Daily Archives: April 17, 2023

Movie Review: Shailene and Ben Mendelsohn team up “To Catch a Killer”

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Roger Moore

Crackling scenes mix with clunkers, clever twists meet cliches and its all a hash when it comes to justifying the “team” set up in this mass shooting spree thriller “To Catch a Killer.” Whatever its other failings and successes, this … Continue reading →

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Today’s DVD donation? “A Handful of Water” comes to rural Florida

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Roger Moore

I wasn’t nuts about this German drama when I reviewed it, but it’s interesting and well intentioned and stars the great German actor Jurgen Prochnow. And it’s harmless, something I have to worry about when donating DVDs to public libraries … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Radha introduces Mia to a “Blueback” worth saving

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Roger Moore

Mesmerizingly beautiful diving footage, a drifting narrative and some solid performances recommend “Blueback,” a sweet but somewhat squishy eco-parable set Down Under and starring native Oz daughter Mia Wasikowska. It manages to tell the story of a young woman’s lifelong … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Portuguese Adventurer/Explorer tells his tale, and tries to get the World to Believe Him — “Pilgrimage”

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Roger Moore

Fernão Mendes Pinto was a 16th century Portuguese explorer, adventurer, memoirist and fabulist whose life reads like a conflation of the quests of Cabeza de Vaca or Marco Polo and the picaresque invented misadventures of Baron Munchausen or Harry Flashman. … Continue reading →

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