Daily Archives: December 31, 2024

Classic Film Review: A Scottish Bay, a Burt and a Baby-Faced Peter Capaldi — “Local Hero” (1983)

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

Oh to make the pilgrimage to Pennan, flying in to Aberdeen, recreating the journey a “Local Hero” makes in perhaps the quaintest, cutest film of that golden age of excess, the ’80s. Scottish writer-director Bill Forsyth’s “Gregory’s Girl” announced to … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Polish “Justice” turns Old (Communist) School in this ’90s thriller

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Justice” is a solid if somewhat unsatisfying slow-burn thriller from Poland, a drama set shortly after the country shed Soviet era Russian dominatation. It’s about a heist that went wrong, the pitiless murders that took place when that happened and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Lady wrasslin’ was illegal when she was “Queen of the Ring”

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

Emily Rickards, Josh Lucas and Walton Goggins star in this “true story” from the 1930s, a tale of an early champion in the then-illegal world of women’s wrestling. “Give the audience what they deserve!” March 7, we’ll see if they … Continue reading →

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