Daily Archives: September 14, 2022

Movie Review: “How Dark They Prey,” How bad can it be?

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Roger Moore

Well, there’s an hour of my life I’ll never get back. “How Dark They Prey” is a quartet of ineptly-scripted, randomly-assembled, adequately-shot but amateurishly-acted short horror films that fall under the broad horror subheading of “claptrap.” They include the worst … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou’s “Take Out” (2004)

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Roger Moore

Long before they shot the serio-comic transgender odyssey “Tangerine” on a cell phone, over a decade before “The Florida Project” became an Oscar-buzzed drama about the transient-hotel homeless of Orlando, Sean Baker and producer Shih-Ching Tsou co-directed a gem about … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Kate Hudson, Craig Robinson, Ed Skrein and Jeon Jong-seo Dive into the Wild Thing that is “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon”

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Roger Moore

New Orleans at its most demented. Stranger than fiction. But not stranger than science fiction. Sept. 30.

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Documentary Review: The Irish Artist as Agitator, Sinead O’Connor — “Nothing Compares”

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Roger Moore

The pop star of the moment stood on a quiet, dimly-lit stage behind lit candles and performed a Bob Marley song, “War,” a cappella. When it was ending, she held up a photo of Pope John Paul. She tore it … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Psychopath’s Origin Story — “Pearl”

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Pearl” was the aged, sex-obsessed psychopathic matriarch and villain of Ti West’s satiric, social commentary slasher picture “X.” She was played by actress Mia Goth, who also played the libidinous teen whose Texas family farm has been rented by a … Continue reading →

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