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Classic Film Review: Hello, Dolly — “9 to 5” becomes a Clarion Call for Working Women

Posted on September 1, 2026 by Roger Moore

You know and I know the title song “9 to 5” was always better than the movie “9 to 5,” right? Memory can fix a “classic” film’s failings, and this one — a big, touched-a-nerve hit when it premiered in … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A Classic Film, Controversy, and Wounded Turkish Pride — “Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey”

Posted on August 31, 2026 by Roger Moore

There was a time when movies could create an international furor that could last for years — decades, even. If you think North Korea’s war on Sony over “The Interview,” racist YA sci-fi fans fuming over the fact that Black … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? DeNiro, Monaghan and Scott need answers from “The Whisper Man”

Posted on August 29, 2026 by Roger Moore

Crackling performances and a twisty plot that mixes melodrama with suspense recommend “The Whisper Man,” a new thriller based on an Alex North novel. It’s “Silence of the Lambs” paying homage to “The Slender Man,” a tale of fathers and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Buddy Comedy with “Idiots”

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Idiots” is a buddy comedy with raunchy promise, funny players and no pace. I mean NONE. If this was “Midnight Run,” which it resembles, it’d be “Midnight Stroll.” If it was “The Last Detail,” which also figures in its plotting, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Ridley’s Believe in it, or Don’t — “The Dog Stars”

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Roger Moore

“The Dog Stars” is the sort of movie that late August is infamous for — a dog that the studio couldn’t figure out how to fix or market into a success, so they dumped it on Labor Day Weekend. It’s … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A Filmmaker Father Reckons with the Loss of his Son — “Remake”

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Roger Moore

The grim finality of loss hangs over legendary filmmaker Ross McElwee’s “Remake.” A meditation on grief, guilt and an obsession to honestly and frankly document one’s life and share it with the world, it may not be the last film … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: The First Person Diary Doc is born on “Sherman’s March” (1986)

Posted on August 16, 2026 by Roger Moore

It’s hard to remember how “out there” Ross McElwee’s landmark “personal journey” documentary “Sherman’s March” was in 1986. A confessional, cutesie, creepy and revealing snapshot of the South and one privileged movie maker’s revisiting of his romantic past and revelation … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Dietrich and Douglas, Posh Infidelity with “The Lubitsch Touch” — “Angel”

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Roger Moore

It’s 1937, and Marlene Dietrich would let the world know she could shed almost every hint of her German accent when it suited her purposes. Melvyn Douglas proved that all a bland leading man needed to do was grow a … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Cocteau Kink? “Les parents terribles — The Terrible Parents,” aka “The Storm Within”(1948)

Posted on August 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

One of the most praised French films of its day, Jean Cocteau’s 1948 dark comedy “Les parents terribles” still summons a chuckle or two and a cineaste’s appreciation of its compact, concentrated mise en scene-focused compositions, cinematography and editing. Its … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Gen Z confronts “I Want Your Sex” Reality — with Trepidation

Posted on August 1, 2026 by Roger Moore

Some of us saw this coming way back when “Tron” was rebooted as “Tron: Legacy” The chilly, chiseled perfection that was Olivia Wilde just screamed “dominatrix,” and maybe a future in Cruella de Vil/Nora Desmond roles. Wilde, dolled up in … Continue reading →

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