Daily Archives: June 1, 2022

Movie Review: A Tiny Tyke Drifts through stop-motion-animated Purgatory — “Moon Garden”

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

In the dozen years since his non-starter first feature film, “Virus X,” writer-director Ryan Steven Harris has found his muse. It is his little girl, Haven Lee Harris. He’s made a short with the redheaded moppet, “Every Child is a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A French Sci-fi Western Set on a Planet of Lesbians — “After Blue (Dirty Paradise)”

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

There’s a secret language shared by filmmakers and critics, words and phrases that connect an “I’m not sure what I meant” with “I really don’t what know to make of it” when it comes to movies. The code phrases turn … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Anya Taylor-Joy should check “The Menu” twice, if Ralph Fiennes is the chef

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

Yowza. Nicholas Hoult, Janet McTeer and John Leguizamo also star in this fine dining fall thriller with a horror pedigree.

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Movie Review: Slow and Sordid Slaughter in the Southwest — “Frank & Penelope”

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

Of all the promising places “Frank & Penelope” hints at or threatens to take us, how’d they end up at a murderous “sin eater” cult at a combo tow truck service, garage and motel — complete with a tunnel and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Hanks, Erivo and…Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jiminy Cricket? Disney’s live action “Pinnoochio”

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

Lorraine Bracco, Keegan Michael Key and Luke Evans also star in this Robert Zemeckia (Remember him?) film. Sept 8.

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