Monthly Archives: September 2022

Movie Review: A creepy kid, a Deal with the Devil and police overreach — “The Harbinger”

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

A family with a daughter deep into Wednesday Addams cosplaying shows up in a small midwestern city, and people start dying. Suicides, deaths that don’t look like suicides, heart attacks, always with the little girl giving somebody the evil eye, … Continue reading →

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Today’s DVD donation? A “Miracle” comes to rural Florida

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

No, this one doesn’t star Kurt Russell and has nothing to do with hockey. This “Miracle” is a Romanian thriller involving cops and a nun. Pretty good, too. Is Mims, Fla. ready to read Romanian subtitles? Let’s hope so. MovieNation, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Smart House/Murder Mansion, “Margaux”

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

Nothing like watching a “smart house runs amok” thriller on the morning of your latest data breach (Thanks, Netflix) to put you in the mood. “Margaux” is the story of a “Siri” with serious issues, and it goes like this. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Guy Pearce is the author whose book inspired violent acts, “The Infernal Machine”

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Roger Moore

Pearce’s novelist went into seclusion after his book was blamed for triggering “the Knoxville shooter.” Alice Eve co stars in this gritty looking variation on a “Conspiracy Theory” theme. Sept. 23, in theaters and streaming.

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BOX OFFICE: Summer limps off with a near four way tie of maxed out hits

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Roger Moore

Putting “Spider Man: No Way Home” proved to be a minor boon to cinemas. Very minor. It may win Labor Day Weekend, but not by much. “Top Gun: Maverick” cleared the $700 million mark. So we’ve got that going for … Continue reading →

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A wee hours Labor Day Weekend Radio chat with me old union buddy Wayne Bledsoe

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Simpson’s” fans might recognize the Sunsphere from the Knoxville World’s Fair of the 1980s, still standing and home of RealknoxvilleMusic.com these days. Hanging out tonight with Wayne Blledsoe on his show ” Miles to Go” as he plays from his … Continue reading →

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Morristown, Tennessee, birthplace of Regal Cinemas and…”The Evil Dead” and “Evil Dead II”

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

You’d think there’d be a historical marker noting this town’s places in cinema history — Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and the Coen Brothers filming a movie in the boonies, Food City manager Mike Campbell co-founding a cinema empire out of … Continue reading →

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Lovers’ Leap, Va. 6:51 am

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Roger Moore
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Movie Review: Teen tries to solve a Pen Pal’s disappearance via “Root Letter”

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Root Letter” is an indie murder mystery about a missing pen pal, a film based on a Japanese video game. It’s a slow, sloppily-structured exercise in tedium that is simple yet hard to follow, short but interminable thanks to leaden … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A French “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” romance, and its aftermath — “Waiting for Bojangles”

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Roger Moore

Whatever the stylistic charms of Olivier Bourdeaut’s acclaimed novel, the film version of “Waiting for Bojangles (En attendant Bojangles)” offers further proof that “manic pixie dream girls” exist in France, and not just in the person of Audrey “Amelie” Tautou. … Continue reading →

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