Monthly Archives: May 2026

Movie Review: A Fantasia on European History “The Year Before the War”

Posted on May 17, 2026 by Roger Moore

Young Hitler inveighs to any who will listen the evils of meat and the virtues of vegetarianism. The already-famous Freud answers every question with a question with all answers leading to “sex.” Lenin and Trotsky snigger and giggle at the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: This Romantic Corner of Tuscany is “No Place to be Single”

Posted on May 14, 2026 by Roger Moore

“No Place to be Single” is a scenic but featherweight Italian romance set in the most popular region of Italy for film romances — Tuscany. Based on a novel by the prolific Italian romance novelist Felicia Kingsley, it’s got sex … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Twenty Feet Tall and Still Hiding in the Dark — “The Yeti”

Posted on May 13, 2026 by Roger Moore

“The Yeti” is a low-budget creature-feature that’s terrible on pretty much every level. Badly scripted, wootacting, dreadful effects that have that cast brushing fake snowflakes out of their hair and lit like a teenager’s in-mom’s-closet podcast, it’s an abominable waste … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: The Insufferable Ages into Adorable — “Marty: Life Is Short”

Posted on May 13, 2026 by Roger Moore

Maybe he wore us down. The decades of often indifferent movies, the endless wacky guest-spots on sitcoms, chat show appearances that fatigued the host and viewer long before the commercial break, all of that took its toll on the public … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Peter Pan who would be “The King of Pop” — “Michael”

Posted on May 9, 2026 by Roger Moore

Most reviews are in and the furor has abated a bit even as Spike Lee has weighed in on the “Elephant in the Room” missing from the new “Michael” Jackson biopic by Antoine Fuqua. But fans are still showing up … Continue reading →

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Series Review: A “Grand(ish) Tour” returns… as a “clip show”

Posted on May 9, 2026 by Roger Moore

We all knew, or perhaps hoped, it would come to this. Richard Hammond even joked about it on their “farewell” program — “We don’t have to end up in the same old folks’ home, do we?” Our three blokey blokes, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Same ol’ “Mortal Kombat,” but Urban adds a little Humor — “Mortal Kombat II”

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Roger Moore

Video game fans seem to never tire of film adaptations of beloved big screen throwbacks to their misspent youth. The movies are often plotless, just collections of quips and a parade of indifferently tied-together scenes with this or that beloved … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Sheep Detectives” hunt for Suspects when their Shepherd is Offed

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Roger Moore

I can’t say much for the plot of “The Sheep Detecives,” a children’s murder mystery about talking, crime-solving sheep from those sheep-and-murder mad Brits. The “murder mystery” isn’t particularly mysterious and its solution leaves a lot to be desired. And … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? The “Son-in-Law” — His Corrupt Rise and Fall

Posted on May 5, 2026 by Roger Moore

Movies like “Son-in-Law” force the viewer to ponder the difference between “confused” and “confusing” narratives. Critics use “confusing” when we’re willing to give the filmmakers the benefit of the doubt about tangled and unconventional plotting. “Confused” puts the blame squarely … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Period Piece as Dated as its Period — “The Choral”

Posted on May 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

The writing and directing duo who brought “The Madness of King George (The Madness of George III),” “The History Boys” and “The Lady in the Van” first to the London stage, and then to the screen skip the whole West … Continue reading →

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