Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Classic Film Review: Diane Keaton’s lone doc directing credit, “Heaven” (1987) earns a restoration/re-release

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

The recent passing of Oscar winning actress Diane Keaton is reason enough to revisit one of her few directing credits, the lone documentary on her resume. “Heaven,” which she completed and Island Pictures released back in 1987, when Keaton was … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: Elle Fanning and “Predator: Badlands” open big, “Nuremberg,” “Sarah’s Oil,””Christy” and “Die My Love” not so much

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

Adding the dismembered android upper half of Elle Fanning to the ancient but not-quite-played-out “Predator” franchise is paying off as it rolled up some $14 million+ Thursday night and Friday, on its way to a $40 million opening weekend. Deadline.com … Continue reading →

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Christmas comes early? For a Miyazaki fan, you betcha

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

Can’t wait to read and review the new book by Nicolas Rapold. Great anime is always a grand escape, like visiting a museum where the artwork tells a tale.

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Documentary Review: A “Caterpillar” figures a change in Eye Color will Make him a Butterfly

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Caterpillar” presents itself as a gay man’s documentary journey of self-discovery, when it’s really about body dysphoria/dysmorphia and faddish cosmetic surgery taken to its extreme. David Taylor, a Miami hairdresser is biracial, wrestling with a troubled childhood, acceptance and obsessive … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Amanda Seyfried founds The Shakers — “The Testament of Ann Lee”

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

Mona Fastvold’s film biography of a prophet of her times, a founder of a Christian sect which endures in some corners of New England to this day, suggests passion and historical detail — well, save for the fully furled sails … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Finding “Feel Good” feelings and Purpose after Cancer — “Paper Flowers”

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

This feel good drama, “inspired by a Huffington Post” essay titled “Thank You, Cancer,” is an unlikely “for your consideration” contender being rolled out during awards season. Not a “name” most of us will recognize in the cast, but a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Postpartum as Improv Exercise — “Die My Love”

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

Most movies come to you, but challenging ones make you come to them. Even when they’re assaulting you in your seat, they demand your attention, understanding and interpretation to come off. “Die My Love” is a broken romance and deep … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Relearning the lessons of “Nuremberg”

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

The stakes could not have been higher. The bloodiest war in history had just been brought to an end, and not all the “monsters” who launched it and conceived and carried out the worst genocide in human history had been … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Mel Gibson reminds cultish hostage takers it’s “Hunting Season”

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Roger Moore

She tried to get away, they shot her. Now Mel and his daughter are mixed up in their “business.”

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Classic Film Review: Lonsdale hunts Fox in Zimmerman’s “The Day of the Jackal” (1973)

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Roger Moore

Pristine, sleek and stylish, “The Day of the Jackal” is a period piece that’s aged into a period piece about a period piece. Director Fred Zinnemann’s film of Frederick Forsythe’s thriller novel recreates chic early ’60s Euro-travel, wining and dining … Continue reading →

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