Daily Archives: May 10, 2020

Jake Gyllenhaal’s Quarantine song?

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Roger Moore

He doesn’t compose songs or write lyrics. Yet. But is there nothing this man cannot do? https://www.instagram.com/tv/B_8IgCmHFuC/?utm_source=ig_embed

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Movie Review: The perfect Mother’s Day movie? “The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio”

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Roger Moore

A few months before “The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio” came out on film, the publisher and releasing studio (Dreamworks) sent me the book, Terry Ryan’s memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional yet functioning family in the 1950s and … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Mother’s Day tears from Italy, “18 Presents (18 Regali)”

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Roger Moore

Don’t you just hate it when a tearjerker works? The manipulation’s built-in, understood, right there in the open for you to put up your guard against. And then…dammit. Netflix put “18 Presents (18 Regali)” on its menu just in time … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Guilt, grief and addiction put your “Castle in the Ground”

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Roger Moore

“Castle in the Ground” is the simplest of rescue parables. A young man devotes himself to saving his dying mother. And when that fails, this teen in shining armor starts using mom’s leftover painkillers. That’s what changes his focus to … Continue reading →

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