Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Preview: Cassel, Pearce and Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds”

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

April 18. A lot of punch for a mere “teaser.*

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Movie Review: Coming-of-Age Asian American — “Didi”

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Didi” is a gentle but sharp-edged tale of a California teen coming to terms with who he is, a movie that invites grimaces of recognition even as it advertises its “different culture” status. Writer-director Sean Wang’s debut feature fits neatly … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Paul Rudd unleashes his inner creep — “Friendship”

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

First, he’s your pal, welcoming you into his circle, his “hang.” And then he’s not. We knew Paul Rudd couldn’t be that nice. And ageless. “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Tim Robinson stars as a man comically, cruelly upended by his … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Strip off those shirts for “The Demoness”

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

Kazakh filmmaker Serik Beyeu, an editor turned director, demonstrates one clear talent in his latest film. He’s very good at persuading actresses and extras to take their shirts off. “Succubus,” a supernatural thriller re-titled “The Demoness” for video distribution, is … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Jeremy Irons leads a Polish Home Renovation in 1980s London — “Moonlighting” (1982)

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

A cut-rate Polish work crew slips into wintry 1981 London to do an off-the-books home renovation in “Moonlighting,” Jerzy Skolimowski’s droll and intimate comment on capitalism, the collapse of communism and the horrors of cut-rate home repair. It’s one of … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Boy Band Pretty or “Faceless (Shoutai)” he’s too cute to be a mass murderer!

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Faceless” is “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” or just “The Fugitive” for Japan’s current “Seijin no Hi” generation. The conceit is so clever that the clock is probably already ticking on a Hollywood version of this. A … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The terror and heartbreak of life under a dictatorship — the Oscar-contending “I’m Still Here”

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

A mother and father contemplate sending their oldest daughter to London to study. It’s 1970 and the family lives in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has been under a military dictatorship for years. the daughter is college age, rebellious, and the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Thirty scintillating seconds of Pitt, Bardem and Condon — “F1”

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

June 25.

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Movie Review: There’s no feud like an Irish feud over land, fermented guilt and sheep — “Bring Them Down”

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Not going to sugar-coat this. “Bring Them Down” is rough, a movie of wrenching, insensate cruelty, much of it directed at animals. Writer-director Chris Andrews has made a debut feature that is as hard to watch as any recent film, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Bowen Yang & Co. remake “The Wedding Banquet”

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Asian Americans gays cook up work arounds for their “traditional” relatives who don’t understand their sexuality, going so far as to fake relationships and a marriage. Ang Lee’s “The Wedding Banquet” rode the crest of a wave of what we’d … Continue reading →

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