Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Documentary Review: “Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan” and how a TV host Changed America

Posted on August 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

He wasn’t a natural “performer.” Ed Sullivan had a face made for radio and voice best appreciated in print, where he’d gained fame as a Broadway columnist and sportswriter. Stiff, later somewhat stooped, with odd vocal cadences and a fear … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Hedge your bets, “Kill the Jockey”

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

The Argentine actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart gives off strong Roberto Benigni energy in the surreal, or at least wildly eccentric “Kill the Jockey.” His haircut and slight jockey’s build makes the physical resemblance land, even if the character has relatively … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Rami Malek, Michael Shannon and John Slattery judge Russell Crowe at “Nuremburg”

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Landing the now-burly Russell Crowe to play Nazi leader, art plunderer and Luftwaffe blunderer Hermann Goering s quite a coup. He’s joined by fellow Oscar winner Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, “Mad Men” co-star John Slattery and Lotte Verbeek, Richard E. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: An immigrant’s unlikely romance with a yokel new to New York — “Preparation for the Next Life”

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Romance with a dash of “You’ll be deported” thrown in. Sebiye Behtiyar stars, with Fred Hechinger as the purehearted hick-from-the-sticks with his own secrets in a film from the director of the Oscar-nominated doc “Minding the Gap,” Bing Liu. Sept … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Social Media’s watchdogs, trapped in an “American Sweatshop” of disturbing videos

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Lili Reinhart stars in this drama about a Youtube/Facebook/Twitter company’s last line of defense against snuff films, grooming perverts and the like. “Remember, we are not censors, we are moderators.” Thus, the company washes its hands of warped “monsters” and … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Bad Guys” and “Naked Gun” cops can’t catch “Fantastic Four”

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

A hyped-to-death comedy reboot, a smart horror picture and an animated sequel were no match for Mighty Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” snore, as that comic book reboot managed another $40 million on its second weekend at the box … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: “Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation,” a Writer, a Book, a Legend and a Legacy

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

Natalie Merchant, the singer and songwriter of “Hey Jack Kerouac” among other hits, thinks that one reads and is swept up by his novel “On the Road” when young because “You’re kid of wired for it in adolescence.” The actor, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Brie and Franco find being “Together” can get horrifically out of hand

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

The sometimes-excruciating existential pain of “coupling” becomes physical torture — played-for-laughs — in the darkly comical “Together,” a bloody “body horror” rom-com about commitment. Writer-director Michael Shanks, making his feature directing debut, pairs up Allison Brie and Dave Franco as … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: More Animal Kingdom Capering, “The Bad Guys 2”

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

The hot talk around the pool, on the beach and in the Back to School sales this weekend has to be about the “Bad Guys” sequel. “Wasn’t it cool when…How about when the snake swallowed his girlfriend’s FACE…When the piranha … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Sad Truth about “The Naked Gun” — “the New Version”

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Brevity is the soul of wit,” and “The Naked Gun” reboot starring Liam-Neeson-not-Leslie-Nielsen passes by in 85 minutes, credits to credits. So, “Mission: Accomplished?” Alas, there are maybe 20 minutes worth of jokes, sight-gags, slapstick bits and innuendo in those … Continue reading →

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