Monthly Archives: October 2026

Documentary Review: The Canadian Who Cooked Up “SNL” — “Lorne”

Posted on October 11, 2026 by Roger Moore

Lorne Michaels, the inscrutable guru who changed Saturday nights in America by creating “Saturday Night Live” and then presiding over it for almost all of its 51 years, is the “star” and central figure of mystery of “Lorne.” The documentary … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Can “Animals” Stick the Landing?

Posted on October 10, 2026 by Roger Moore

Isn’t it about time that America’s film schools added a “How to End Your Movie” course to their curricula? I know that they don’t have such “Finishing” or “Stick the Landing” stand-alone tutorials set up, and not just from covering … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Remembering “Tenzing” and Hillary and their Ascent of Everest

Posted on October 9, 2026 by Roger Moore

The viewer keeps waiting for “Tenzing,” the new bio-drama of the life of “the other man” to be the first to summit Mount Everest, to take a false step. But director Jennifer Peedom comes from documentaries and she’s made films … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Don’t Move” or the Creature in the Creature Feature will Get You

Posted on October 6, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Don’t Move” begins with a tragedy so vivid and horrific it sets us up for a much better thriller than the movie that follows. A competent, can-do mother braves the flames of a seedy amusement park haunted house horror ride … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Friedkin tries Funny — “The Brinks Job”(1978)

Posted on October 5, 2026 by Roger Moore

It’s not shocking to realize that William Friedkin, one of the star directors of ’70s filmmaking, took a breather and attempted a caper comedy after the ordeals of “The French Connection” and “Sorcerer,” seeing as how the latter film damn … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Hole Even “Digger” Cruise Can’t Shovel His Way Out Of

Posted on October 2, 2026 by Roger Moore

One has to appreciate the huge swing four-time Oscar winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu and his Oscarless star Tom Cruise took with their climate crisis and culture satire “Digger.” But it’s still a swing and an epic miss. The director of … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: The Duke, Quakers and the Original “Angel and the Badman” (1947)

Posted on October 1, 2026 by Roger Moore

John Wayne was on the cusp of his career peak when he struck off on his own and produced and starred in “Angel and the Badman,” a project written and directed by James Edward Grant, who’d become Wayne’s confidante and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: An “Angel and the Badman” in which Tommy Lee Jones plays Neither

Posted on October 1, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Angel and the Badman” is a remake of a classic John Wayne Western of the 1940s, with Oscar-winner Tommy Lee Jones in the role of the cagey marshal in this corner of the mythic West and EveryVillain Neal McDonough as … Continue reading →

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