Monthly Archives: January 2023

Movie Preview: “Scream VI,” Courtney Cox, but no Neve Campbell

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

March 10.

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Netflixable? Colonialism clashes with “barbaric” custom in Nigeria in “Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman”

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman,” is a classic culture clash melodrama, one of the most celebrated works (a play) by Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. It comes to the screen with all of its rhetorical power and a lot of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A lad and his Madagascar hissing Cockroach — “Hank and Jolene”

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Roger Moore

Of all the tones in all of lightly comic cinema, “twee” has to be the hardest to master. Documentary filmmaker Derek Shimoda, whose film on the history of fortune cookies I remember, takes his shot at “twee” with “Hank and … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Disgruntled Employees, a Caper, and then Aliens? “Office Invasion”

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Roger Moore

Today’s Around the World with Netflix offering demonstrates that South Africans are just as capable of wasting money and effects on a sci fi comedy with barely a laugh in it. And the phrase “lost in translation” isn’t limited to … Continue reading →

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“Pinocchio” and four films with no chance compete for Animation’s Annie Awards

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Roger Moore

Pixar’s “Turning Red,” Henry Selick’s “Wendell & Wild ,” DreamWorks’ “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” and “The Sea Beast” are destined to lose to Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” when the Annie Awards are handed out. Unless the fact that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Kendrick despairs at the trap of being “Alice, Darling

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Roger Moore

Alice meets two friends for drinks after work. But there’s a nervous edge to the evening, something about the repeated “ping” alerts from her cell phone that her friends exchange a resigned look over. Is her job that essential, her … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: All Stars in front of, and behind the camera — Liam Neeson is…”Marlowe”

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Roger Moore

Neil Jordan directs Liam, who performs William Monahan’s adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s most famous creation. Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Danny Huston, Alan Cumming, Ian Hart, Francois Arnaud, Daniela Melchior and Colm Meaney star in this Feb. 15 release.

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Movie Review: A Heist, and a Heist Picture Gone Wrong — “Out of Exile”

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Roger Moore

My favorite scene in the heist thriller “Out of Exile” takes place in an arthouse cinema, supposedly in Dallas. An FBI agent (Ryan Merriman) meets a biker-looking “CI” (confidential informant) played by Jake Roberts. You think to yourself, “Hey, I … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A 19th Century Danish priest loses his way in Iceland, “Godland”

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Roger Moore

Oh this looks good. Feb. 3.

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Movie Review: A Child wrestles with her Demons, her Trauma and her Dragon to face a criminal — “Blaze”

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Roger Moore

The Australian dramatic fantasy “Blaze” is so unusual that there is no meeting it halfway. Either take it on director and co-writer Del Kathryn Barton’s terms, or move along. It’s an extraordinary blend of fantasy and ugly reality folded into … Continue reading →

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