Top Posts & Pages
- Series Review: A "Grand(ish) Tour" returns... as a "clip show"
- Classic Film Review: What does one make of Alex van Warmerdam's "The Northerners" (1992)?
- Documentary Review: The Insufferable Ages into Adorable -- "Marty: Life Is Short"
- Movie Review: Love, Sex and Steroids in Affluent Italia -- "Love Me, Love Me"
- Movie Review: Injured on a Hike, Pondering what it means "To Die Alone"
- Movie Review: "Der Tiger" ("The Tank") Lumbers down a Too-Familiar Path
- Movie Review: Good Gawd, Gosling! "Project Hail Mary"
- Documentary Review: A "Caterpillar" figures a change in Eye Color will Make him a Butterfly
- Movie Review: The Peter Pan who would be "The King of Pop" -- "Michael"
- Movie Review: Inquest into a career-killer -- "The Accidental Husband"
Find a Movie Review
Like Movie Nation on Facebook
Author Archives: Roger Moore
Robert Redford: 1936-2025
Hard as it might be to believe, there is such a thing as being too “classically handsome” or just entirely too good looking when you’re a movie star. Don’t ask Warren Beatty, whose ambition and range were obvious and whose … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Tagged film, movie-reviews, movies, paul-newman, robert-redford
Comments Off on Robert Redford: 1936-2025
Movie Review: “Samurai Fury” Triggers an Insurrection in Old Nippon
A badass ronin swaggers and slices his way through Medieval Kyoto in “Samurai Fury,” an action epic about a tax revolt in a time of plague and famine. Ryosuke Kakine’s historical novel — “Muromachi Outsiders” — was inspired by real … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Tagged japan, japanese-action-cinema, movie-review, ronin-movie, samurai
Comments Off on Movie Review: “Samurai Fury” Triggers an Insurrection in Old Nippon
Movie Review: Coming Out in the ’90s is no Easy Thing for “Plaintclothes” Cop
“Plainclothes” is a simple but engaging “coming out” tale of the sort we’ve been seeing for decades now. But the performances are understated and spot-on. And writer-director Camen Emmi’s feature debut reels us in through the simple trick of not … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Tagged film, gay-history, movie-review, movies, queer-in-the-90s
Comments Off on Movie Review: Coming Out in the ’90s is no Easy Thing for “Plaintclothes” Cop
Documentary Preview — “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror”
Hell’s bells, has it really been FIFTY YEARS? This doc about the loopy, toe-tapping, trans-happy, Meat Loaf rocking musical starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Bond villain Charles Gray (“It’s just a JUMP to the left…”) and its creator, … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Documentary Preview — “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror”
Movie Preview: From Asbury Park to “Nebraska” — Jeremy Allen White is The Boss — “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”
Pretty fair likeness, I’d say. The star of “The Bear” channels 30something Springsteen as he takes on the existential and creative crisis that turned into “Nebraska.” Scott Cooper of “Crazy Heart” and “Hostiles” directs. Decent buzz for this Oct. 24 … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Preview: From Asbury Park to “Nebraska” — Jeremy Allen White is The Boss — “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”
Movie Review: Pot’s a Crime Unequally Punished in “Grassland”
“Grassland” is an intimate social justice drama about the bottom level of the marijuana business, a tale told in the last of its years as a banned and not merely “controlled substance.” A single mom struggles to make ends meet … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Review: Pot’s a Crime Unequally Punished in “Grassland”
Movie Preview: Crispin Glover checks in at Hotel Hell — “Mr. K”
Has a “Delicatessen” vibe, does it not? And Glover has completed the transition to dead ringer for his Bond villain/”Barney Miller” recurring dad. This makes a North American release appearance Oct. 8.
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Preview: Crispin Glover checks in at Hotel Hell — “Mr. K”
Documentary Review: Celebrating the Artistry of a “Massacre” set in “Texas” — “Chain Reactions”
Film fan lore has long implied that Steven Spielberg, the producer of the horror blockbuster “Poltergeist,” was really its director or at least co-director. The 1982 film has Spielbergian touches — compositions, classical editing, the striking lighting and the inclusion … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Tagged chain-saw-massacre, charles-whitman, film, horror, horror-violence, movies, stephen-king, takashi-miike, tobe-hooper
Comments Off on Documentary Review: Celebrating the Artistry of a “Massacre” set in “Texas” — “Chain Reactions”
Movie Preview: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal tell the tale of “Hamnet,” Shakespeare’s son
The Immortal Bard’s son Hamnet died at 11. His twin, Judith, lived to the ripe old age of 77. Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about the bereaved parents has been adapted by Oscar winner Chloe Zao (“Nomadland”) with Buckley and Mescal as … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Comments Off on Movie Preview: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal tell the tale of “Hamnet,” Shakespeare’s son
Netflixable? “aka Charlie Sheen” shows us a Bad Boy at 60
Here’s a thought. Of the legions of Hollywood offspring who became “nepo baby” movie stars, Charlie Sheen may be the only one to question his status and how he got it, who developed guilt over his fame and even his … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news
Tagged charlie-sheen, cinema, documentary-review, film, movies, netflix, sean-penn
Comments Off on Netflixable? “aka Charlie Sheen” shows us a Bad Boy at 60
Movie Nation 