Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Review: “The Life of Chuck” Dances for the Reason to Live at the End of the World

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Speaking as a critic who’s been “blurbed” a few times over the decades, you’ve got to recognize the double-edged sword such “recognition” in the advertising on a poster for a movie is. That’s you, out there, effusive in your praise, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Tour of Jolly Olde Zombieland “28 Years Later”

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

It begins with children watching the “Teletubbies” on the tube, reaching for a more innocent time. But the TV is just a distraction. Parents have parked their kids in front of it while they cope with the awful news they’ve … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: All that stands Between a Black family and Starvation (and being Eaten)? “40 Acres”

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Our apocalyptic times are summoning cinema that reflects a survivalist bent, be it faith-based preppers ready for societal collapse (“Homestead”), America’s open political wounds resulting in “Civil War” or the umpteenth iteration of End Times brought on by zombies (“28 … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Sorry, Baby”

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

I’m having a hard time tracking down YouTube versions of newer “Splitsville” and “Predator Badlands” trailers in theaters this weekend. But this earlier one was among the Neon and A24 and Searchlight fare promoted before a showing of “The Life … Continue reading →

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Thursdays are for Cine-bingeing

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s a long day at the movies which I hope to squeeze in zombies, Rebel and brides and Tom Hiddleston. A couple of movies, maybe as many as four. A popcorn addiction nourished, kids films avoided. Hard to avoid zombies, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Jeremy Allen White is “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

The Golden Globe (LOL) winning star of “The Bear” plays The Boss at a pivotal moment in his hyped rise from star to “artist” to “legend.” It’s about writing and performing the confessional “Nebraska” LP, and getting “suits” to believe … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: An Indian Woman stands up to a “Pinch,” and Faces the Consequences

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

Uttera Singh’s “Pinch” is a picture that runs on outrage. It shows us a sex crime and demonstrates how hard it is to get anyone — including women, her own mother and even herself — to take it seriously in … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A Monstrous Hit-man takes on Masked Mass Murderers in Japan’s “Demon City”

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

Movies like “Demon City” are why we pay extra attention to that one credit in an action picture’s production — “action choreographer” or “stunt coordinator.” More that one actor I’ve interviewed over the years has mentioned he or she took … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Duhamel’s a hit-man laying low, but with “London Calling”

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

On the run from a London job “gone wrong,” forced to babysit a mob boss’s son (Jeremy Ray Taylor) and make a (Murderous?) “man out of him.” Aiden Gillen, EveryVillain Arnold Vosloo and Daniah De Villiers star in this Sept. … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Brit Baby Boomer lost in His Own World — “Billy Liar” (1963)

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

Falling into “Billy Liar” is no easy feat, even for a film buff, over sixty years after it was released. It’s been included in more than one list of “the 100 Best British Films Ever Made,” albeit in the bottom … Continue reading →

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