Monthly Archives: May 2025

Movie Preview: Judo, sexism and Iranian theocracy collide on and off the mat — “Tatami”

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

The co-directors are the star of “Holy Spider” and the direct of “Skin.” And their star is most famous for the most recent incarnation of “The L Word.” In theaters June 13.

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Movie Preview: “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie,” animates TV toy kitties in San Fran, chased by Kristen Wiig

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

Laila Lockhart Kraner is Gabby, in case you didn’t know. Gloria Estefan plays her San Fran granny. Wiig going full Cruella? I could totally see that. Sept. 26

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Netflixable? “Lost Bullet” to “Last Bullet” — a Cars-and-Chaos Franchise Ends

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

The “Lost Bullet” cops and smugglers franchise, France’s answer to “The Fast and the Furious” films, goes out with fireworks — literally — with “Last Bullet,” a furious and somewhat futile attempt to wrap up all the complications and traffic … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: “I Know Catherine, The Log Lady” celebrates a Character and an Actress and her role in The Strange Saga of David Lynch

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

Here it is, in documentary form, the Greatest “Show Must Go On” Story Ever Told. Richard Green’s “I Know Catherine, The Log Lady” is a moving appreciation of the long life of a working actress, a woman rendered immortal by … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: History, Classism, War Crimes, Australian Character and a Director’s Intent Collide in “Breaker Morant” (1980)

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

Australian cinema hadn’t made much of a mark internationally before The Australian New Wave hit in the mid ’70s through the very early ’80s. In a flash, Australian history, culture, character and mores were broadcast to the big wide world … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Pacino and Dan Stevens are exorcists in “The Ritual”

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

Another “true story” exorcism tale, this one co-starring Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowen and Patricia Heaton of “Everybody Loves Raymond.” No. Seriously. June 6.

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Movie Review: Rickards and Lucas tag team for “Queen of the Ring”

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Queen of the Ring” is a two-fisted crowd-pleasing biopic of pioneering “lady wrestler” Mildred Burke, the “Kansas Cyclone” who rose from dropping men to the mat at county fairs and carnivals to become the first Million Dollar Female Athlete as … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Denzel and Spike, “Highest 2 Lowest”

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Roger Moore

A hardass music mogul faces an old school, off the books ransom/shakedown. Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera and A$AP Rocky also star in Spike’s latest. August 22, from Apple/A24

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Movie Review: A Chinese Cop and Robber bromance — “Hunt the Wicked”

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Hunt the Wicked” is a dopey, cheesy cop-teams-with-a-robber shoot’em-up, punch’em-down, kick’em-where it hurts thriller from China. A serious read on it has to note its tale of official corruption, with a mayor secretly running a narcotics empire under the noses … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson and I guess Brandon Lessard are “The Unholy Trinity”

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Trinity” is the name of the town in this Western, and a word revered in Spaghetti Western circles thanks to the “They Call Me Trinity” films starring Terrence Hill in the early ’70s. Native American actress Q’orianka Kilcher (“A New … Continue reading →

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