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Netflixable? Sally Field and an Octopus each Ponder “Remarkably Bright Creatures” peering through the Glass

Posted on May 21, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Remarkably Bright Creatures” is a sweet, sentimental and gratingly-cloying tale of a grieving widow who forms a relationship with the ageing Giant Pacific Octopus at the small town aquarium where she’s the cleaning lady. It introduces but never really addresses … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Renewing “The Commitments” to Irish Soul and Irish Joy (1991)

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

Twas the writer Roddy Doyle who re-introduced the literary world to the concept of “Irish joy.” Sure’twas. His “Barrytown Trilogy” of comic novels in the late ’80s and early ’90s — the self-published sensation “The Commitments,” “The Snapper” and “The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: This “Duchess” Smuggles Diamonds and Gets Her Revenge

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Duchess” is the sort of very bad, over-the-top violent Guy Ritchie knockoff that you get when the wrong film actor or actress takes that “create your own breaks/write a role for yourself” advice seriously. Charlotte Kirk‘s a Brit with a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: When Ireland isn’t Enough, “The Problem with People”

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Roger Moore

A couple of top flight character actors — Irish mainstay Colm Meaney and American kvetcher Paul Reiser — pair up for an Irish comedy about family history, inheritance, grudges and cultures clashing in “The Problem with People.” It’s got the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: There’s no feud like an Irish feud over land, fermented guilt and sheep — “Bring Them Down”

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Not going to sugar-coat this. “Bring Them Down” is rough, a movie of wrenching, insensate cruelty, much of it directed at animals. Writer-director Chris Andrews has made a debut feature that is as hard to watch as any recent film, … Continue reading →

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