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Movie Preview: Shia LaBeouf works on inmate “Henry Johnson” for David Mamet

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Evan Jonigkeit has the title role, and Chris Bauer is in the supporting cast of this May 9 release. Mamet has stepped into throughout his career, but his recent outspoken turns of phrase and thinking probably explain why this 2:25 … Continue reading →

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Charles Bronson has every year’s Best Earth Day Message

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Roger Moore
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Movie Review: A Robot Might Provide or Deny “The Last Spark of Hope”

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Almost all science fiction is in the business of world-building, creating a landscape, setting, period in time or even “universe” where the story takes place. Dystopias engage in world-destroying. The Polish thriller “The Last Spark of Hope” manages to serve … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Viola Davis is a (literally) Embattled President trying to Survive “G20”

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

When it comes to action pictures, there’s “So bad that it’s good” and whatever the hell “G20” amounts to. So bad that it’s not godawful? The idea of Oscar winner Viola Davis, aka “The Woman King,” as a two-fisted, combat … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Chloe Sevigny, Claes Bang and Lily McInerny, Coming of Age by the Sea — “Bonjour Tristesse”

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Françoise Sagan’s novel about a teen who makes trouble for Dad (Bang), Dad’s lady (Naïlia Harzoune) and her late mom’s bestie (Sevigny) as a way of showing off she’s 18 and pretty and knows everything. May 2.

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Classic Film Review: Cabot, Sanders and Tierney fight Nazis by Proxy in Africa — “Sundown” (1941)

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Sundown” is a lightly regarded “all-star” action picture that gets lost in the history of that cinematically storied year, 1941. When “Citizen Kane,” “The Maltese Falcon,” “How Green Was My Valley,” “Sullivan’s Travels,””High Sierra,” “The 49th Parallel,” “Sergeant York,” “Meet … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: No Big Names, Just Jokes and a Cute Title — “Greek Mothers Never Die”

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

A rom-com that Gravitas picked up for May 9 (streaming) release. Doesn’t look like much, but you never know. “Greek” in the title is a foolproof hook.

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Netflixable? Dutch cops try to free “iHostage” from an Apple Store

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

At some point in the police procedural “iHostage” the viewer is obliged to fight off the urge to look up the Dutch translation for “Yeah, and?” Let me save you the trouble. It’s “Ja, en?” The film is a solid, … Continue reading →

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Series preview: Remaking Alan Alda’s “The Four Seasons” with Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo and Will Forte?

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

TBH, there was no LOL at the news this had come to pass. I kind of cringed, truth be told. “A series?” As if that 1981 feature film wasn’t interminable enough. Yes, that early 2000s generation of TV funnyfolk are … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The Horror Movie that an NFL Career puts players through — “HIM”

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

Marlon Wayans and “Atlanta” alumnus Tyriq Withers star in this horror allegory about “What are you willing to sacrifice” for the fleeting fame of an NFL career? Aside from CTE, wrecked joints, shortened life span, etc? Great timing, with the … Continue reading →

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