Monthly Archives: July 2025

Movie Review: Dumb and dumber? Nah. “Heads of State”

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

If puns are “the lowest and most groveling form of wit,” where does the jokey/dopey action comedy “Heads of State” sit on that scale? It’s got puns. Groaners. Lots of them. And action film cliches and buddy comedy bickering and … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: “How to make a cute/kinky ’60s Euro-thriller”is laid out in “Trans-Europ-Express”

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

“How to brainstorm a genre screenplay” is trotted out and exposed for the amusing and mundane process it is in Alain Robbe-Grillet’s goof of a thriller, “Trans-Europ-Express.” Every trope, all the cliches and archetypal characters, the “How do we get … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Peter Weller wants Jack Kesy, the killer they call “Bang”

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

A hitman redemption story with oodles of violence? “John Wick” ish? This one looks over the top. July 11, we find out if it delivers for the goods.

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Movie Preview: Lily James needs Riz Ahmed’s help in getting justice — “Relay”

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Kind of an “Equalizer” movie for the “Anonymous” era, “The Amateur” with Riz not Rami as the expert in things you need to be an expert in to get even. Sam Worthington’s the heavy. An August release.

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Movie Preview: Father Taron Egerton cares for daughter Ana Sofia Heger — “She Rides Shotgun”

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

On the run from the mob, on the lam from dirty cops. Egerton’s a walking muscle for this one. Aug. 1

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Movie Review: If the Priests Aren’t Up to it, “Dark Nuns” Will Handle this Exorcism

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Back in the olden days, a local archdiosce might appeal to the Vatican for a little help when it came to demonic possession of good Catholic folk in their care. Before you could say “La plume de ma tante!” Max … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Tracking a Syrian War Criminal down a French “Ghost Trail”

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

An obsessive search for justice and closure consumes a Syrian on the hunt for an Assad regime war criminal in “Ghost Trail,” a quietly gripping thriller about Syrian expats in Europe pinning their hopes on “international justice” as they conspire … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Another taste of what “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” holds in store

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Why, a Jazz Age scandal, of course. The “Lady” Mary does what the rich folks did, and the common folks now do. Sept.12.

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Movie Review: Korean Catholics have their own way of Exorcising Demons — “The Priests”

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

Well Go USA is about to unleash the sequel to the Korean exorcism thriller “The Priests,” titled “Dark Nuns,” in North America. So they figured they’d put the original 2015 hit out there for people who want to catch. Not … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Colman Domingo’s the MC and Glen Powell’s “The Running Man” in Edgar Wright’s Remake

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

Josh Brolin’s the recruiter/rules “explainer” in this version of the Stephen King novel. There’s William H. Macy and Wright’s boy Michael Cera and lots and lots of gonzo Edgar Wright touches. Powell? He’s about as uninhibited as we’re likely to … Continue reading →

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