Daily Archives: April 6, 2020

Netflix Preview: “Love. Wedding. Repeat.” goes for a little of that “Death at a Funeral” farce magic

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Roger Moore

Olivia Munn is the big name from this side of the pond in this Britcom/Romcom. But Freida Pinto’s a big deal internationally, and Sam Claflin’s pretty high up in the name rec charts. Writer-director Dean Craig?He did “Death at a … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Whatever you do, don’t get OFF the road in the “Outback,” mate!

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Roger Moore

Lionsgate’s got a no-budget/no-name cast cult thriller in the making, here.

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Movie Review: Holocaust Survivors will do anything to say “Bye Bye Germany”

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Roger Moore

The opening image of “Bye Bye Germany” is of a three-legged dog, hopping out of a “Displaced Persons” repatriation camp in Frankfort months after the end of World War II. That’s the perfect metaphor for the story to be told … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? One endless, charmless “Summer Night”

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Roger Moore

“Summer’s Night” plays like the bastard child of Richard “Slacker” Linklater and Cameron “Singles” Crowe, lashing out, rebelling against its parents by being charmless, humorless and clueless about its own blindness and inadequacies. I was amazed at how writer Jordan … Continue reading →

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