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Author Archives: Roger Moore
Classic Film Review: A Brit Baby Boomer lost in His Own World — “Billy Liar” (1963)
Falling into “Billy Liar” is no easy feat, even for a film buff, over sixty years after it was released. It’s been included in more than one list of “the 100 Best British Films Ever Made,” albeit in the bottom … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “The Naked Gun” remake gets a full trailer
August 1, Danny Huston is a villain, Pamela Anderson is a “person of interest” (loooove interest) and Liam Neeson is the most Dangerous Drebbin of them all.
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Movie Preview: Malkovich and Fanny Ardant, “Mr. Blake, At your Service!”
John Malkovich acts in French? He serves! He schemes! He shoots? Mon dieu!
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Movie Review: Julianne, Sydney and Domhnall know what goes down in “Echo Valley”
The questions pop to mind early and somewhat often in the new thriller “Echo Valley.” Wait, how did that tiny young woman lift…Her 60something mother chose what to dump a body in a lake…So did the ex-husband take up with … Continue reading
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Tagged domhnall-gleeson, echo-valley, julianne-moore, movies, sydney-sweeney
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Movie Preview: Foxx and DeNiro go head to head, “Tin Soldier”
The “tell” in this trailer is Scott Eastwood’s presence, front and center, in a thriller that pits two Oscar winners on opposite sides of a…revolution? Leguizamo and Rita Ora also star in this, which supposedly got a limited release in … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Brazilians look for Grandma in Israel — “Cheers to Life” (“Vida a Vida”)
You can see, hear and feel the strain in the Brazilian comedy “Cheers to Life (Vida a Vida),” the great effort expended to achieve “cute.” It’s sweet enough, and sweetly sentimental. But for a “finding your (living) roots” story that … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A Mother, Her Widow and Her Estranged Son Ghost Story — “Went Up the Hill”
Vicky Krieps and Dacre Montgomery star in this New Zealand-set thriller, playing two mourning souls haunted by the ghost of his mother/her wife. It premiered last fall, and now it’s heading for release/streaming, etc. in the rest of the world, … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: One crawling conceptual joke — a “Spaceballs 2” sequel?
Uh, Mel Brooks — who turns 99 June 28th — announcing a new “Spaceballs” movie…in 2027? No sense waiting around, I guess. A script? A Rick Moranis appearance? Bill Pullman? (Yes and yes, apparently). Mel himself? (Of course). He’s also … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Oz-accented horror — “The Banished”
Meg Eloise-Clarke stars as a sister who figures out going camping in search of her (Cult joining/dead?) brother just isn’t a good idea in this one. Brainstorm landed this title, not seeing a release date as of the moment.
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Movie Review: Mating Rituals of “Materialists” leave Little Room for Romance
There’s a bracing cynicism to “Materialists,” the latest anti-rom-com from the writer-director of “Past Lives,” Celine Song. “Dating is a risk,” her heroine, the professional matchmaker Lucy declares. And marriage? “Marriage is a business deal. And it always has been.” … Continue reading
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