Monthly Archives: December 2024

Classic Film Review: Cary Grant Saunters into the Sunset, in his boxers — “Walk Don’t Run” (1966)

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

There’s an inspired silliness to the Technicolor bon bon “Walk Don’t Run,” the final film in Cary Grant’s legendary Hollywood career. Surely a mere screenwriter — TV veteran (“Bewitched”) Sol Saks in this case — can’t have been the one … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Jenna Ortega, Tea Leoni, Richard E. Grant and Paul Rudd face the consequences of the “Death of a Unicorn”

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

Will Poulter also stars in this March release, the debut feature of a writer-director who…was on the set (“additional crew”) of Eggers’ “The Witch” and got a producer credit on “Blow the Man Down.” It looks dark and funny and … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Life’s Losers hit the Big-time at “Hotel Bitcoin” — they think

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Hotel Bitcoin” is a screwy Spanish variation on the well-worn “We’ve got the winning lottery ticket” formula. Broke people — the more careless and impulsive the better — find themselves theoretically flush, for once. The “fun” is in seeing how … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, “Karate Kid: Legends”

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

This has “made for streaming” all over it. Sorry, did I sound too enthusiastic, there? But Jackie’s still (somewhat) Jackie, and maybe Ben Wang is a better draw than Will Smith’s kid. Ralph Macchio? “Great to be here!” May 30.

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Movie Review: A French prison break that involves “Hunting with Tigers (Tigres et Hyenes)”

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Hunting with Tigers” is a heist picture with two heists — one involving cars and motorcycles, the other a boat. The second heist is a prison break from a heavily-guarded courthouse. The script checks-off the requisite boxes of the genre … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Blanchett and Fassbender, agents in action for Soderbergh’s “Black Bag”

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

This March 14 spy thriller was written by David Koepp, which might matter more than having an ex-James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) and former Miss Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) in the supporting cast. Koepp scripted the first Tom Cruise “Mission: Impossible,” the … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Chaplin’s ode to a Dying Corner of Comedy — “Limelight”

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

Memory is a merciful thing when it comes movies. We remember the grand moments in films, the signature bits, and much of what’s less moving, entertaining or important just drifts away. Charlie Chaplin had become Charles Chaplin long before “Limelight,” … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Guy Pearce helps Cosmo Jarvis survive and cope with an Aussie Prison — “Inside”

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

There’s a contemplative vibe to this standard-issue “got a contract on’em” view of the tedium and violence of life behind bars. Sins admitted, committed and maybe even atoned for. Pearce is having another “moment” thanks to this and “The Brutalist.” … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Cleopatra Coleman and Haley Joel Osment, “Not an Artist”

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Roger Moore

Rosalind Chao, RZA (Now going by Bobby Diggs?), Matt Walsh, Lauren Knutti and Mr. HR from “The Office” (Paul Lieberstein) are also in the cast of this indie comedy about an artists’ retreat/boot-camp where they are coached into overcoming…creative blocks?

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Movie Review: When the End Comes, Survivalists rally around “Homestead”

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Roger Moore

By turns paranoid and pollyanna-ish, “Homestead” is a conservative Christian survivalist wish fulfillment fantasy about living through “The End.” The studio that brought us the controversial “Sound of Freedom” serves up an almost bipolar picture packed with MAGA virtue signaling … Continue reading →

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