Monthly Archives: January 2025

Movie Review: “The Damned” Fishermen face Consequences for their Cruelest Mistake

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Damned” is a thriller built on one of the oldest formulas in fiction. First, there are many, as Dame Agatha taught us, “And Then There were None.” Ah, but what a setting this 19th century fable has — the … Continue reading →

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Documentary Preview: “Sly Lives! Aka the Burden of Black Genius”

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

A singular pop/funk presence on American radio of the ’60s and early ’70s, rock historians fan and wide have long declared the genius of Sly Stone and the tunes he and his musical “family” brought to the world. Now Hulu’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: House isn’t a home when it’s haunted by a ghostly “Presence”

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s just a haunted house story, just a movie with objects that move and things that go bump in the night. Well, mostly in broad daylight. “Presence” is a “A Ghost Story” filmed like a “Paranormal Activity” installment. And it’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Dockery figures out Grace and Wahlberg are each a “Flight Risk”

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

There was never any doubt that, “canceled-“or-uncanceled, Mel Gibson has skills as a director. He knows how to cast, block, shoot and edit a thriller, be it historic or generically modern. But what we’ve allowed ourselves to question during his … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Bisset still has her shimmer in “Loren & Rose”

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

A screen legend gives better than a lackluster indie script deserves in “Loren & Rose,” a movie about a movie-maker befriending a once-famous actress he needs to get his new movie made. Maybe there’s a bit of art-imitates-film-life in this … Continue reading →

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Oscar Nominations — “Emilia Perez,” “Wicked” and “Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Dune 2” and Five Other Films compete for Best Picture

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

Netflix’s much-hyped “Emilia Perez” musical led the way with 13 nominations when the much-delayed contenders for the 97th Academy Awards were announced this morning. “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” scored ten nominations each. A total of 10 films are up for … Continue reading →

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Documentary Preview: A UFO/UAP “Aliens” doc that promises the Moon — “The Age of Disclosure”

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

A collection of (somewhat) more credible experts and officials than is usual for such docs — and Marco Rubio — tell us these “something is out there” phenomena are about to be proclaimed The Real Deal. Officially? March 25, this … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Single Mom experiences the First Day from Digital Hell — “Drop”

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

Saw this trailer in a theater last Thursday. Finally Universal/Blumhouse deigned to drop it onto YouTube. Threatening “Let’s play a game” messages via a short distance “drop” into our heroine’s phone on a blind date. Hell is cellular. Meghann Fahy … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Sean Astin’s an Old West Preacher, Casper Van Dien wears the “Guns of Redemption”

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Jeff Fahey plays the heavy, Kaitlyn Kemp a damsel in distress in this Old West/Morality is a Firearm tale. That’s a pretty good cast for an indie outing, even if it comes a cropper. “Guns of Redemption” streams March 7.

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Movie Review: Teacher helps a Troubled Student “Brave the Dark” of his Past

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Brave the Dark” is a earnest do-good/feel-good story of the “One Great Teacher Makes a Difference” genre. Released by Angel Studios, which brought us “Bonhoeffer,” “Sound of Freedom” and “Homestead,” where “earnest” is their brand, it’s a low-stakes, dramatically flat … Continue reading →

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