Daily Archives: April 28, 2025

Classic Film Review: It’s 2025 — Are we ready for What Cukor, Hepburn ,Tracy and Donald Ogden Stewart warned us about Fascism? “Keeper of the Flame” (1942)

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

Big speeches rife with “the F-word”– “fascism” — pack the third act of “Keeper of the Flame,” a mid-WWII MGM thriller that was a tad too anti-fascist for fat cat studio chief Louis B. Mayer. Those speeches also burden a … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Kevin Spacey returns from the Wilderness — or Doesn’t — “1780”

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

Southern fried accent in Revolutionary War Pennsylvania? That totally tracks. Doesn’t look like much,  but we’ll see, if this isn’t canceled pre release.

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Movie Preview: Blair Witch Myth Marketing Lives! “Weapons”

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

This August release is mainly interesting because of the way the “Maybrook Missing” children, who (in the film) dashed out of their homes and into the night at 2:17 pm, is being shallow faked into “reality.” It’s an August 8 … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Melodrama polished to a fine sheen, “Bonjour Tristesse”

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

The serene overheated-via-slow-simmer melodrama “Bonjour Tristesse” leaves its 1950s origins behind in a shimmering new screen adaptation by first-time writer/director Durga Chew-Bose. Based on the most famous work of French college girl novelist Françoise Sagan, this tale of privilege, petulant … Continue reading →

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