Daily Archives: June 9, 2022

Classic Film Review: “Cairo Station” (1958), a landmark Egyptian thriller now Netflixable

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Roger Moore

Egyptian cinema — born shortly after the Europe and Hollywood’s film emergence, was already mature enough to produce its “Golden Age,” in the 1950s. That’s the era when it produced its first international screen icon, the great Omar Shariff. Youssef … Continue reading →

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“Jurassic World Dominion” — after the credits?

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Roger Moore

There’s nothing. Go home. Let them clean the theater for the next showing. I stayed. I know.

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Movie Review: Amnesiac mother, her missing child, an exorcist and a hypnotist wonder what’s coming “On the 3rd Day”

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Roger Moore

Argentine filmmaker Daniel De La Vega runs a lot of standard horror tropes through a South American filter in “On the 3rd Day,” a well-mounted by seriously-unsurprising demonic possession thriller. When the old man, Enrique (Gerardo Romano) takes a call … Continue reading →

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British cinemas cave to Islamic Fundamentalist Protests of “The Lady of Heaven”

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Roger Moore

No! NOBODY saw this coming! The faith-based biographical drama “The Lady of Heaven” has faced sanction and banning, even having its trailers banned, in pretty much the entire Islamic world. Now Muslim protesters, calling it “blasphemous,” have gotten it yanked … Continue reading →

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