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Movie Review: “A Hard Place,” aka “The Evil Dead” by the Humorless and Uninspired

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

The biggest names in the indie horror flick “A Hard Place” are Bai Ling from “The Crow” and Glenn Plummer, who attained screen immortality with his turn in “Showgirls.” So it’s fitting that they get off easy. They’re the recognizable … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Dark Comedy of Class, Gimmicks and Great Critical Repute — “Kind Hearts and Coronets”

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

It is remembered for the grand stunt of casting the great Alec Guinness as eight members of a largely imperious and callous noble family, and making each so distint as to erase the label “gimmick” from what became a quintessential … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Against the Clock,” aka “Headlock” traps Agron in a Polish Joke

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

The lengths some guys will go to in order to get Dianna Agron to make out with them. The first-time I paid attention to Mark Polish of the filmmaking Polish Twins (with brother Michael Polish) was when “Twin Falls, Idaho,” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Homeless Man hears “The Golden Voice” on Rittenhouse Square

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Golden Voice” is the most sentimental movie treatment of living on the streets since “The Pursuit of Happyness.” Cliched, cute and cloying, its very engaging cast is never able to overcome the weight of Hallmark Movie homelessness this script … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review — “Garbo: Where Did You Go?” fills in Gaps in Greta Garbo’s Story

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

Some decades ago, I was ensconed in the archives of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, researching one of the university’s most famous alumni for a news article appreciation of his life and film career on the 100th anniversary of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Hurry Up Tomorrow” because this Weeknd outing can’t end soon enough

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

In “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” the Grammy Award winning pop star The Weeknd takes another stab at screen stardom, playing a troubled and lonely version of himself who finds out — the hard way — how “personal” some of his fans … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Traumatized Artist flees Home, “Bound” by the Family She Leaves Behind

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

The germ of a halfway interesting story is lost in a cornucopia of cliches and coincidences in “Bound,” an indie drama about fleeing abuse only to wind up in the supportive arms of a slew of open-hearted New Yorkers. Sure. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Ghost Story that Maybe Gives too much away with its title — “The Ruse”

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

You’ve got a plot that was clever enough to land veteran character actress Veronica Cartwright (“Sideways,” “Alien,” “The Birds”). Shooting and editing your film, you can’t wait to get to the third act where you can “explain” its cleverness to … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: History, Classism, War Crimes, Australian Character and a Director’s Intent Collide in “Breaker Morant” (1980)

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

Australian cinema hadn’t made much of a mark internationally before The Australian New Wave hit in the mid ’70s through the very early ’80s. In a flash, Australian history, culture, character and mores were broadcast to the big wide world … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? German soldier loses her son in “Exterritorial” territory — the U.S. Embassy

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Welcome to the golden age of America as Outlaw State, as depicted in international action cinema. “Exterritorial” has Americans as treasonous allies, corrupt drug smugglers and heartless bureaucrats — kidnapping children and Belarussian refugees, selling “intel” to common enemies and … Continue reading →

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