Monthly Archives: February 2025

Movie Preview: “The Last Days of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette” — “The Deluge”

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

As this French Revolution tale stars Melanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet, one would hope an American distributor would jump on this title. It’s finished its festival run and is about to hit French cinemas. Sooner or later, North America will … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Bill Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union and Pete Davidson — Trigger Happy “Riff Raff”

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

Low rent gangsters keep their feuds all in the family? Ed Harris, Emanuela Postacchini and Lewis Pullman also star in this violent farce, which rolls out March 6.

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Movie Preview: “M3GAN 2.0”

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

Nothing like an upgrade, amIright? The horror audience has been mostly AWOL for the past year. “Nosferatu” blew up, but “Presence” and “Companion” are far more indicative of the malaise that has set in with fans of that genre. Tepid … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A Disabled Child, a Mom Determined to Save Him — “Lucca’s World”

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

A guilt-ridden journalist tries everything, grasping at any “miracle treatments” straw, in an effort to save her disabled-at-birth son in “Lucca’s World,” an engrossing Around the World with Netflix weeper from Mexico. Based on the non-fiction book by Bárbara Anderson, … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy in a Rodeo Love Triangle by Nicholas Ray — “The Lusty Men” (1952)

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Which classic film to watch on a chilly Sunday afternoon often comes down to a coin toss for me. Does the day have a ’40s, ’50s melodrama vibe? That usually means it’s Douglas Sirk or Nicholas Ray time. And if … Continue reading →

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