Daily Archives: December 9, 2024

Movie Review: A Clumsy Whodunit within a Whodunit stuck in a “Glass Casa”

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

A killer “Glass House” location and pretty much nothing else recommend “Glass Casa.” It’s a comic thriller whose clumsy structure, limp performances and forgettable dialogue do nothing to separate it from the pack of similar movies that trap a bunch … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Woody Harrelson’s determined to save a fellow diver, struggling for his “Last Breath”

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

“I’m NOT losing a diver today!” Cliff Curtis and Simu Liu also star in this storm-tossed research ship thriller from Alex Parkinson. It’s already opened in the UK, but comes to North American on Feb. 28.

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Documentary Preview: A Peek into the Man behind the other “Bond” — “From Roger Moore, with Love”

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

Some good “gets” for interview subjects in this documentary portrait of the long-serving James Bond, once and always “Saint,” Roger Moore. Pierce Brosnan, Joan Collins, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, David Walliams and Dick Cavett. No Michael Caine? Pity. They were … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: John Ford takes the rep company, and no “stars,” to Monument Valley for “Wagon Master” (1950)

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Wagon Master” was perhaps the truest test of the concept of “star director” of John Ford’s career. The iconic Irishman who came to America and made Westerns was finishing up his “cavalry trilogy (“Fort Apache,” “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” … Continue reading →

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