Monthly Archives: February 2025

Classic Film Review: Herzog’s “Cannes Darling” “Woyzek” (1979)

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

The great German director Werner Herzog and his muse, Klaus Kinski, marched through three films together in their peak years, 1978-82. “Nosferatu the Vampyr” was a hit, and “Fitzcarraldo” was a career-defining epic for both director and star, an ordeal … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? The Hallmarkish charms of “La Dolce Villa”

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

You have to get past the sneaky feeling that the rom-com “La Dolce Villa” wasn’t just conceived and rigidly scripted according to “Hallmark” formula, but by some new AI that the greeting card company rents out to production companies. Find … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Young Hitman is tested by “Old Guy” Christoph Waltz, his Mentor

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

Hitman thrillers long ago ran out of anything new to do with the genre, lapsing into glib sometime after “La Femme Nikita” back in the ’90s. Nowadays, “glib” isn’t enough. If you’re not aiming for “flippant” like 1974’s “Thunderbolt and … Continue reading →

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Series Review: A Canadian Comic Moves to a Farm — “Tom Green Country”

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

The Canadian cut-up Tom Green was always an acquired taste. He showed up on the Canadian comedy scene post-“Second City,” a young self-promoting prankster who got “The Tom Green Show” on fringe Canadian TV and then MTV, making a name … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A “Braveheart” take on “William Tell”

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Connor Swindells, Jonathan Pryce and Sir Ben Kingsley star in this Swiss Myth Movie, which Samuel Goldwyn picked up for distribution in North America.

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Movie Preview: Thanks to Evil Eric Roberts, we’re gonna LOSE “The Comic Shop!”

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

A bit squishy and sentimental for Quiver Distribution to pick up. Jesse Metcalf stars, with Tristan Mays, Micah Gionvanni and Aging like fine but Evil wine Eric Roberts. April 11, here we go.

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Movie Preview: Michael Shannon Directs Judy Greer, Alexander Skarsgård, Tracy Letts and Alison Pill — “Eric Larue”

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

Greer plays the mother of a teen who killed people in this drama scripted by Brett Neveau and directed by the formidable Mr. Shannon. Looks like a Greer showcase, with a supporting cast a lot more worthy of her status … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: There’s Always a way Out of a Jam when you’re “Trigger Happy”

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Trigger Happy” is a bloody-minded dark comedy that at least managed to get the “dark” right. A stumbling misfire of a satire packed with repellent characters and rarely creative means of murder, it misses on most every level that matters. … Continue reading →

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Davey Tennant & Co. set the Awards Show Bar “500 Miles” High

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

Well, this is delightful. And kilted. Kudos to Kendrick and Colman for helping David Tennant, Helen Mirren and Brian Cox kick it up a notch at this year’s BAFTAs.

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Classic Film Review: A late life James Earl Jones gem is restored — “The Annihilation of Fish”

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

One of the first accomplishments of the then newly-created National Film Registry was to rescue the work of Black indie filmmaker Charles Burnett. The Registry was Created by the Library of Congress in 1988 and set up to “preserve” as … Continue reading →

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