Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Review: Mexico’s Oscar hope — “We Shall Not be Moved (No nos moverán)”

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

Dostoyevsky’s obsession with the unpunished murderers walking among us weighs heavily on the politics of the present. Criminals whose crimes against people, nations and the rule of law are committed in plain sight or proven in court roam free. People … Continue reading →

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So “Northern Exposure” (1990-95) stole from “Local Hero” (1983)?

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

I’ve never made a secret of my ongoing affection for Bill Forsyth’s classic fish-out-of-water comedy “Local Hero,” the sort of pixiedusted picture that conjured an adoration for small town Scotland even in people who’d yet to venture there when it … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Saudi son thinks “The Fakenapping” is How to Get Money Out of his Rich Dad

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Flashes of competence adorn the new Saudi action comedy, “The Fakenapping.” It’s not badly acted, and the few action beats make one wish director Amine Lakhnech had thrown in a few more car chases around scenic, modern after-dark Riyadh. The … Continue reading →

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Rob Reiner: 1947-2025

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Like most people I’d care to know, I was shocked and saddened to learn of the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle this past weekend in Los Angeles. It’s the sort of crime that makes one leap to … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Angel Studios takes a crack at “Animal Farm”

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

Those wags at Angel decided that the CIA backed 1950s “Animal Farm” wasn’t anti Soviet/collectivist enough. OK, actually, this doesn’t look and sound nearly as Orwellian. “Cautionary,” but with more of a “Zootopia/Chicken Run” animals resistance vibe? That’s what the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Tasty Tangled Web — “Sew Torn”

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

I once covered the first day of the first class of a brand new film school. Directing students were learning how to rehearse a scene with actors, and one of them finished his turn running the set when he asked … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Zootopia” Reigns, “Freddy’s” falls off a Cliff, “Ella McCay” Bombs

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s the calm before the latest “Avatar” storm weekend at the movies. A few titles of modest ambition are rolling out, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is still making money — although not nearly as fast or as much as … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Angel Studios Boldly Weighs in on Human Migration — “I Was a Stranger”

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

If they’re doing exit interviews of the folks who attend their faith-based films, “Sound of Freedom” Angel Studios probably knows how old, white and rural/conservative their audience is. Their movies are promoted in Protestant churches, after all. But they’ve followed … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Spending “Eternity” with…Miles Teller?

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s a cheap shot to label “Eternity” an “endless” romantic comedy that only seems to go on and on forever and ever. But a script with 60 minutes worth of cute/sweet ideas about marriage and the afterlife — none of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Forgettable and Regretable –“Ella McCay”

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Ella McCay” is a blandly-titled collection of randomly-scripted expressions of feelings, political frustration, character failings and over-acted monologues interrupting insufferable and incessant voice-over narration. Its two tedious and under-edited hours play like an aimless attempt at a feel good streaming … Continue reading →

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