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Netflixable? Dios Mio! Dazzling “I Am Frankelda” loses the Plot

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Roger Moore

The cotton tufts of simulated fog that roll into the stop-motion animated terrors of “I Am Frankelda” can resemble hands of the damned frantically reaching up from the depths of whatever lies below. Vividly-colored sets filled with whimsical human (ish) … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Douglas and Morse reminisce about Belize, “Looking Through Water”

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Roger Moore

The best most screen actors can hope for in their dotage is roles that don’t embarrass or seem beneath them. The lucky ones land a decent scripted series or a challenging supporting role on the big screen. But too many … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Earth Stands Still for “Disclosure Day”

Posted on June 13, 2026 by Roger Moore

A vast conspiracy battles militant truth tellers to keep The Biggest Secret of All as the world hurtles towards World War III in Steven Spielberg’s third crack at a “Close Encounters” story, “Disclosure Day.” It’s predicated on the belief that … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Life Lived on the Margins on an Island off Ireland — “Man of Aran” (1934)

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Roger Moore

Hard lives the way they used to be lived are the subject of documentarian Robert Flaherty’s classic “Man of Aran,” a fictional film capturing the traditions of the past on Ireland’s Aran Islands in the 1930s. A black and white … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Ladies First” remakes “I’m Not an Easy Man” in Sexist Shades of British

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Roger Moore

One of the most popular Netflix films from France, “I’m Not an Easy Man” earns a British-accented remake with “Ladies First,” a gender-reversing Sacha Baron Cohen/Rosamund Pike rom-com. Seems to me I traded cars on the review traffic from the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Star Director Remembered in his Own Words — “Sydney Pollack: Collected Interviews”

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Roger Moore

I’m really enjoying and learning a lot about the celebrated, Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack through the assorted journalist interviews, public Q & As and filmmaker-to-filmmaker chats gathered in “Sydney Pollack: Collected Interviews. “ This University Press of Kentucky publication reminds … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Carolina Caroline” and Her Man Oliver Rob their Way through the 1990s South

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Carolina Caroline” is a rigidly formulaic romantic thriller about a couple who meet as grifter-and-trainee and abruptly graduate from picking pockets and quick change scams to bank robberies. It’s dogmatic to the point where any potential surprise is smothered out … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Travolta’s “Propeller: One-Way Night Coach” is One for the Ages — All Ages

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

Back in the good ol’days — the ’90s — John Travolta would love to get off the topic of “Michael,” “Pulp Fiction” or “Get Shorty” in interviews with film journalists like me and regale us with how utterly besotted he … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The “Pressure” of D-Day Weighs on Ike and his Weathermen

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Pressure” is the sort of , stoic World War II drama that Hollywood and Britain used to turn out in the days when the World War II generation was still going to the movies. It’s built on a formula and … Continue reading →

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Series Review: Nic Cage’s a Private Eye Ensnared in “Spider-Noir”

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Roger Moore

Nicolas Cage dons the hat, mask, leather and goggles and plunges straight into the Spider-Verse in “Spider-Noir,” the latest Marvel spin-off to earn a series treatment. An appearance previewed way back in the animated “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” predicated on … Continue reading →

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