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Netflixable? A “Trainwreck” documentary remembers “The Real ‘Project X'”

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

It was just a movie, but those of us who saw it and brought an adult persective to reviewing “Project X” back in 2012 picked up on the ante it was upping. Decades of raucus youth party pictures, from “Animal … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Muay Thai vs Zombies — “Ziam”

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

Nothing to see here, just another country and another culture coping with the Zombie Apocalypse. “Ziam” is basically a test for those of us committed to watching any thriller featuring Muay Thai martial artists facing and dispensing with hordes of … 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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Movie Review: Offerman’s a “Sovereign” who thinks God and Guns and misreading the Constitution can beat Banks, Courts, Cops and The System

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

Smart, tense and thought provoking, “Sovereign” is a movie of its moment — thirty years of American moments. An “inspired by true events” thriller built around a stunning performance by Nick Offerman, it offers insights into Red State America and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Stormare wants Kinnear to find Duhamel, who’s gone “Off the Grid”

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Career bit player Ricky Russert, who was in “I, Tonya” and TV’s “Outer Banks” and even the recent “MacGuyer” reboot , gets a featured role as a villain in “Off the Grid,” a Josh Duhamel star-vehicle about a scientist who … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: You’ll feel “Sweet Relief” when this inept indie thriller is over

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s a little known truth of indie film sets that the “indier” the film, the less likely you’ll be able to tell the cast from the crew when visiting the shoot. I came to this conclusion covering such low budget, … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Pinter, Losey and Bogarde wind up the Clockwork Creepiness of “The Servant”(1963)

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s been so long since I reviewed anything scripted by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter that I had to refresh my memory about the traits associated with the phrase “Pinteresque.” Let’s see, an “atmosphere of menace,” suspense and tension heightened by … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A Brazilian pop-star biopic — “Latin Blood: The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso”

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

From the moment little Ney de Souza Pereira spied cabaret and carnival icon Elvira Pagã on the stage, the die was cast and his young life had purpose. All those beatings he stubbornly endured from his military officer dad because … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Life of Chuck” Dances for the Reason to Live at the End of the World

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Speaking as a critic who’s been “blurbed” a few times over the decades, you’ve got to recognize the double-edged sword such “recognition” in the advertising on a poster for a movie is. That’s you, out there, effusive in your praise, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: An Indian Woman stands up to a “Pinch,” and Faces the Consequences

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

Uttera Singh’s “Pinch” is a picture that runs on outrage. It shows us a sex crime and demonstrates how hard it is to get anyone — including women, her own mother and even herself — to take it seriously in … Continue reading →

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