Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Avengers…ASSEMBLE! A reunion?

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

Sure. Well, it’s the actors who STARRED as “The Avengers.” They have a message for America, too.

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Netflixable? Troubled Swedish Family has to “Let Go” to break-up

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

Swedish actress, screenwriter and director Josephine Bornebusch conjures up a downbeat star vehicle for herself with “Let Go,” about a dysfunctional family’s trip to support their sixteen year-old in a pole-dancing competition. Sweden, right? There’s a catatonic grandfather to visit, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Reinventing the Haunted House Genre? “Presence”

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

The trailer is creepy enough, although the hyped quotes pushing this January release seem to be a collective over-reach. But maybe it’s all that. Certainly looks a step or two above your average weekly and ever-so-generic horror offering.

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Movie Review: A “Gump” sized Gimmick in Search of a Movie — “Here”

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Here” is such an empty cinematic experience that it summons up everything you ever hated about a Robert Zemeckis movie and the Zemeckis “style.” An Oscar winner with enduring classics scattered across his resume — “Cast Away,” “Back to the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Liam in Winter — “Absolution”

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

Any grace notes 70something Liam Neeson brings to his aging and about to become infirm man of action in “Absolution” are pretty much overwhelmed by cliches, loose ends and overreaches in a sloppily pieced-together screenplay. Character motivation and the hasty … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Church and Politics mix and mingle among the “Godless”

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Godless” is a self-serious drama about the collision of politics and faith with a couple of decent moments and solid lead performances by Ana Ortiz and Harry Lennix going for it. Working against it are a static staginess in the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: J Lo and Bobby Cannavale raise a teen wrestler to be “Unstoppable”

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

Jharrel Jerome stars as Anthony Robles, an amateur wrestler who fought to fame despite being born with just one leg. Don Cheadle, Mykelti Williamson and Michael Pena also star in this January release from Amazon/MGM.

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Movie Review: A Lad is Tested, “Lost on a Mountain in Maine”

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

A piece of Maine woodlands lore comes to the screen in “Lost on a Mountain in Maine,” a sturdy indie retelling of the story of a boy battling long odds against his survival in the dense woods and ever-changing weather … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A Chilly Period Piece about a Rescue at Sea that Goes Wrong — “The Damned”

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

The trailer to this 19th century age-of-sail horror tale plays like an oft-told tale of the sea. A snowy Icelandic fishing village fails in its responbility to its brother mariners, and is “damned” for it. Odessa Young stars in this … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Lucy Hale, Virginia Gardner, “serial killer s—” and a vigorous game of “F Marry Kill”

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

Bethany Brown, JayR Tinaco (Um, how DO you pronounce that?), Brooke Nevin and Haley Victoria Hunt empty out Hollywood’s supply of Pretty Young Things for this cast. “Serial dating” features in what turns out to be another “true crime podcast … Continue reading →

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