Monthly Archives: February 2025

Movie Review: “Paddington in Peru,” with Colman and Banderas too

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

The old rule that film series for children tend to go one sequel too far pretty much applies to “Paddington in Peru,” the third Paddington Bear picture to celebrate all that’s twee about a bear learning to be British The … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: An Oscar nominated jazz memoir of Cold War Colonialism and Civil Rights — “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” in Congo

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

Johan Grimonprez’s “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” swirls by — a sea of famous and infamous faces, a parade of voices and a catalog of unpleasant history served up on a bed of bebop, cool jazz and free jazz. The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Remembering the Events of “September 5” from the TV Control Room that Covered Them

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

“September 5” is a tense and fascinating deep dive into an infamous moment in world history and TV the way it used to be made, back in the olden days of analog, “coming to you live” and “film at 11.” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Stephen King commits (Amusing-ish) Murder via a Wind-Up Toy — “The Monkey”

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

The blood and guts of “The Monkey” is played for laughs in Osgood Perkins’ film of Stephen King’s monstrous wind-up toy thriller. It’s a heavy-handed, staggering splatter comedy with random laughs mixed with random slaughter, all of it cast and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Viola Davis is a president who takes matters in her own hands when her family is threatened at a “G20” meeting

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

Clark Gregg, Anthony Anderson, Ramon Rodriguez and Antony Starr co-star in this “Air Force One” styled thriller. Amazon has this one set for April 10 (Streaming only? release. If only…

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Movie Preview: Steve Coogan goes “Feel Good” for “The Penguin Lessons”

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

A true story, an Argentine coup in the making, private school kids inspired by “The Penguin Lessons” from a teacher who reluctantly rescued one on the beach.

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Netflixable? French lad knows Mom is the ultimate “Honeymoon Crasher”

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Honeymoon Crasher” (“Lune de miel avec ma mère”) is a seriously sentimental, seriously tame comedy about a dull guy with risk issues and mommy issues and how he spends his honeymoon. It’s French (subtitled, or dubbed) and considering the subject, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, but “It’s about the dog” — “The Friend”

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

Watts and Murray and a Great Dane “in mourning.” In New York. Carla Gugino, Ann Dowd and Constance Wu also star in this Bleecker St. dramedy. March 28.

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Movie Preview: A Teacher gives his all to Create an Artist — Toby Jones is “Mr. Burton”

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

Jones, Harry Lawtey and Lesley Manville offer up an origin story for a screen icon. He’s Welsh, two-fisted. And he might have a taste for drink. And those are the only clues I’ll give you. April 4, in the U.K.

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Movie Review: Hell hath no fury like the heroine of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths”

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

Pansy is a 50something Londoner in a roomy new flat that she keeps immaculate, married and wholly supported by her plumber husband of many years, Curtley. And all Pansy does, from morning til night, is “rage, rage against the dying … Continue reading →

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