Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Review: Woman Boxer shows us “The Fire Inside”

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

A couple of great performances lift “The Fire Inside,” a generally conventional “fight picture” about a boxer long odds in pursuit of Olympic glory. The novelty to this compact genre drama from cinematographer turned director Rachel Morrison and Oscar winning … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Dutch underworld’s less of a treat in “Ferry 2”

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

The Dutch underworld saga of “Ferry” Bouman finishes with something like a flourish in “Ferry 2,” the sequel to a gritty rise-of-a-“Pill King” in the Amsterdam underworld tale. But a lot of what precedes that flash finale is pretty frustrating, … Continue reading →

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Series Preview: Former President DeNiro tries to save us from another “Zero Day”

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

Netflix is in the Bobby DeNiro business. This thriller series about the aftermath of a cyber attack on America, and the threat of another, premieres Feb. 20.

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Movie Review: French couple constrained by the limits of “Just the Two of Us”

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Just the Two of Us” is a textbook domestic abuse melodrama, a French film with just enough mystery about it to make us wonder if it will transform into a thriller. Based on a novel by Éric Reinhardt, Valérie Donzelli’s … Continue reading →

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Documentary Preview: A longer (full trailer) look at “Becoming Led Zeppelin”

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Roger Moore

It’s been a long lonely lonely lonely time. But that ends this Feb. “Authorized” and sanitized? Sure. Still looks fun.

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Movie Review: Jackie Chan, in the silly present, in the fantastical past “A Legend”

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Roger Moore

Let the record reflect that Jackie Chan is more limber, nimble and in better faux fighting trim at 70 than you are at 60, 35 or 20, “Boomer,” “Xer,” Millennial or what have you. Hong Kong’s king of martial arts … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Donnie Yen’s a two-fisted cop who kicks more ass as “The Prosecutor”

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Roger Moore

Love that Donnie Yen. Jan. 10.

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Classic Film Review: Cleese shows us Classic Comedy can be “Clockwise” (1986)

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Roger Moore

A person hellbent on maintaining his dignity in the face of everything thrown at him to deny it, and failing, is the essence of comedy. So it was with Keaton, and so it is with Cleese. Somebody said that once. … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” goes “BOOM,” “Mufasa” is NO “Lion King”

Posted on December 21, 2024 by Roger Moore

Adding Keanu Reeves to the (voice) cast of the “Sonic the Hedgehog” franchise pays off with a franchise-best opening weekend for “Sonic the Hedgehog 3.” The franchise-best was the first film, which opened at over $72 million. The third fiilm … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Black Women serve in WWII — “The Six Triple Eight”

Posted on December 21, 2024 by Roger Moore

The only all-Black Women’s Army Corps united to serve in World War II n Europe is fondly remembered in Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight,” a polished, sentimental and old fashioned picture that points out to the culture at large … Continue reading →

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