Daily Archives: October 27, 2024

Movie Review: Actress fights cancer, heartbreak and career setbacks, including “Your Monster”

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

What manner of miscalculated meshuggagh mashup is this? “Your Monster” is a “personal demons” rom-com take on “Beauty and the Beast,” one with the beast willing to offer to “eat” the creep who jilted fair Laura when she was diagnosed … Continue reading →

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It’s “Conclave” Sunday in America

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

A box office hit, and a packed house suggests a lotta people are skipping Sunday Mass in Durham., NC. The lady yelling “It’s NOT a comedy” at the people  laughing at the wicked twists and backstabbing must be Leonard Leo’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Keke and SZA have “One of Them Days”

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

A January working class “girls” comedy, this could find its niche and score in what is generally an Oscar holdover month with ONE horror/action or comedy hit breaking out amidst awards contenders. Two Broke Girls trying to make the rent. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Little Boys on the Run “Beyond the Wasteland” of Macedonia

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

The child of about nine lives with his father in the forest, hidden from “the evil outside” world, off-the-grid, with hints that there might be no grid left. They hunt and forage, set traps and makeshift alarms and hole-up in … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Boris and Bela in Old Edinburgh — “The Body Snatcher” (1945)

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

Censored and edited to death and long thought “lost” in its original form, “The Body Snatcher” is a 1945 horror tale that retains its ability to chill you to the bone. Produced by horror impressario Val Lewton (“Cat People”), directed … Continue reading →

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