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Author Archives: Roger Moore
Movie Review: The Last Bon Bon of Summer — Dafoe Faces the Prospect of “Late Fame”
There are worse obssessions a film buff could indulge in than making a point of catching every film Willem Dafoe takes a role in. An Actor and Artist who merits a capital “A” when labeled such, he rarely disappoints, especially … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “The End of Oak Street,” End of Summer Dregs
Say what you want about the Spielberg-lite creature feature “The End of Oak Street,” but Oscar winner Anne Hathaway makes us believe that she believes it’s “The End.” A seriously silly movie that misses more laughs than it reaches for, … Continue reading
Netflixable? Self-Centered Actress/Mom’s Come Home to “This, That and Everything in Between”
“This, That and Everything in Between” is a perfect covers-all-the-bases title for a soap opera. In this case, the soap in question is a feature length film from the Philippines. But “soap” is what this meandering mess stumbles into after … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A “Burning” “Rashomon” from Kyrgyzstan
It may be ethnocentric to think this way, but one can’t help but hope that universally recognized civil rights, liberty and justice make their way into every corner of the world. Because you never know what sort of values you’ll … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A “Last Ride” with Spike Lee’s Less Talented Kid Brother
“Last Ride” is a bit of a head-slapper, a creaky, crawling thriller with intensely unlikable characters doing one stupid thing after another and a screwy semi-supernatural plot that staggers from the unlikely to the insanely inane. It stumbles out of … Continue reading
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Movie Review: You Can’t Spell Heartache without “H is for Hawk”
Almost all of us missed “H is for Hawk” when it was shown in “select cinemas” last winter. And we’re all the poorer for it. This sublime, understated film — based on a memoir by Helen MacDonald — is another … Continue reading
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Tagged brendan-gleeson, claire-foy, falconry, goshawk, movie-review, movies, Reviews
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Classic Film Review: Dietrich and Douglas, Posh Infidelity with “The Lubitsch Touch” — “Angel”
It’s 1937, and Marlene Dietrich would let the world know she could shed almost every hint of her German accent when it suited her purposes. Melvyn Douglas proved that all a bland leading man needed to do was grow a … Continue reading
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Tagged books, classic-film, film, history
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Netflixable? It’s “The Last House” and Nobody Should Buy It
“The Last House” is “A Quiet Place” with rain — “A Rainy Place.” With survivalism. And monsters. It’s a dull and exceptionally stupid environmental thriller, sort of “The Revenge of the Sea” for dummies. Screenwriter Matthew Robinson wrote “Love and … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Discovering his Greek Roots in “A Spartan Dream”
A little charm is meant to go a very long way in the daft and twee Greek American comedy “A Spartan Dream.” Never quite funny but aspiring to “cute,” it serves up a little Greek history — some of it … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “The Debt Collector” owes us Our Time Back
“The Debt Collector” is a rigidly, laughably formulaic martial arts thriller that takes forever and a day to tick off the checklist of ingredients of that formula. The plot of this Thai tale is so moldy, with one mandatory waypoint … Continue reading
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