Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Review: Ralph Fiennes tries to Herd Back-Stabbing Archbishops through a Papal “Conclave”

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Roger Moore

A pope dies and over 100 of his archbishops gather to politic, poor-mouth, backbite and backstab their way towards electing another in “Conclave,” a deliciously dark, well-acted and beautifully-filmed inside-Vatican-intrigues thriller. Director Edward Berger (“All Quiet on the Western Front”), … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Actress fights cancer, heartbreak and career setbacks, including “Your Monster”

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

What manner of miscalculated meshuggagh mashup is this? “Your Monster” is a “personal demons” rom-com take on “Beauty and the Beast,” one with the beast willing to offer to “eat” the creep who jilted fair Laura when she was diagnosed … Continue reading →

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It’s “Conclave” Sunday in America

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

A box office hit, and a packed house suggests a lotta people are skipping Sunday Mass in Durham., NC. The lady yelling “It’s NOT a comedy” at the people  laughing at the wicked twists and backstabbing must be Leonard Leo’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Little Boys on the Run “Beyond the Wasteland” of Macedonia

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

The child of about nine lives with his father in the forest, hidden from “the evil outside” world, off-the-grid, with hints that there might be no grid left. They hunt and forage, set traps and makeshift alarms and hole-up in … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Boris and Bela in Old Edinburgh — “The Body Snatcher” (1945)

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

Censored and edited to death and long thought “lost” in its original form, “The Body Snatcher” is a 1945 horror tale that retains its ability to chill you to the bone. Produced by horror impressario Val Lewton (“Cat People”), directed … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A French “Jumanji” with time-travel and werewolves — “Family Pack”

Posted on October 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Family Pack” is a slick, silly, hot-mess of a fantasy comedy, a French “Jumanji” based on a French board game. A French family — including aged, forgetful Grandpa (the great Jean Reno) — tempts fate by playing an old, carved … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Peter Sarsgaard is Roone Arledge at the Munich Olympics — “September 5”

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

A terrorist attack on the ’72 Munich Olympics Village and ABC…Sports is there. A behind the scenes thriller about how TV responded to a live event of global implications, this looks solid if not star studded. If you’re wondering about … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “We Live in Time” and Weep — Just in no Particular Order

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

“We Live in Time” is an old-fashioned weeper, a “Love Story” with a British accent with a “meet cute” and falling hard and Big Dreams and tragedy just around the corner. But director John Crowley and screenwriter Nick Payne tell … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Venom: The Last Dance,” and Thank God for That

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

Well, that’s enough of THAT, thank-you very much. Maybe now that the steadily deteriorating Marvel franchise “Venom” has stuck out its tooth-ringed tongue one last time, we can get our Tom Hardy back. The actor who made his mark in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Switzerland’s Oscar contender has a Peruvian flavor — “Reinas”

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences changed its “Best Foreign Language Film” category at the Oscars to “Best International Feature,” it was designed to make the Academy Awards seem less Hollywood-centric, less like “English” was the official … Continue reading →

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