Daily Archives: February 6, 2021

Movie Review: An African preacher’s son contemplates Fraternity life as a “Tazmanian Devil”

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Roger Moore

“Tazmanian Devil” is a Nigerian-American morality fable that might more accurately have been titled “How I Learned to Stop Preaching and Love the Frat.” It’s about a kid who moves in with his Nigerian pastor father so that he can … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Son, daughter and everybody else weather a demented Dad’s rages in Viggo’s “Falling”

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Roger Moore

Lance Henriksen gives one of the great “rage, rage against the dying of the light” performances in Viggo Mortensen’s finely-crafted “Falling.” Playing a withered, half-demented old farmer whose cruel lashing-out torches all within reach, he puts an exclamation point on … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Beware the kidnapping victim/witness who doesn’t “Flinch”

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Roger Moore

Yes, the “hit-man thriller” is the most beaten-to-death genre in the cinema. Strangled, shot, stabbed and kicked to death as well. But “Flinch” throws a few curves and screwballs when it comes to the plate. It offers a surprise or … Continue reading →

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