Monthly Archives: September 2022

Movie Review: Sending up Agatha — “See How They Run”

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Roger Moore

Oh, it’s not as clever as it thinks it is. And truthfully, for a “romp” it only occasionally romps. But “See How They Run” is still a warm, witty and old fashioned “whodunit” and an equally old-fashioned “theater” comedy, pronounced … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A Belgian Idyll of childhood, two besties and how “Close” they are

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Roger Moore

Thirteen and “tested” by their first year of secondary school. This Lukas Dhont drama was a Cannes hit and an A24 pick up. Coming soon.

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Today’s DVD donation? “Vive L’Amour” comes to Casselberry

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Roger Moore

I rather liked this Taiwanese take on loneliness. Ming-liang Tsai’s never been to Casselberry, a city of lakes and Big Box Stores with houses and apartments scattered within. I dare say he’d connect with the disconnection of such Florida suburbs … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Netflix is a little…OK VERY late getting into the WWI movie biz — “All Quiet on the Western Front”

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Roger Moore

This German production of the classic Erich Maria Remarque anti-war Great War novel might have been an Oscar contender a few years back. You know, when “1917,” “The Laureate” and “Journeys End” came out. There have been other versions of … Continue reading →

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Next screening? That AirBnB booking that goes “Barbarian”

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Roger Moore

Opens Friday. Could be good.

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Movie Review: Caine, Foster, Goode and Sophie Lowe go “Medieval”

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Roger Moore

A few essential facts you have to know before deciding whether to watch “Medieval,” a fictionalized early 15th century account of the exploits of Czech hero Jan Žižk. The knight, rebel and celebrated general who “never lost a battle” was … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Hathaway and Hopkins and Chastain and a kid who learns to stand up to racism — “Armageddon Time”

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

Awards season Oscar bait with a top drawer supporting cast for the Jewish kid who learns about racism via family history and what a classmate and friend is subjected to. November.

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Movie Preview: Mila Kunis is the “Luckiest Girl Alive” in this thriller

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

Netflix has this Oct. 7. Based on a best seller, intriguing, promising? Ok.

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Movie Review: A Killer Diller Supernatural Thriller from West Africa — “Saloum”

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Saloum” is a distinctly West African thriller about drug trade-connected mercenaries who escape from a military coup only to face their biggest test in a nature preserve in Saloum, Senegal. It’s crackling good long before it turns supernatural. And their … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Amalric’s sublime, serene and sad film of a broken family — “Hold Me Tight”

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Hold Me Tight” is a beautifully mysterious French tale of grief, guilt, regret and madness. Adapting a play by Claudine Galea, actor-turned-director Mathieu Amalric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) finds exquisite melancholy in a story of a family that’s … Continue reading →

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