Daily Archives: June 2, 2025

Movie Review: A Civil War Suicide Squad does Battle with the Supernatural — “Resurrection Road”

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Resurrection Road” is a mediocre Civil War B-movie that lapses into a seriously bad supernatural C-picture for the third act. That’s also when Michael Madsen, King of the C-movies, makes his mark. There’s a little promise in the premise — … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Raise Your Hand” if think Writing a Play will Get You Out of Hard Luck High

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Raise Your Hand” is an earnest, well-acted indie drama seriously undercut by coarseness, cliches and stereotypes. Writer-director Jessica Rae’s debut feature is about coming of age and finding your voice. The stakes are pretty high for a high school story … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Bring Her Back” — Horror One Suffers Through rather than Relishes

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s not a blanket condemnation to say I could not wait for “Bring Her Back,” the excruciating new film from the co-directors of “Talk to Me,” to come to an end. One can recognize its unflinching, grisly details and unsparing … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: What Guy Wouldn’t go Mental Craving Weatherman Paul Rudd’s “Friendship?”

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Cringe Comedy” is taken to the next level, and then some, in the intimately uncomfortable “Friendship,” a story of the broken state of bro bonding and on-the-spectrum oddness. Writer-director Andrew DeYoung taps into a generation’s male isolation with a dark … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Guillermo del Toro and Netflix make Oscar Isaac the Doctor Who Played God — “Frankenstein”

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

The Oscar winning del Toro gets a Netflix black check to write and direct his take on the monster and the man who made him. Isaac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Jacob Elordi and Charles Dance also star. November

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Movie Preview: Ethan Hawke and Ma Bell return, “Black Phone 2”

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

They’ll be hard-pressed to match the heartbreaking suspense of the 2022 blockbuster. This snowy October release has supernatural “Elm Street” et al vibes. No wonder everybody ditched their land lines. Check it out.

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Movie Review — “Karate Kid: Legends,” down for the Count

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Let’s call the standing — or flat on its back — ten count on the “Karate Kid” movies after “Karate Kid: Legends.” Sentimental father figure martial arts revenge dramas frosted with the honor and code of the Asian fighting arts … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Aloha” means “Why Bother?” with this remake of “Lilo & Stitch”

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

The latest Disney remake of an animated classic makes “Lilo & Stitch” more Hawaiian and less cartoonish. The former might be a big deal, in terms of getting Hawaian culture right and advertising the island paradise-state to tourists. But the … Continue reading →

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