Daily Archives: July 8, 2025

Classic Film Review: Race in the Deep South of Faulkner and Clarence Brown — “Intruder in the Dust” (1949)

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

The late novelist Harper Lee was press-shy almost her entire life, especially after “To Kill a Mockingbird” made her world famous. That was her way of avoiding answering one obvious question that weighs on the mind of cinephiles. “Did you … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Aziz Ansari Directs! Keanu and Keke and Seth and himself — “Good Fortune”

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

An R-rated guardian angel with Keanu Reeves at his most dopey/earnest? Sandra Oh and Sherry Cola show up. Sure. This could work. Oct. 17.

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Movie Preview: A Courtroom Canine Comedy from France — “Dog on Trial”

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

Zut alors! This looks adorbs.

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“Costner’s The West” and LeBron’s “Jim Thorpe: Lit By Lightning” — Can they rescue The History Channel?

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

The advent of streaming and video on demand has hastened an inconvenient and often downright unseemly devolution of “channels” and what they used to mean to the TV consumer. The long-established “evolve or die” desperation of basic cable/dish meant that … Continue reading →

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