Daily Archives: November 14, 2024

Movie Preview: Steve Coogan learns from his tuxedo’d pal — “The Penguin Lessons”

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

A true story, an Englishman transplanted in clip crazed 1970s Argentina and a little Jonathan Pryce on the side? This played at the Toronto Film Fest this fall, and Lionsgate cannot wait to release it.

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Movie Preview: Rami Malek is “The Amateur” Out to Kill His Wife’s Murderers

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

Laurence Fishburne, Julianne Nicholson, Rachel Brosnahan and Jon Bernthal are among the supporting players in this “cryptoanalyst turned assassin/agent” thriller. April 11.

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Documentary Review: “Billy Preston — That’s the Way God Planned It”

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

Whenever Ringo Starr is asked about the pianist/organist, singer and “fifth Beatle” Billy Preston, “He never put his hands in the wrong place” is his highest compliment. One music producer who worked with the two-time Grammy winner marveled at Preston’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Father sees his Estranged Daughters “In the Summers”

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

“In the Summers” is a wistful elegy to the passing of childhood and the recognition and acceptance of the flaws of those who made us. Alexssandra Lacorazza’s downbeat debut feature follows two California sisters through the ups and downs of … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Troubled Couple’s Children have “Vanished into the Night”

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

The stakes could not be higher in the thriller “Vanished into the Night.” A father, in debt and going through a divorce, loses his children to kidnappers and must reconnect with a hoodlum from his wayward youth to raise the … Continue reading →

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