Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Kris Kristofferson, Singer, Songwriter and movie star –1936-2024

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Roger Moore

His weathered voice and high mileage good looks made it seem almost miraculous that he made it around the sun 88 times.  And what did Kris Kristofferson do with those 88 years? An Army Air Corps brat (Dad eventually became a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Francis Shrugged — “Megalopolis”

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Roger Moore

It’s a pity the great filmmakers can’t all bow out with “A Passage to India,” “The Dead” or “Charlie Wilson’s War.” And it’s a shame Francis Ford Coppola didn’t have some dream literary adaptation, some piece of Italian or Italian-American … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: “Will & Harper” take a Road Trip to test America’s Transgender Tolerance

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Roger Moore

What was “the pitch” for “Will & Harper” like? This road trip documentary about two longtime friends and colleagues getting together after one has transitioned is sweet as can be, but it’s “showbiz” all the way. Will Ferrell met Andrew … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Aisling Bea and Nick Frost take the kids on the Vacation from Hell — “Get Away”

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Roger Moore

Well, “We’ve taken holiday to a Swedish horror film” is how they put it. A little “Wicker Man,” a lot of Every Other “We’re not welcome here” thriller. With dark dark laughs. This horrific farce from beyond the sea is … Continue reading →

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Series Finale: “The Grand Tour: One for the Road” lets Clarkson, Hammond and May drive, sail and rail into the Sunset

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Roger Moore

I was late but not terribly late getting around to “Top Gear,” finally bingeing on DVD screeners of the series the BBC was sending me for review about three or four years after the motoring show was rebooted around star … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Kate Winslet plays a Combat Photographer few recall — “Lee” Miller

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Lee” is a sturdy, episodic and sometimes moving “what I did in the war” biography of combat photographer Lee Miller. She was a pioneer in the field, breaking down barriers, making her mark at the time. The reason we’ve not … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Navigating one’s teens might be easier with a little help from “My Old Ass”

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

There’s a cute coarseness that lets “My Old Ass” live up — or down — to its title and its standing as “An Aubrey Plaza Comedy.” That’s Plaza’s brand, after all, and she is the title character. But this sentimental … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Nature meets High Tech Nurture in Dreamworks’ charming “The Wild Robot”

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

The charms of “The Wild Robot” sneak up on you. A futuristic tale, the adaptation of Peter Brown’s kid-lit book summons up memories of the great animated films for children of the past. It was bit of a hard sell, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Ana de Armas is no mere Tiny Dancer — “Ballerina” kicks ass in The John Wick universe

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

Ian McShane and the late Lance Reddick and Keanu are back to pass the torch. Oscar winner Anjelica Huston, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Norman Reedus are among the newcomers. McShane’s hotelier/assassin world insider is a groomer? Interesting.

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Movie Review: South Africans bungle their overreaction to “The Shakedown”

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The Shakedown” is an intermittently amusing dark comedy about blackmail and the “accidents” that happen when inexperienced folks overreact to it. An over-achieving “wellness and medical” insurance broker irks his dopey mistress and she threatens to expose him, wrecking his … Continue reading →

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