Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Review: Mom’s lost it, Dad’s “rescued” her and Kids Give Chase — “A Kind of Madness”

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

It must be the lucid moments that hurt the most, the ones that can remind those with dementia or the other madnesses of old age of just what they’ve lost and what a fog they’re trapped in the rest of … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Tony Hale’s Kid can “Sketch” a magical world to life with just a pen

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

This August 6 looks sweet and Angel Studios wholesome.

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Netflixable? Careerists find Baby Fever “Semi-Soeter” (Semi-Sweeter) in this South African farce

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Semi-Soeter” is a broad, low-hanging fruit “Who has time for a baby?” comedy from South Africa. It’s a sequel to “Semi-Soet” (Semi Sweet), a 2012 South African hit about an ad agency careerist, Jaci (Anel Alexander) who hires a model … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Julia Garner’s a teacher whose class disappears, Josh Brolin wants to know where they went — “Weapons”

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

This one’s giving off “Stranger Things/Village of the Damned” vibes. Been meaning to post it all weekend, as this second trailer is one of the best previews in theaters right now. Toby Huss, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong and Amy Madigan … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: An English Child’s Eye View of WWII — “Hope and Glory

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

There’s a glorious nostalgia to the great British director John Boorman’s World War II memoir, “Hope and Glory.” The sentiment is what sticks with you, a naive child’s memories of not the fear, violence and loss, but of the freedom, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Stormare wants Kinnear to find Duhamel, who’s gone “Off the Grid”

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Career bit player Ricky Russert, who was in “I, Tonya” and TV’s “Outer Banks” and even the recent “MacGuyer” reboot , gets a featured role as a villain in “Off the Grid,” a Josh Duhamel star-vehicle about a scientist who … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: You’ll feel “Sweet Relief” when this inept indie thriller is over

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s a little known truth of indie film sets that the “indier” the film, the less likely you’ll be able to tell the cast from the crew when visiting the shoot. I came to this conclusion covering such low budget, … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Pinter, Losey and Bogarde wind up the Clockwork Creepiness of “The Servant”(1963)

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s been so long since I reviewed anything scripted by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter that I had to refresh my memory about the traits associated with the phrase “Pinteresque.” Let’s see, an “atmosphere of menace,” suspense and tension heightened by … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A “Found Footage” horror comedy about faking Bigfoot

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

Maybe it’s just me, but doesn’t it feel as if any “found footage” spoof should have come out, oh, 12-20 years ago? Of COURSE that title’s already been used (on a 2012 thriller, and a 2016 “3D” horror comedy). The … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Old friends, “Cannibus infused” cuisine, and a missile on its way to wreck the party — “Nuked”

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s the year of apocalyptic movies, thanks to the last few years of American politics. Lucy Punch, Justin Bartha, Anna Camp and Natasha Legerro star in Deena Kashper’s “We’re all gonna DIE!” stoned farce.

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