Monthly Archives: May 2025

Netflixable? Vince Vaughn invites Staten Island to eat with their “Nonnas”

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Nonnas” is a heaping helping of cinematic Italian-American comfort food, a family rom-com where the romance is in the food and the comedy is in the scrappy little old ladies who prepare it. Director Stephen Chbosky (“The Perks of Being … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The Third “F1” trailer gives Kerry Condon center stage

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Rome” star, the ostensible love interest for this June 27 release, sets out the stakes and the “team sport” nature of Formula One racing.

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Movie Review: A Ghost Story that Maybe Gives too much away with its title — “The Ruse”

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

You’ve got a plot that was clever enough to land veteran character actress Veronica Cartwright (“Sideways,” “Alien,” “The Birds”). Shooting and editing your film, you can’t wait to get to the third act where you can “explain” its cleverness to … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Sister Cate Blanchett’s an Aussie taking interest in “The New Boy” in her orphanage

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

This Cannes competitor is a 1940s period piece with a heavy dose of magical realism in the plot. Aswan Reid has the title role, with Deborah Mailman in the supporting cast. Tiny distributor Vertical has this, so we’ll all have … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day and “Honey Don’t” Margaret Qualley — a Coen “Brother” film

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

A tale of kinky Southwest Christianity and an “accident” that wasn’t. Along with other violence. Qualley the high-heeled detective in a ’72 Chevell convertible, Evans a pastor who with a taste for dangerous sex and Plaza the guardian of the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Veronica Cartwright’s new nurse learns her house is haunted — “The Ruse”

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

Kinda creepy looking? This comes out May 16.

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Movie Review: “Another Simple Favor” lapses into Long, Laughable and Ludicrous

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

Whatever dangerous edge 2018’s “A Simple Favor” had is giddily tossed aside for “Another Simple Favor,” a goofy acceptance that bringing these two ladies back for another round of cat lioness and mouse games was never going to be “logical.” … Continue reading →

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Movie preview: An Artist Flees an Unhappy Home for the Big City — with her Pet Flying Squirrel — “Bound”

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

This drama is a “festival darling”  that Freestyle picked up for wide release May 16. Another shot in the culture wars? Looks intriguing.

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Series Review: Ewan and Charley are Back in the (Motorcycle) Saddle for the “Long Way Home”

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

One of the distinct pleasures of the streaming TV era is renewed every time old friends Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman mount up for another epic motorcycling trek in their “Long Way” series. The latest, “Long Way Home,” plays up … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Stephen King serves up horror with fascist overtones — “The Long Walk”

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

Garrett Waering, Charlie Plummer, David Jonsson, Roman Griffin Davis and Ben Wang are among the younger stars of this “Hunger Games: Walk Until You Die” compeition, and Judy Greer, Mark Hamill and Michael Ironside are also in the cast. Sept … Continue reading →

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