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Movie Review: The Revolution will be Shoplifted– “I Love Boosters”

Posted on May 23, 2026 by Roger Moore

Capitalism’s end game is taunted and satirized in “I Love Boosters,” a loopy, anarchic comedy about shoplifting, fashion, media mass indoctrination and This Cultural Moment. The latest from the rapper and songwriter turned filmmaker Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You”) … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Cryptic Creepiness in Cymru (Wales) — “Rabbit Trap”

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

Existential musings about the nature of sound, past trauma and childlessness occupy the lovely headspace of “Rabbit Trap,” a quiet and obscurant folk horror tale set in 1970s Wales. Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen (“The Alienist”) co-star as a couple … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Still Married, Still Doomed, “The Roses” (Colman and Cumberbatch) War Again

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

The 36th wedding anniversary is called “The bone-china anniversary,” and no, I’m not just “having a laugh” as the Brits say. I looked it up. That’s not a very flattering label to slap on “The Roses,” a remake of “The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: No Sleep for the “Restless,” but What About Revenge?

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Restless” is a spare, reasonably taut thriller of the “Neighbor from Hell” subgenre, the sort of movie most any member of Western or Eastern Civilization can relate to. Writer-director Jed Hart serves up a little suspense and a few surprises … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Eric Bana and Sadie Sink are a father and daughter staring down a cult — “A Sacrifice”

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Roger Moore

“A Sacrifice” is a thriller about an American father who is the last to realize that his daughter’s being recruited by a German cult. As Ben Monroe is an expert on “groupthink” and cult behavior, this is humbling. He’s the … Continue reading →

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