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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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Movie Review: Finnish Metalheads aim for more face-melting on a “Heavier Trip”

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

Well, Hell. Now I’ve got to go back and catch “Heavy Trip,” the Finnish metal band comedy from 2018, the movie that inspired “Heavier Trip.” “Heavy Trip” is on Tubi. Do your homework before catching the sequel in cinemas! It’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A French “Robin Hood” robber enjoys “Freedom,” between heists and prison time

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Roger Moore

The ambitiously titled “Freedom” is a heist picture that makes more promises than it keeps. The latest feature from actress turned director Mélanie Laurent (“Now You See Me,” “The Flood”) sets up as a French Robin Hood tale of an … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Church and Politics mix and mingle among the “Godless”

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Godless” is a self-serious drama about the collision of politics and faith with a couple of decent moments and solid lead performances by Ana Ortiz and Harry Lennix going for it. Working against it are a static staginess in the … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Documentary captures “Martha” Stewart in her Multitudes

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Roger Moore

At her zenith, Martha Stewart could come off as insufferable, an icy perfectionist who’d never let a hair seem out of place or a place setting pass that didn’t have hand-made touches. But even her haters had a hunch she … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: More Teased than Terrified by What’s Behind that “Cellar Door”

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Cellar Door” is an attempt at the thriller-as-parable, a suspenseful story about a troubled couple tested by temptation and the ugly “answers” they might find by peeking behind that which they’ve been warned to never open, the cellar door of … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Indian influencer cedes “CTRL” of her online life at her own peril

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

“CTRL” is a slick and melodramatic Indian variation of the “runaway computer/evil AI” formula, a tale that begins jaunty and jokey and staggers into sinister in the most heavy-handed ways. Ananya Panday stars as Nella, a pretty young woman who … Continue reading →

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Series Finale: “The Grand Tour: One for the Road” lets Clarkson, Hammond and May drive, sail and rail into the Sunset

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Roger Moore

I was late but not terribly late getting around to “Top Gear,” finally bingeing on DVD screeners of the series the BBC was sending me for review about three or four years after the motoring show was rebooted around star … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Illusory Haitian-American Dream just beyond the “Mountains”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Mountains” is a simple, intimate one-family’s view version of the “American “Dream” that could not be more timely. In this film, that one family is Haitian. Set in and around Miami’s “Little Haiti,” Monica Sorelle’s debut feature is built on … Continue reading →

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