Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Preview: German Kids Resist Facism When They Learn the difference between “Truth & Treason”

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

The world remembers and obsesses over history’s monsters, but it reveres those who resist hatred and tyranny. Especially young people clever enough to figure out other peoples’ “fuhrer” is an empty suit, a vindictive clown and stupid. Ewan Horrocks of … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Christian Bale is The Monster, Maggie Gyllenhaal makes Jessie Buckley “The Bride” of Franken-you-know-who

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

One Gyllenhaal (Maggie) steps behind the camera, another (Jake) in front of it for this all star re-imagining of “The Bride of Frankenstein.” Set it during the James Whale Gothic America of the 1930s, put Oscar winner Christian Bale in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Senior” is “A 59 year-old ‘Rudy'”

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

If you’re a sports fan, chances are if you’ve ever heard of Sul Ross State University, it’s because they let a 59 year-old walk-on play football for them back in the mid 2000s. That true story of Mike Flynt, who’d … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Argentine Teen Dreams of “Alemania” (Germany)

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Alemania” is a quietly compelling coming-of-age melodrama set in Argentina. A teenage girl focuses on one dream — a semester abroad studying in Germany. But her troubled family life in the the country’s 1990s economic downturn threatens that goal. Her … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Kirsten Callaghan is Mercedes Gleitze, an Aspiring Channel crosser out for her “Vindication Swim”

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

“I DID swim the Channel!” “I know that you did, but they’ll never BELIEVE you.” An accomplished long-distance swimmer, a hoax and period piece that probably won’t be able to ignore the fact that an American beat her to the … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A Son Hunts for the WWII Pilot Father he Barely Knew beyond “The Green Box: At the Heart of War”

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

As World War II fades into history and the numbers of those who lived through it and can bear witness about it decline by the hour, the lessons of that era seem doomed to be forgotten. Generations have grown up … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story”

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

The stakes could not be higher. The sneering gang of armed men burst into the house, punch and abuse the inhabitants and ransack the place looking for “the money.” The husband is bloodied and the pregnant wife slapped around, all … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Widower Timothy Spall crosses Britain on “The Last Bus”

Posted on September 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

The first impression Timothy Spall made on film fans was when he played a plump, delusional, somewhat daft chef in Mike Leigh’s quirky slice-of-working-class dream, “Life is Sweet.” Restaurateur Aubrey thought putting boiled bacon consumme, prune quiche and pork cyst … Continue reading →

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ASC Blackfriars, “Two Gents”

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

A famous stage director who ran the drama department of a theatre conservatory I used to cover and review once told me that in this show, the best test for a young actor is pairing them up with the dog, … Continue reading →

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Camera Heritage Museum, Staunton, VA.

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

One of those quirky little museums that celebrate a collector and her or his passions. The Camera Heritage Museum in Staunton has some 7000 cameras and accessories, nearly two centuries’ worth — under one roof and on display. Here, David … Continue reading →

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