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Netflixable? Jolie as Callas, “Maria,” a Diva at Death’s Door

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Maria” is an operatic bio-pic in every sense of the word. In director Pablo Larraín’s vision of “La Callas,” the diva’s diva Maria Callas, there is tragedy off-stage but serenity in the spotlight, an artist wholly prepared and fully immersed … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Keira and Ben Whishaw try to survive London’s “Wick World” of “Black Doves”

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Roger Moore

The one hard and fast rule of streaming action series these days is that they have to be page-turners. The plot has to not just lure us in, but repeatedly add wrinkles to drag the viewer into that next episode. … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Mary” inspires a Biblical biopic

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Roger Moore

Long before Joseph of Nazareth reveals himself to be an action hero, saving the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus from rapacious Romans, the not-entirely-Biblical, not-exactly historical bio-pic “Mary” has lost its way. It’s not the great Sir Anthony Hopkins … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Parole violators don’t stand a chance against “Officer Black Belt”

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Roger Moore

Absurd on its surface and dark hearted to say the least, “Officer Black Belt” is a violent thriller that flirts with being a Korean action comedy. If you can get by the murderers, rapists and many child molesters brought to … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Santa’s helpers take it off — “The Merry Gentlemen”

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

Netflix’s conquest of “The Hallmark Holiday Movie” as a genre continues with “The Merry Gentlemen,” a snowy tale of Santa season stripping to save the family bar. These movies follow a fairly strict formula, and this one — scripted by … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Hot Frosty” serves up a Snowman Who’s “Cut”

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

When it comes to holiday films, American tastes long ago moved into HallmarkLand. Christmas princes, princesses, holiday get-aways that turn into second chance romances, holiday movies these days are all about Dolly Parton, Nicolas Sparks and sentiments — and plots … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Troubled Couple’s Children have “Vanished into the Night”

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

The stakes could not be higher in the thriller “Vanished into the Night.” A father, in debt and going through a divorce, loses his children to kidnappers and must reconnect with a hoodlum from his wayward youth to raise the … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Argentine half-siblings are “(Un) Lucky Sisters”

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Roger Moore

They blow the “meet cute” in the Argentine action comedy “(Un) Lucky Sisters,” and its pretty much all downhill from there in this short but not remotely brisk tale of two disconnected half-sisters who stumble into their late father’s secret … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A woman pursued by a serial killer, and paralyzed — “Don’t Move”

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Roger Moore

Two things you can say for the Sam Raimi-produced thriller “Don’t Move” is that it sprints by — thrillers on the move have to — and that it’s part of a sub-genre that has proven a goldmine in decades past … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A TV reporter fakes his way to folk hero status — “The Man Who Loved UFOs”

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Roger Moore

In the 1980s, Argentina became the new epicenter of the UFO conspiracy universe as an intrepid and enterprising TV reporter doggedly pursued and then presented “proof” of a UFO landing in the mountains of rural Argentina. His breathless, credulous reporting … Continue reading →

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