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Movie Review: Taipei’s a Challenge for a young “Left Handed Girl”

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

The team that made the American underclass gems “Take Out,” “Tangerine” and “The Florida Project” turn their eyes to Tapei for their latest, a story of a child growing up in economic hardship and family dysfunction in the anything-for-sale markets … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Dark, Cryptic ’60s Spy Spoof from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Italy — “Reflection in a Dead Diamond”

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

The descriptor “spoof” carries certain implications and obligations with it, chief among them “wit.” French filmmakers Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani have a way with a witty title (“Let the Corpse Tan”). And their early ’60s spy spoof “Reflection in … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”

Posted on November 29, 2025 by Roger Moore

Ordinarily when I review a film in theaters, I label that as “movie review.” Even when that film is heading to Netflix after a short theatrical run, Search Engine Optimization demands that you call it such. But for most Netflix … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: McDowell, Warner and Steenburgen Travel with H.G. Wells — “Time After Time” (1979)

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

The acid test for any beloved film from the past is “How does it hold up?” In the case of the sentimental crowd-pleasing “Time After Time” from 1979, the answer is “pretty well.” I remember being almost giddy leaving the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Pierce, Helena and Gabriel ensure a Young Irish Couple Receives “Four Letters of Love”

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne appear on screen together for the first time in “Four Letters of Love,” a lovely, sentimental and ever-so-Irish romance about fate, faith and the power of words to woo, especially when folded … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A Life Lived with Loss and a Search for meaning — “Train Dreams”

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Train Dreams” is a forlorn folk ballad with pretensions of being a tone poem. This downboat but picturesque saga of one man’s life during the lumbering-mad early years of the 20th century is both intimate and remote. We see a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — “Wicked: For Good” does Dorothy Wrong

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

I said at the start that turning “Wicked” the musical into a two-part big screen epic was a mistake. Just how big a mistake is obvious as this bloated beast staggers to the end of the Yellow Brick Road in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Sisu: Road to Revenge” takes a Wrong Turn or Three

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

I am an audience of one at a late afternoon “preview” matinee of “Sisu 2,” aka “Sisu: Road to Revenge,” the sequel to the savage sleeper hit by Finnish carnage Jalmari Helander. Do the locals know something I don’t? Or … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A New Yorker widowed by a Police Shooting seeks Justice in “Aftershock: The Nicole P. Bell Story”

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

An infamous police shooting leads to trials and a search for justice that doesn’t end in a courtroom in “Aftershock” The Nicole P. Bell Story.” It’s a sturdy, often moving fil built aroud Rayven Symone Ferrell’s affecting performance in the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Of Course Kevin James stars in the “Playdate” from Hell

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

The most violent children’s entertainment since “The Silence of the Lambs” stars Kevin James, features Isla Fisher as leader of a hard-drinking “gang” of soccer moms and gives the inventive character player Alan Tudyck his best shot at impersonating and … Continue reading →

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