Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Review: A “Boxcutter” Dreams of his Big Hip Hop Break…in Toronto

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

An aspiring rapper pins all his hopes on a make-or-break meeting with a famous producer at a “secret” party that everybody knows about in “Boxcutter,” an amiable street-life dramedy set on the not-so-mean streets of Toronto. It’s a tale with … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Helmsworth, Halle and Ruffalo, “Crime 101”

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

A Feb. thriller with at least one Scorsese touch. “Gimme Shelter” underscores this heist picture with Chris Hemsworth as a limo driver who knows muscle cars and famous McQueen crime pictures. Mark Ruffalo’s the cop chasing him. Barry Keoghan’s a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Springsteen” makes “Nebraska” — “Deliver Me from Nowhere”

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

Self-revealing, self-examining, self-mythologizing, self-indulgent and self-destructive, those are all phrases that can apply to Bruce Springsteen’s seminal, uncompromising and defiantly anti-commercial album “Nebraska.” It can’t be called the LP that “made him.” But this critically-acclaimed smash from 1982 underscored the … Continue reading →

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It’s Bruce Springstone Movie time!

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

Springsteen? Never hear the name without thinking of this parody. Hope the movie’s epic.

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Classic Film Review: Steinbeck played by MGM Stars in Brownface — “Tortilla Flat”(1942)

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

The lightest of heart and most lightly regarded classic John Steinbeck adaptation, “Tortilla Flat” (1942) came by its “underrated comedy” reputation with the passing years. It’s an ethnic farce by a writer with an eye, ear and empathy for the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Lost Jewelry triggers romance in “The Christmas Ring”

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Christmas Ring” is a new romance novel adaptation starring “One Tree Hill” alumna Jana Kramer and Benjamin Hollingsworth of the aptly-titled Netflix series “Virgin River.” It’s a slow, bloodless romance built on “anticipation” because there’s no conflict, little drama … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Fleeing a Dictatorship via aid from “The Secret Agent”

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

1977 Recife, Brazil. This awards contender (Best International Feature) opens Thanksgiving week in limited release.

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Documentary Preview: A Murphy Love-in? “Being Eddie”

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

The Oscar-winning editor (“The Social Network”) turned director Angus Wall is behind the camera for this new “Eddie…in his words” documentary. Lots of fellow comic fans appear to sing his praises and appreciate the shift he represented in films and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Edgerton and Jones, Condon and Macy in a lush period piece, “Train Dreams”

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Clifton Collins, Jr. joins Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon and William H. Macy for this adaptation of Denis Johnson novella by the director of “Sing Sing.” It’s an intimate, romantic and dangerous epic about the wonders of the woods … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: One more trailer for James L. Brooks’ Jamie Lee/Woody/Kumail and Emma Mackey feelgood film — “Ella McKay”

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

Dec. 12.

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