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Movie Review: Adrift in the Working Class Underbelly of Oz — “Flathead”

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Flathead” is an Australian docudrama peek into the country’s hidden-in-plain-sight underclass. It takes its title from a popular fish Down Under, one of the foodstuffs we see processed, picked, packed and prepared by the migratory workers of many cultures, a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Mother’s Past and Present Blur “When Fall is Coming”

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

François Ozon has to be the French cinema’s premier poker player. With his genre-bending/expectations-upending dramas (“Everything Went Fine”), dramedies (“In the House”), feminist comedies (“Potiche”) and musical drama mysteries (“8 Women”), you’d hate to be seated at the same table … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Louis Mandylor commits another War (Movie) Atrocity — “Prisoner of War”

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

The director and star of the most laughably under-researched WWII action pic in ages strikes again with “Prisoner of War,” a Scott Adkins martial arts star vehicle that puts a kickboxing RAF pilot on the Bataan Peninsula of the Philippines … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Moss and Hudson battle over the “Shell” of Eternal Beauty

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Shell” is a body horror thriller with hints of Michael Critchton’s “At What Price Eternal Beauty?” sci-fi “Looker,” and pretensions of the Demi Moore satire it borrows from the most, “The Substance.” An actress pursues the latest thing in beauty … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “A Long Walk” on the Road to Nowhere

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

It doesn’t do “The Long Walk” any favors slapping the previews to the remake of “The Running Man” on before the opening credits. “Walk” is “Running” without the running or the amped-up game show “entertainment” elements. The title and the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: If the Priests Aren’t Up to it, “Dark Nuns” Will Handle this Exorcism

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Back in the olden days, a local archdiosce might appeal to the Vatican for a little help when it came to demonic possession of good Catholic folk in their care. Before you could say “La plume de ma tante!” Max … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Korean Catholics have their own way of Exorcising Demons — “The Priests”

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

Well Go USA is about to unleash the sequel to the Korean exorcism thriller “The Priests,” titled “Dark Nuns,” in North America. So they figured they’d put the original 2015 hit out there for people who want to catch. Not … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Cry “Havoc,” and let’s slip Tom Hardy another ammo clip

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

Netflix writing a big fat check to the filmmaker who gave us the gonzo Indonesian action franchise “The Raid” was a smart move. But even fans of the over-the-top mayhem that is writer-director Gareth Evans’ trademark may be moved to … Continue reading →

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Richard Chamberlain: 1934-2025, Mr. Miniseries of “Thornbirds” and “Shogun” dies the day before his 91st Birthday

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

Richard Chamberlain, whose death was confirmed today, came to fame as a “teen idol,” the “McDreamy” of his day playing a young physician on the TV version of “Dr. Kildare.” He had a few shots at big screen stardom — … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Serious and Seldom Seen Sellers — “The Blockhouse” (1973)

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

Filmed on the whim of a liquor empire heir, a “true story” whose German Army WWII victims were changed to French and citizens of other occupied countries, “The Blockhouse” is one of the strangest titles in the later, quixotic career … Continue reading →

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