Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Netflixable? Keira puts to Sea Again to Solve the Mystery of “The Woman in Cabin 10”

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

A novel that wears its Agatha Christie antecedents entirely too obviously becomes a Keira Knightley star vehicle in “The Woman in Cabin 10,” a film whose producers were clever enough and careless enough to cast Guy Pearce as her foil. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Thuggish Cops face the vengeance of “The Roughneck”

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Austin North‘s a son on his way to his wedding, veteran heavy Holt McCallany is his ex-con dad, the only guy he can count on when he’s jumped in an Interstate rest area by goons who appear to be above-the-law … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Elizabeth Olsen has to choose Miles Teller or Callum Turner to spend “Eternity” with

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

A bit conventional for A24, a post mortem love triangle involving the one she spent her life with and the one who got away. Nov. 26, we figure out whom she chooses.

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Movie Preview: Sam Raimi’s putting Rachel McAdams in Peril? “Send Help!”

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

Trapped in Bro-town, the lone survivor of a corporate jet crash aside from sexist pig boss Dylan O’Brien. McAdams revisits her inner Mean Girl in this one. I’m SERIOUSLY digging the vibe from this Jan. 30 release.

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Movie Review: A Haunted Subway Stop lures the Suicidal to Barcelona — “Last Stop: Rocafort St.”

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

A great location is wasted and a true piece of Barcelona lore is exploited and clumsily “explained” in “Last Stop: Rocafort St.,” a supernatural thriller from director and co-writer Luis Prieto. There really is a subway stop where suicides are … Continue reading →

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Series Preview: Netflix decides the Time is Right for a Presidential Assassination Mini-series — “Death by Lightning”

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

Let CBS/Paramount/Skydance pay extortion money and ABC/Disney shake in its boots. Netflix defiantly taps into the zeitgeist with a tale of President James Garfield and the guy who stalked and shot him. Michael Shannon plays Garfield, Matthew McFadyen is the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Ben Kingsley shows up to Scold “Young Washington”

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

Native tribes, troublesome Frenchies and those imperious Brits face “Young (George) Washington” during the Seven Years War, aka “The French and Indian War” now recognized as the “First World War” ever fought. Way back when Virginia’s young gentleman was just … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A Long Lost Painting goes to “Auction” in the Most Complicated Ways

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

A “degenerate” artwork by Egon Schiele, long lost and then found…with a messy stolen-by-Nazis history. Alex Lutz and Léa Drucker are among the stars of a “Who really owns this?” art world saga. This “true story” drama by Pascal Bonitzer … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Quintessential Keaton, Parenting with a Feminist Message — “Baby Boom” (1987)

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

The death of Diane Keaton over the weekend had a lot of us poking around streaming services, hunting for something to remind us of what made the Oscar winner an icon of her era. We settled into “Baby Boom” in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Life Shaped by Burns, the Bible, Baseball and Jack Buck — “Soul on Fire”

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Soul on Fire” is a touching faith-based bio-pic that pushes all the right emotional buttons. It rarely misses a beat and never misses a button. It’s about a child burned nearly to a crisp who survives through perseverance and a … Continue reading →

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