Daily Archives: December 10, 2024

Movie Review: Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig bring Burroughs’ “Queer” to the screen

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

There have been worthy big screen interpretations of the Beat Generation icon William S. Burroughs over the years. Kieffer Sutherland played him in “Beat.” Peter Weller took on Burroughs’ alter ego (and pen name) “Bill Lee” in David Cronenberg’s celebrated … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Irish Hitman tries to retire in 1990s NYC — “The Mick and the Trick”

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

The accents are cartoonish, the performances broad, the situations silly and the blood and bullets are everywhere in “The Mick and the Trick,” a lunkheaded action comedy about a hitman’s “retirement plan.” Actor turned writer-director Tom DeNucci doesn’t shake his … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Baldwin, Terrence Howard and Esai Morales are trapped in the quagmire of “Crescent City”

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

A suspect is getting grilled by three cops, played by movie stars. At one point, the biggest star of them all, Alec Baldwin, blurts out “Need I remind you you’re under OATH?” No, the director didn’t shout “Cut!” No, the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Murderous thieves hunt “pedos” — “Filthy Animals”

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

There may be a point to James T. North’s “Filthy Animals,” a tale of pedophile-hunting vigilantism and exploited employee revenge in the San Pedro, Lomita corner of Greater Los Angeles. If there is, North makes it ham-fistedly and in an … Continue reading →

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