Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Review: Dorky Swedes “Watch the Skies” as they close in on UFO answers

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

You’re going to have to make an effort to find a theater (or very soon a streamer) playing “Watch the Skies.” And the whole point of this review is to ensure that sci-fi fans make the effort. Smuggled into cinemas … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Hurry Up Tomorrow” because this Weeknd outing can’t end soon enough

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

In “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” the Grammy Award winning pop star The Weeknd takes another stab at screen stardom, playing a troubled and lonely version of himself who finds out — the hard way — how “personal” some of his fans … Continue reading →

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A marathon movie day ends with a sneak of “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

Will it be as good as “Watch the Skies” (review here) or more on a “Surfer” level? Gotta be better than “Juliet & Romeo.” Then again, maybe not. Some days, one feels the need to catch up with a few … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: “Chicken Run” turns 25, an Animated Comedy Classic based on Classic POW Tales

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

If I hadn’t seen it in a cinema packed with children, I’d have never believed “Chicken Run” was a kids’ film. The conceit, the jaunty Englishness of it all, the very dated references and the homages are all elements only … Continue reading →

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Series Preview: “Spiderman” gets a “Sin City” spin –“Spider-Noir”

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

The fake trailers for this MGM/Amazon project have flooded the Internet this year. Nicolas Cage in the Spidey suit, with a fedora and trenchcoat. This 1930s set alt universe Spider features Li Jun Li, Brendan Gleason, Lamorne Morris and Jack … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Traumatized Artist flees Home, “Bound” by the Family She Leaves Behind

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

The germ of a halfway interesting story is lost in a cornucopia of cliches and coincidences in “Bound,” an indie drama about fleeing abuse only to wind up in the supportive arms of a slew of open-hearted New Yorkers. Sure. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Oedenkirk is still “Nobody” you want to mess with — “Nobody 2”

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

A “strictly family time” vacation with the kids, wife (Connie Nielsen) and Christopher Lloyd along for the ride? Sharon Stone and Tom Hanks’ kid as villains? Beating your way through a tsumani of rural America carnies? Mark me “PRESENT.” Michael … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Vince Vaughn invites Staten Island to eat with their “Nonnas”

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Nonnas” is a heaping helping of cinematic Italian-American comfort food, a family rom-com where the romance is in the food and the comedy is in the scrappy little old ladies who prepare it. Director Stephen Chbosky (“The Perks of Being … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The Third “F1” trailer gives Kerry Condon center stage

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Rome” star, the ostensible love interest for this June 27 release, sets out the stakes and the “team sport” nature of Formula One racing.

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Movie Review: A Ghost Story that Maybe Gives too much away with its title — “The Ruse”

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

You’ve got a plot that was clever enough to land veteran character actress Veronica Cartwright (“Sideways,” “Alien,” “The Birds”). Shooting and editing your film, you can’t wait to get to the third act where you can “explain” its cleverness to … Continue reading →

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