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Movie Review: “Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer”

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Roger Moore

Sometimes a film title says it all, or at least entirely too much. Turkish filmmaker Tolga Karaçelik blunders into that truism all too eagerly with his American feature film debut — a comic thriller he deigned to over-label “Psycho Therapy: … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Zootopia” Reigns, “Freddy’s” falls off a Cliff, “Ella McCay” Bombs

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s the calm before the latest “Avatar” storm weekend at the movies. A few titles of modest ambition are rolling out, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is still making money — although not nearly as fast or as much as … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Freddy’s 2” could edge “Zootopia 2,” “Kill Bill” is back in the Top Ten

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Roger Moore

The weekend after Thanksgiving was traditionally a box office breather, with theaters content to feast on all thoseThanksgiving holdovers on the first weekend in December. “Zootopia 2” and “Wicked 2” are doing well, thanks. And that might have been it … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Injured on a Hike, Pondering what it means “To Die Alone”

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Roger Moore

Say this for the indie thriller “To Die Alone.” It certainly punches above its weight in setting, scenery and the way cinematographer Shelby Lee Parks filmed it. Drone shots that traverse a sea of fir trees far into the horizon, … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A Horror Icon revisits His Many Touchstones — “Sangre del Toro”

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

Guillermo del Toro is not just the fanboy’s fanboy, a comic book collector (“Horror comics, mostly.”) turned Oscar winning horror director. He rivals his idol David Cronenberg as the reigning intellectual of his genre, a thoughtful, philosophical Mexican who knows … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Guillermo del Toro and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” is Gothic horror rendered in the grandest strokes. The expansive, baroque settings are grandeur incarnate, with grandiose performances pitched to fill every pixel of the Grand Guignol frame that the scarlet, grey and gloomy green backdrops … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: Elle Fanning and “Predator: Badlands” open big, “Nuremberg,” “Sarah’s Oil,””Christy” and “Die My Love” not so much

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

Adding the dismembered android upper half of Elle Fanning to the ancient but not-quite-played-out “Predator” franchise is paying off as it rolled up some $14 million+ Thursday night and Friday, on its way to a $40 million opening weekend. Deadline.com … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Chainsaw Man” anime owns the weekend, “Springsteen,” “Regretting You” and “Black Phone 2” chase second place

Posted on October 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

The shrunken state of moviegoing in North America has left the field wide open for films with dedicated fringe audiences to dominate many a box office weekend. “Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc” is the latest Sony Crunchyroll import … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Astronaut” Came Home with More than She Bargained For

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

The new sci-fi thriller “The Astronaut” is a somewhat ungainly marriage of “Alien” and “E.T.” It begins with mystery and danger and the best of intentions. But the longer the marriage goes on, the worse things get. Kate Mara has … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Haunted Subway Stop lures the Suicidal to Barcelona — “Last Stop: Rocafort St.”

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

A great location is wasted and a true piece of Barcelona lore is exploited and clumsily “explained” in “Last Stop: Rocafort St.,” a supernatural thriller from director and co-writer Luis Prieto. There really is a subway stop where suicides are … Continue reading →

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