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Rob Reiner: 1947-2025

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Like most people I’d care to know, I was shocked and saddened to learn of the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle this past weekend in Los Angeles. It’s the sort of crime that makes one leap to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Tasty Tangled Web — “Sew Torn”

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

I once covered the first day of the first class of a brand new film school. Directing students were learning how to rehearse a scene with actors, and one of them finished his turn running the set when he asked … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Zootopia” Reigns, “Freddy’s” falls off a Cliff, “Ella McCay” Bombs

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s the calm before the latest “Avatar” storm weekend at the movies. A few titles of modest ambition are rolling out, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is still making money — although not nearly as fast or as much as … Continue reading →

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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: Slovenia’s Hope for an Oscar? Catholic Choral “Little Trouble Girls”

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Little Trouble Girls” is a conventional girls’ coming-of-age tale whose clever twist is equating sexual awakening with spiritual awakening, at least in the eyes and ears of an impressionable teen. Slovenia’s bid for a Best International Feature Film Oscar covers … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Freddy’s 2” could edge “Zootopia 2,” “Kill Bill” is back in the Top Ten

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Roger Moore

The weekend after Thanksgiving was traditionally a box office breather, with theaters content to feast on all thoseThanksgiving holdovers on the first weekend in December. “Zootopia 2” and “Wicked 2” are doing well, thanks. And that might have been it … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Beloved Child Inspires a Grand Tragedy — “Hamnet”

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Roger Moore

The greatest play in the English language was born of father and mother’s wrenching loss of their firstborn son. That’s the premise of Maggie O’Farrell’s historical novel “Hamnet,” now turned into an intimate Chloé Zhao period piece about a child’s … Continue reading →

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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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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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BOX OFFICE: “Wicked” blows up the Box Office “For Good,” but will records fall?

Posted on November 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Considering that it’s on over 4100 screens, is the sequel/second half of a blockbuster that fans couldn’t get enough and it showing pretty much every thirty minutes at every cineplex in America, “Wicked: For Good” had better blow up at … Continue reading →

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