Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Review: How did we Ever get through a Weekend without “Saturday Night” Live?

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Roger Moore

As history, “Saturday Night” is the ultimate exercise in “OK, Boomer” nostalgia for “the first generation to grow up on TV.” As entertainment, Jason Reitman’s putting-on-a-show comedy about the chaotic 1975 opening night of “Saturday Night Live” is a breathless … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Pharrell Williams tells his story in Legos — “Piece by Piece”

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Roger Moore

I’m not sure the world asked for a documentary on the rise of one-hat/one-big-hit wonder Pharrell Williams, much less one turned into a Lego animated spectacle. But darned if it isn’t the most adorable, upbeat rendering of an Up-from-the-Projects musical … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Rumours” of a G-7…zombie assault?

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

When the zombie apocalypse comes, the political animals leading the Western democracies will be powerless to stop it. That’s the big message of “Rumours,” a dry, fitfully amusing horror satire of the ineffectual, word-parsing diplomat-speech of G-7 leadership in the … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Indian influencer cedes “CTRL” of her online life at her own peril

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

“CTRL” is a slick and melodramatic Indian variation of the “runaway computer/evil AI” formula, a tale that begins jaunty and jokey and staggers into sinister in the most heavy-handed ways. Ananya Panday stars as Nella, a pretty young woman who … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Pierce Brosnan is an Ancient Irishman trying to get to a D-Day anniversary — “The Last Rifleman”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

White haired, stooped by age and as Irish as he ever lets himself be, we’ve not seen the ex-James Bond like this before. The late John Amos is in this one, with Jürgen Prochnow. It looks and feels exceptionally sentimental, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Liz Hurley’s a Mum who might have to pay the Pied “Piper”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

Candyman movies, Slenderman thrillers, “It!” again and again. Why not a modern day horrific Pied Piper? Stop giggling. Why not, indeed? Puts Elizabeth Hurley on the scary screen roughly at the same as her ex, Hugh Grant, starring as The … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Great Grandpa Stallone still taking on action, this time in “Armor”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

A Heist picture co-starring Jason Patric and a lot of lesser knowns, this one hits theaters and streaming Nov. 22. “Tulsa” kind of hints at it, but this trailer alone reminds us that “Rocky” came out almost 50 years ago. … Continue reading →

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Series Preview: HBO interviews, recreates and reenacts and verifies a stereotype — “It’s Florida, Man”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

Yes, you can find versions of “Florida Man” is every state, especially in your more anti-social rural and MAGA precincts. Sure, most are white. But not all. This series, premiering Oct. 18, is part doc, part “Drunk History” as we … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Cryptic horror heist with thieves sure “Things Will Be Different”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

For “Things Will Be Different,” his debut feature, writer-director (and editor) Michael Felker tries and tries to find ways to strip predictability out of his supernatural thriller. But when you’re working in a genre with fixed expectations, that often means … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview:  An animated biography of a great French filmmaker — “The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

The French animator Sylvain Chomet of “The Triplets of Belleville” brings this influential French playwright and filmmaker’s upbringing and career to the screen in colorful, sentimental strokes. Let’s keep an eye out for this Song Classics release.

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