Monthly Archives: September 2024

Movie Review: Nature meets High Tech Nurture in Dreamworks’ charming “The Wild Robot”

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

The charms of “The Wild Robot” sneak up on you. A futuristic tale, the adaptation of Peter Brown’s kid-lit book summons up memories of the great animated films for children of the past. It was bit of a hard sell, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: Nature meets High Tech Nurture in Dreamworks’ charming “The Wild Robot”

Movie Preview: Ana de Armas is no mere Tiny Dancer — “Ballerina” kicks ass in The John Wick universe

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

Ian McShane and the late Lance Reddick and Keanu are back to pass the torch. Oscar winner Anjelica Huston, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Norman Reedus are among the newcomers. McShane’s hotelier/assassin world insider is a groomer? Interesting.

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: Ana de Armas is no mere Tiny Dancer — “Ballerina” kicks ass in The John Wick universe

Movie Review: South Africans bungle their overreaction to “The Shakedown”

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The Shakedown” is an intermittently amusing dark comedy about blackmail and the “accidents” that happen when inexperienced folks overreact to it. An over-achieving “wellness and medical” insurance broker irks his dopey mistress and she threatens to expose him, wrecking his … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: South Africans bungle their overreaction to “The Shakedown”

Movie Preview: Jackie Chan has a “Panda Plan”

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

So Jackie Chan plays himself, a legendary big screen action star, who gets trapped in a terrorist attack on a…zoo? I always marvel at how nimble and determinedly athletic Jackie Chan is at 70. I need to take a Tylenol … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: Jackie Chan has a “Panda Plan”

Movie Review: Clooney and Pitt “Meet Cute” — As lone “Wolfs” aka “cleaners

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

Brad Pitt and George Clooney were doing the Hollywood bromance thing long before Ryan and Hugh. And even though they’ve appeared in four films together, the two hunky sixtysomethings were overdue for a “meet cute” action comedy. That’s what “Wolfs” … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: Clooney and Pitt “Meet Cute” — As lone “Wolfs” aka “cleaners

Movie Preview: A bargain priced mansion? Horror hides behind the “Cellar Door”

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

A movie that reminds us “there’s always a catch,” and of the dark hearts of real estate agents. Lawrence Fishburne, Jordana Brewster and Scott Speedman star in this thriller.

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: A bargain priced mansion? Horror hides behind the “Cellar Door”

Movie Review: Plus-size teen designer finds her tribe and her mission, bringing back the “Empire Waist”

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Empire Waist” is a laugh-out-loud teen comedy about a girl’s emotionally fraught journey from making herself “invisible” to accepting who she is and embracing attention from her peers. Claire Ayoub’s debut feature is witty but utterly predictable, uplifting in all … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: Plus-size teen designer finds her tribe and her mission, bringing back the “Empire Waist”

Movie Preview: An Afterlife Comic Thriller on an Indie Budget — “Me, Myself & the Void”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

This looks and sounds not half bad. Self-distributed? Still might be worth a look Oct. 1.

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: An Afterlife Comic Thriller on an Indie Budget — “Me, Myself & the Void”

Movie Review: The Illusory Haitian-American Dream just beyond the “Mountains”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Mountains” is a simple, intimate one-family’s view version of the “American “Dream” that could not be more timely. In this film, that one family is Haitian. Set in and around Miami’s “Little Haiti,” Monica Sorelle’s debut feature is built on … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: The Illusory Haitian-American Dream just beyond the “Mountains”

Movie Preview: Florence Pugh is all in on Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Oscar winner Rachel Weiss and Emmy diva Julia Louis Dreyfus star in this May “Black Widow” spinoff. Looks…violent. And Russian. With an asterisk.

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: Florence Pugh is all in on Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*”