your sleep partner is doing to interrupt that sleep just speeds up the process. That’s the premise of the Korean thriller “Sleep,” about a … Continue reading →

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