Monthly Archives: September 2025

Movie Review: “The Senior” is “A 59 year-old ‘Rudy'”

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

If you’re a sports fan, chances are if you’ve ever heard of Sul Ross State University, it’s because they let a 59 year-old walk-on play football for them back in the mid 2000s. That true story of Mike Flynt, who’d … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Argentine Teen Dreams of “Alemania” (Germany)

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Alemania” is a quietly compelling coming-of-age melodrama set in Argentina. A teenage girl focuses on one dream — a semester abroad studying in Germany. But her troubled family life in the the country’s 1990s economic downturn threatens that goal. Her … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A Son Hunts for the WWII Pilot Father he Barely Knew beyond “The Green Box: At the Heart of War”

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

As World War II fades into history and the numbers of those who lived through it and can bear witness about it decline by the hour, the lessons of that era seem doomed to be forgotten. Generations have grown up … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story”

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

The stakes could not be higher. The sneering gang of armed men burst into the house, punch and abuse the inhabitants and ransack the place looking for “the money.” The husband is bloodied and the pregnant wife slapped around, all … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Widower Timothy Spall crosses Britain on “The Last Bus”

Posted on September 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

The first impression Timothy Spall made on film fans was when he played a plump, delusional, somewhat daft chef in Mike Leigh’s quirky slice-of-working-class dream, “Life is Sweet.” Restaurateur Aubrey thought putting boiled bacon consumme, prune quiche and pork cyst … Continue reading →

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ASC Blackfriars, “Two Gents”

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

A famous stage director who ran the drama department of a theatre conservatory I used to cover and review once told me that in this show, the best test for a young actor is pairing them up with the dog, … Continue reading →

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Camera Heritage Museum, Staunton, VA.

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

One of those quirky little museums that celebrate a collector and her or his passions. The Camera Heritage Museum in Staunton has some 7000 cameras and accessories, nearly two centuries’ worth — under one roof and on display. Here, David … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Slight Flight of Fantasy Fancy billed as “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

Pairing up Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell for a big screen fantasy romance doesn’t pay off in “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” a film that has one or two big moments on its road-trip-romantic “journey,” a little digitally augmented “beauty” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Deal with the Devils it takes for “Him” to Make it in Pro Football

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

Pro football, the movie doctor about to take on the institution over the issue of “Concussion” was famously warned, “owns a day of the week. The same day the Church used to own!” “Him” is a horror movie that takes … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Entrancing “Trains” is a History of Europe through its Rails and Rolling Stock

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Trains,” the new dialogue-free “found footage” documentary by the Polish filmmaker Maciej Drygas, is one of the most original pieces of movie-making you’re likely to run across. Drygas tells a history of Europe through the first half of the 20th … Continue reading →

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