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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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Movie Review: “The End of Oak Street,” End of Summer Dregs

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Roger Moore

Say what you want about the Spielberg-lite creature feature “The End of Oak Street,” but Oscar winner Anne Hathaway makes us believe that she believes it’s “The End.” A seriously silly movie that misses more laughs than it reaches for, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: You Can’t Spell Heartache without “H is for Hawk”

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Roger Moore

Almost all of us missed “H is for Hawk” when it was shown in “select cinemas” last winter. And we’re all the poorer for it. This sublime, understated film — based on a memoir by Helen MacDonald — is another … 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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Movie Review: Same ol’ “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” or Not

Posted on July 31, 2026 by Roger Moore

The theory that any movie is improved by the presence of Jon Bernthal gets a stern test in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” As grumpy, crusty, gun-crazy Frank Castle, aka “The Punisher,” reluctant sidekick to Spider-Man, Bernthal curses, sticks his nose … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Jake J. and Steenburgen master Pickleball – “The Dink”

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Roger Moore

“The Dink” is Jake Johnson’s tamest comedy since “Let’s Be Cops.” And even though he’s done the network sitcom thing (“The New Girl”), I’ve got to say it doesn’t really suit him. “Dink” is a not-quite-rom-com about finally giving up … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Brit DJ with a Dead Brother hears the Birth of New Wave — Turn Your “Radio On”

Posted on July 19, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Radio On” is an archetypal ’60s “art film” mystery drama released on the cusp of the New Wave ’80s. The tone is downbeat, the story and performances are minimalist and the narrative is literally driven by a 1960 Rover 80 … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Odyssey” by Nolan

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Roger Moore

Sail we must, on Homer’s “wine dark sea” from Ithaca to Asia Minor and many points in between for the greatest story of them all, the tale of “a face, a fleet…of a war with Troy, of a man and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Black Teen faces the trials of being a “Mississippi Scholar”

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Roger Moore

Earnest, preachy and melodramatic to a fault, “Mississippi Scholar” is exactly the sort of movie that the independent cinema was born to create. Director and co-writer Marcus Bleecker’s film may traffic in tropes and cliches. But it has a vivid … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Edwards and Sellers crash “The Party” in Hollywood (1968)

Posted on July 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

A wicked thought crossed my mind midway through re-watching the Blake Edwards/Peter Sellers farce “The Party,” one of three times the great British funnyman donned brownface to play Indian characters. What would have happened had Sellers, a comic legend and … Continue reading →

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