Monthly Archives: July 2022

Movie Review: Korean Passengers and Crew face Terror at 30,000 feet — “Emergency Declaration”

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Roger Moore

There’s no sense sugar-coating this or beating around the bush. The Korean in-flight thriller “Emergency Declaration” laughably steals a lot of over-the-top plot points from “Airplane!” and the trouble-mid-flight thriller that “Airplane!” set out to spoof, 1957’s “Zero Hour!” There … Continue reading →

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“Classic” Film Review: Charles Bronson’s kinkiest — and he knew it — “Lola,” aka “London Affair” or “Twinky” (1970)

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Roger Moore

It’s ever-so-hard to type when one is clutching one’s pearls over the shock, the pervy NERVE of it all! A 38 year-old American novelist living in London has an affair with a 15-16 year-old mini-skirted Mod, and marries her rather … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Holy Horror in a Public Restroom — “Glorious”

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

One gimmick is about all your average 79 minute horror movie can manage, but at least that one trick is kind of promising in “Glorious.” Fresh-off-a-breakup Wes (Ryan Kwanten) polishes off a long drive, a purge and an alcoholic binge … Continue reading →

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Today’s DVD donation? “Dona Flor and her Two Husbands” comes to rural NC

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

Racy for its day, and still seriously ribald today, this 1976 classic from Brazil has been restored and re issued by Film Movement. Here’s my review of this comical “troubled marriage” farce. Person County, N.C. and its library system win … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Oppenheimer” teaser?

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

No they’re not showing us much. Yet. One year out from release, the hype continues apace.

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Classic Film Review: Nicholson directs a social satire in basketball shorts — “Drive, He Said” (1971)

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

The mid-60s into the early ’70s were the golden age of film satire, or so my grad school professors insisted. And Oscar-winner-to-be Jack Nicholson was right in the thick of it — “Easy Rider,” “Head,” “Five Easy Pieces,” “Carnal Knowledge.” … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Ana de Armas goes “Blonde” for the first trailer to her Marilyn Monroe movie

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

Bobby Cannavale and Oscar winner Adrien Brody are among the co-stars in this Netflix take on MM’s later life. Netflix? They wrote some big checks. Is the accent right, or close enough? Or has the shrinking streamer service thrown more … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Koreans repel the Japanese in the 16th Century Naval epic, “Hansan: Rising Dragon”

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Hansan: Rising Dragon” is a Korean naval war epic that takes us into the actions — before and during a series of sea battles in the 1590s — of Korea’s great naval genius, Admiral Yi Soon Shin. It’s a sprawling … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Stallone takes a late-life stab at superheroing — “Samaritan”

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

MGM and Sly get into the unkillable superhero business with Sylvester Stallone in this “Death Wish” vengeance-driven thriller, Aug. 26.

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Movie Preview: A South American country reminds us how you prosecute traitors — fearlessly, and swiftly — “Argentina: 1985”

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

Coming soon to Prime Video, a legal thriller with the highest stakes possible.

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