Monthly Archives: September 2025

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 →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: Widower Timothy Spall crosses Britain on “The Last Bus”

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 →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on ASC Blackfriars, “Two Gents”

Movie Preview: A second peek at Daniel Day-Lewis in “Anemone”

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Samantha Morton and Sean Bean join the Oscar icon in his big screen comeback, a tale of sibling violence and isolation and the past you “cannot face.” Oct. 3.

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: A second peek at Daniel Day-Lewis in “Anemone”

Series Preview: Jason Clarke hunts “The Last Frontier” for

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Clarke plays a Federal Marshal hunting for convicts who’ve escaped from the crashed plane that was carrying them in this 10 episode thriller series from Apple. Haley Bennett, Alfre Woodard, Dominic West and Simone Kessell co-star as loved ones, escapees, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Series Preview: Jason Clarke hunts “The Last Frontier” for

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 →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: A Slight Flight of Fantasy Fancy billed as “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”

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 →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: The Deal with the Devils it takes for “Him” to Make it in Pro Football

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 →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Documentary Review: Entrancing “Trains” is a History of Europe through its Rails and Rolling Stock

Movie Review: A Dark Night of “La Dolce Vita” — “Finally Dawn”

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

Federico Fellini cast a jaded, bemused eye on the postwar Italian decadence and indulgence with “La Dolce Vita,” a cinema classic about a generation just removed from decades of fascism and war partying, reveling in paparazzo-pursued celebrity and an internationally … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: A Dark Night of “La Dolce Vita” — “Finally Dawn”

Movie Review: Cryptic Creepiness in Cymru (Wales) — “Rabbit Trap”

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

Existential musings about the nature of sound, past trauma and childlessness occupy the lovely headspace of “Rabbit Trap,” a quiet and obscurant folk horror tale set in 1970s Wales. Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen (“The Alienist”) co-star as a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: Cryptic Creepiness in Cymru (Wales) — “Rabbit Trap”

Movie Preview: Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn — “Let’s reboot ‘Anaconda'”

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

Here’s a comic lark of a lark, alleged adults remaking “a movie we loved when we were kids.” A remake about making a remake. A Christmas comedy of the “What could go wrong?” variety. Love that cast. But…snakes?

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Comments Off on Movie Preview: Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn — “Let’s reboot ‘Anaconda'”