Monthly Archives: February 2025

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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Movie Review: Eternal love, Faithless love, memories of Dead Love — “Double Exposure”

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

Let’s summarize the plot to the meandering mess that is the fantasy thriller “Double Exposure.” There’s this struggling photographer, married and still obsessed with his long lost “first love.” She was a model/influencer so it’s no wonder his wife isn’t … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Cassel, Pearce and Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds”

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

April 18. A lot of punch for a mere “teaser.*

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Movie Review: Coming-of-Age Asian American — “Didi”

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Didi” is a gentle but sharp-edged tale of a California teen coming to terms with who he is, a movie that invites grimaces of recognition even as it advertises its “different culture” status. Writer-director Sean Wang’s debut feature fits neatly … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Paul Rudd unleashes his inner creep — “Friendship”

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

First, he’s your pal, welcoming you into his circle, his “hang.” And then he’s not. We knew Paul Rudd couldn’t be that nice. And ageless. “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Tim Robinson stars as a man comically, cruelly upended by his … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Strip off those shirts for “The Demoness”

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

Kazakh filmmaker Serik Beyeu, an editor turned director, demonstrates one clear talent in his latest film. He’s very good at persuading actresses and extras to take their shirts off. “Succubus,” a supernatural thriller re-titled “The Demoness” for video distribution, is … Continue reading →

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