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Movie Review: All Cuisine’d up, “Waiting for Dalí “

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

The quality of twee is often strained, the Bard wryly noted. A tragedy, a comedy or even a romantic comedy is within the reach of some writers and screenwriters. But hitting that feather-weight sweet spot between droll and cute is … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Kingsley, Mirren and Dance scheme their way across “Pascali’s Island” (1988)

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

The decade after Ben Kingsley won the Oscar for his performance in the title role “Gandhi” was one of the most interesting of his storied, four-Oscar nomination career. He’d been a respected but mostly unknown player on Brit TV for … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? The Hallmarkish charms of “La Dolce Villa”

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

You have to get past the sneaky feeling that the rom-com “La Dolce Villa” wasn’t just conceived and rigidly scripted according to “Hallmark” formula, but by some new AI that the greeting card company rents out to production companies. Find … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A late life James Earl Jones gem is restored — “The Annihilation of Fish”

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

One of the first accomplishments of the then newly-created National Film Registry was to rescue the work of Black indie filmmaker Charles Burnett. The Registry was Created by the Library of Congress in 1988 and set up to “preserve” as … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? French lad knows Mom is the ultimate “Honeymoon Crasher”

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Honeymoon Crasher” (“Lune de miel avec ma mère”) is a seriously sentimental, seriously tame comedy about a dull guy with risk issues and mommy issues and how he spends his honeymoon. It’s French (subtitled, or dubbed) and considering the subject, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Dutch Marines spring into action when “Invasion!” comes to The ABC Islands

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

A drowning marine being slapped awake — while 25 or so feet UNDER water — may be the silliest event I’ve ever seen portrayed in a combat film. That’s not enough to ruin the compact Dutch thriller “Invasion!” But it … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: This time, Dreyfuss is the Old Salt giving advice to those heading “Into the Deep”

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Into the Deep?” Well, “Jaws” it’s not. Entirely too shallow for “The Deep,” too. But Richard Dreyfuss is in it, the “Jaws” alumnus who’s lived to play the sage of the sea role in this B-almost-C picture about gun smugglers, … Continue reading →

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Series Review: Blizzard Season is the perfect time to get Stuck on “The Sticky”

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

Margo Martindale, one of the grande dames of American character actresses, gets her best starring role in forever in “The Sticky,” a Quebec-set comedy about intrigues, betrayal, corruption and murder, all of it spinning around an infamous piece of Quebec … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Coming of Age, “What We Find on the Road”

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

“What We Find on the Road” is a dramatically dull indie roadtrip dramedy that reaches for “coming of age” and strains itself getting there. The film begins with mystery and promise, drifts into predictable and undramatic and doesn’t really rally … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Karen Gillan’s a lost soul ready to join the “Late Bloomers”

Posted on November 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Jumanji” and Marvel veteran Karen Gillan finally finds a star vehicle in sync with her brittle, awkwardly funny persona with “Late Bloomers,” a sentimental comedy about an aimless, guilt-stricken young woman who finally grows up when she takes on the … Continue reading →

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