Daily Archives: December 28, 2022

Netflixable? “7 Women and a Murder” is an Italian murder-mystery-comedy that fails on all counts

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

The script is bad enough to make one pity the actresses saddled with role-playing this dog, seven women who might have found themselves envying the chap cast to play the unspeaking corpse. Not that their emotionally-dead, enervated performances are wholly … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Laughton and Lean make “Hobson’s Choice” (1954)

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

British editor-turned-director David Lean is most widely-known for his epics. Starting with “Bridge on the River Kwai” and “Lawrence of Arabia,” on through to “Dr. Zhivago” and “A Passage to India,” he gave the cinema films of scale, scope and … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Gerard Butler gets back to making B-movies — “Last Seen Alive”

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Roger Moore

And just like that, Gerard Butler’s back to making B and C movies? Sure, he’s got the imaginatively-titled thriller “Plane” due out in January, and not everything Lionsgate releases is a B-movie. But is this it? Is “Last Seen Alive” … Continue reading →

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