Daily Archives: July 14, 2015

Movie Review: “Irrational Man”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Roger Moore

The jaunty Ramsey Lewis jazz instrumental “The In-Crowd” underscores “Irrational Man,” Woody Allen’s latest film. It’s a gratingly dischordant pairing, Allen’s mostly-serious riff on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment,” set up as some sort of daft existential comedy. And it’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Ant-Man”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Roger Moore

Paul Rudd brings his Everyman/Funnyman humor and humanity to the Marvel Universe in “Ant-Man,” a formulaic comic-book thriller enlivened, a bit, by his engaging lead performance. It’s yet another “origin myth” within Stan Lee’s empire, and much of its nearly … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Ardor”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Roger Moore

The Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal always seems on the lookout for movies with a message. And in films such as “No,” about an ad writer who concocts a strategy for defeating the Chilean dictatorship at the polls, or “Babel” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review” The Stanford Prison Experiment”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Roger Moore

August of 1971, 24 male students of Stanford University acted out the roles of guards and inmates at a “prison” created for a psychological experiment. “The flip of a coin” determined who was to be a guard and who portrayed … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: McKellen shines despite the thin mysteries of “Mr. Holmes”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Roger Moore

He’s being cagey, this old man introducing himself to the woman he’s been following. “I am, by disposition, a hobbyist,” he says, mysteriously. This, after he’s told her the scent she’s wearing and other details about herself she wouldn’t expect … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Safelight”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Roger Moore

The striking desert around Joshua Tree National Monument and the lovely lighthouses of California provide postcard pretty settings for “Safelight,” a tepid romantic melodrama about two young people looking for one shot at being normal. Evan Peters is Charles, labeled … Continue reading →

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