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Movie Review: Make “Animal Farm” Great Again?

Posted on April 23, 2026 by Roger Moore

George Orwell’s parable of totalitarianism earns a Trump era updating in a new animated “Animal Farm,” this one backed by Angel Studios and not the CIA. Actor turned “Venom” sequel director and the one-and-only “Gollum” in J.R.R. Tolkienland Andy Serkis … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Coogan and Bird Charm their Way through a Class on Fascism — “The Penguin Lessons”

Posted on April 20, 2026 by Roger Moore

No English speaking actor in film is better at making caddish and insufferably self-absorbed charming than Steve Coogan. That proves to be a saving grace of “The Penguin Lessons,” a sweet saunter through a true story of a rescued bird … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “I Was a Stranger” and You Welcomed Me

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

Just when you think that you’ve seen and heard all sides of the human migration debate, and long after you fear that the cruel, the ignorant and the scapegoaters have won that shouting match, a film comes along and defies … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer”

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Roger Moore

Sometimes a film title says it all, or at least entirely too much. Turkish filmmaker Tolga Karaçelik blunders into that truism all too eagerly with his American feature film debut — a comic thriller he deigned to over-label “Psycho Therapy: … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Don Johnson REALLY wants what’s in storage “Unit 234”

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s got a “name” or used to be “name” cast, a compact setting, a twisty plot and the director of “Sweet Home Alabama” behind the camera. “Unit 234” has the makings of a gritty B-movie that makes the most of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Kirby Howell-Baptiste is our Tour Guide among “We Strangers”

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

A hint of the inscrutable can do service to any film in any genre, and it pays off some surprising ways in “We Strangers,” an oddball domestic dramedy about a “domestic” and the dizzy white folks who hire her. Veteran … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: “Detour” (1945), still as Noir as Film Noir Gets

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

“That’s life,” the anti-hero of “Detour” growls in voice-over. “Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you.” Hardboiled, archetype-upending and gorgeous in its bare-bones minimalism, “Detour” is quintessential film noir. “The Maltese Falcon” preceded it and … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Avatar” owns the Weekend, but “David” and “Housemaid” find their Audience

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

A $12 million Thursday preview and $25 million+ Friday adds up to a blockbuster start for “Avatar: Fire & Ash,” James Cameron’s third film in his planned five or six film exercise in Pandora fantasy world-building. Deadline.com thought it might … Continue reading →

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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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