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The Long Ride of Stacy Keach –1941-2026

Posted on November 11, 2026 by Roger Moore

The first time I read the name “Stacy Keach” was in the first issue of “American Film” magazine, which I started subscribing to in college. Keach had done films and TV, and I think “The Long Riders” was just about … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review — Remembering “SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of”

Posted on November 2, 2026 by Roger Moore

It wasn’t “live TV” comedy. The cast was, to a one, contemporaries of the Americans and Canadians in the first cast of “Saturday Night Live.” But “SCTV” came on years later, and was sporadically on the air years after the … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Clayface” and “You Can See Everything” fight for 1st, “Wicker” cracks Top 5, “Hunger Games” Awaits

Posted on October 31, 2026 by Roger Moore

It’s Halloween Weekend, the calm before the “Hunger Games” storm. So who’s going to the movies? Not a lot of us, it turns out. But that makes it a great weekend to catch up on titles we’ve missed, pearls that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Awakening,” a “Predator” knock-off you can Nap Through

Posted on October 29, 2026 by Roger Moore

Four different guys are credited with writing and directing “The Awakening,” a vengeful nature spirit takes its revenge thriller from Colombia. Man, the video village on that set must’ve been…entertaining. Just judging from the finished film, y’understand. It’s a “Predator” … Continue reading →

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Series Review: “The One About Matthew Perry”

Posted on October 28, 2026 by Roger Moore

Here’s how somebody who’s written about pop culture for a long time might react to that first realization that Netflix has told Matthew Perry’s life story in three parts for a three hour+ long series. Perry? One hit TV show, … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Polish Rocker Rebels and Resists as “Less of a Stranger”

Posted on October 11, 2026 by Roger Moore

All the cliches, tropes and tricks of the rock star biopic are trotted out for “Less of a Stranger,” a Polish prance down the primrose path of pop stardom. “Less of a Stranger?” That phrase applies to this Polish production … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: The Canadian Who Cooked Up “SNL” — “Lorne”

Posted on October 11, 2026 by Roger Moore

Lorne Michaels, the inscrutable guru who changed Saturday nights in America by creating “Saturday Night Live” and then presiding over it for almost all of its 51 years, is the “star” and central figure of mystery of “Lorne.” The documentary … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Can “Animals” Stick the Landing?

Posted on October 10, 2026 by Roger Moore

Isn’t it about time that America’s film schools added a “How to End Your Movie” course to their curricula? I know that they don’t have such “Finishing” or “Stick the Landing” stand-alone tutorials set up, and not just from covering … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: The Duke, Quakers and the Original “Angel and the Badman” (1947)

Posted on October 1, 2026 by Roger Moore

John Wayne was on the cusp of his career peak when he struck off on his own and produced and starred in “Angel and the Badman,” a project written and directed by James Edward Grant, who’d become Wayne’s confidante and … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: The Long Struggle to “Free Leonard Peltier”

Posted on September 24, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Free Leonard Peltier” is about the half-century-long struggle to get Native American activist Leonard Peltier out of prison. Peltier, accused of murdering two F.B.I. agents during the Federal government’s intervention in a Native “civil war” at the Pine Ridge Indian … Continue reading →

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