Monthly Archives: July 2022

Documentary Review: Vulcanologists Live and Die for their passion in “Fire of Love”

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Roger Moore

The trailers to the documentary “Fire of Love” play up the weirdness, the “obsession” of the husband and wife French vulcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and suggest that they were dilletantes who died doing something they loved but perhaps didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Documentary Review: Vulcanologists Live and Die for their passion in “Fire of Love”

Movie Preview: Who wants to play “Bodies Bodies Bodies?”

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Roger Moore

Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Lee Pace and Rachel Sennott. Aug 5 and 12, theaters, then streaming platform, then that one. From A24. Need I say more? Trigger warning. F——g Pete Davidson’s in it.

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: Who wants to play “Bodies Bodies Bodies?”

Netflixable? Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan and Ray Stevenson fret over a hostage soccer stadium — “Final Score”

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Roger Moore

A quick shout out here to the unheralded hero of many a movie, the casting director. That person is responsible for populating the background faces in group scenes, and in bringing in the right folks for smaller supporting roles. Not … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Netflixable? Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan and Ray Stevenson fret over a hostage soccer stadium — “Final Score”

Movie Preview: An All-Star rom-com about an Italian trip that goes sideways — “Spin Me Round

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Roger Moore

Allison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Alessandro Nivola, Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker… A work trip to Italy turns romantic, and then goes ever so wrong. This looks edgy and fun, from IFC Aug. 19.

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: An All-Star rom-com about an Italian trip that goes sideways — “Spin Me Round

Movie Review: “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” is so much bubbly, frothy fun that it makes you wonder how “feel good movies” ever got a bad name. Director Anthony Fabian and a team of co-writers make this glorious, feather-light period piece effortlessly … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Review: “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”

Today’s DVD donation? A filmmaker digs into the story behind a landmark Uruguayan film that went “Straight to VHS”

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Roger Moore

The DVD cover is much more lascivious than the documentary it contains, or the tepid movie that inspired it, and apparently a generation of South American filmmakers who saw it and thought, “I can do that.” That’s what the Spanish … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Today’s DVD donation? A filmmaker digs into the story behind a landmark Uruguayan film that went “Straight to VHS”

Movie Preview: Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco and Snoop are huntin’ vampires on the “Day Shift”

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Roger Moore

“John Wick” and “Kick Ass” folks are behind this amped up foul-mouthed action dramedy. Aug 12, y’all.

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco and Snoop are huntin’ vampires on the “Day Shift”

Netflixable? The untold story of zombies in the Spanish Civil War — “Valley of the Dead (Malnazidos)”

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Roger Moore

A Spanish Civil War action comedy with nationalist fascists, anti-fascists, Nazis and zombies, “Valley of the Dead” is the epitome of “high concept,” a movie so simple you can sum up its plot and/or potential appeal in a single line. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Netflixable? The untold story of zombies in the Spanish Civil War — “Valley of the Dead (Malnazidos)”

Movie Review: Winona Hunts for her Younger Lover, “Gone in the Night”

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Roger Moore

What a tricky, twisted thriller in a minor key “Gone in the Night” turns out to be. Well-cast and toying with a tetchy, testy subtext, its virtues tend to suck the life right out of its shortcomings. Ostensibly about an … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Review: Winona Hunts for her Younger Lover, “Gone in the Night”

Book Review: Stanley Tucci’s Film Foodie’s Memoir, “Taste: My Life Through Food”

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Roger Moore

I’m sure fans of the character-actor/gourmand Stanley Tucci can be forgiven for starting his new food-and-film memoir by flipping back to the 20th and final chapter to the “news hook” of the book. He had a mid-COVID battle with cancer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Book Review: Stanley Tucci’s Film Foodie’s Memoir, “Taste: My Life Through Food”