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Movie Preview: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Jesse Williams, Pierce Brosnan and Lily Rabe — “Curtain Call”

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

A grand dame of the stage faces the end, when she can’t remember her lines. Great cast, headed by a couple of Oscar winners. Alas, the title is invisible on IMdb (this is happening more often), so the Nov. 10 … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Johnny Depp directs Pacino — “Modi”

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

Italian star Riccardo Scardino has the title role, with Antonia Desplat and Stephen Graham joining Pacino in support. Andy Garcia directed and starred in a Modigliani movie over 20 years ago. Let’s see if this one pays off.

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Movie Preview: Kate Beckinsale, still a “Wildcat”

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

Alice Krige and Charles Dance are among the screen veterans joining Beckinsale for this “old special ops team reconnects to rescue one member’s daughter” thriller. James Nunn of the “One Shot” thrillers directs them and Lewis Tan and a big … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Farrell hedges his bets on “Ballad of a Small Player”

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

The latest turn in the twisty, quixotic career of Colin Farrell is a surreal and supernatural gambling tale of one not-quite-posh poseur’s days of reckoning when every debt, every losing streak, every health problem and every crime comes due. “Ballad … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Nic Cage is a father trying to understand the powers and tests facing “The Carpenter’s Son”

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

A test of belief faith-based thriller, with Noah Jupe in the title role and Nicolas Cage as The Carpenter. Looks amazing. Nov. 14.

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Movie Review: Yorgos and Emma and Jesse, lost in “Bugonia”

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

The latest from the challenging and celebrated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos might be his most on point satire yet. The director of “The Favorite” and “Poor Things” addresses the intellectual disconnect of modern discourse, the impatient and sometimes brusque way the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Every Heist needs “The Mastermind” to Plan It

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

Grey skies, a “cool jazz” score and sketchy characters are selling points of “The Mastermind,” a ’70s period piece infused with the “grit” aficionados associate with the films of that benighted decade. It looks the way fall thrillers, even dryly … Continue reading →

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Movie preview: On the road in North Africa, Hunting a Missing Daughter — “Sirat”

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

A Cannes darling gets a November 14 “qualifying” release for awards season. Wider release early next year if awards rain down on this Spanish thriller  from Oliver Laxe.

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Movie Preview: Skarsgård, Pacino and Colman Domingo in Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire”

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

A hostage thriller based on a true story about a guy with a beef with a mortgage broker. Talk about timely. And an anti-hero we can all get behind. Myha’la and Cary Elwes also star in this ’70s period piece … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Black and White Deadpan from the Golden Age of “Indie” — “Down by Law” (1986)

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

Memory always gets the last cut in editing any beloved classic film we embraced, way back when. I recall the totality of writer-director Jim Jarmusch’s work in his indie make-or-break years, the 1980s — the impromptu road trip to Florida … Continue reading →

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