Monthly Archives: September 2015

Weekend Reviews: See “Black Mass,” “Everest,” skip “Scorch Trials”

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Roger Moore

An avid fan of “The Maze Runner,” presumably that rare tween/teen too young or too hip to have seen the nuclear “Saturday Night Live” takedown of that first film and its ilk, could be excused for high-fiving his or her … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — “The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials”

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Roger Moore

The “Maze Runner” sequel, “The Scorch Trials,” starts at a sprint and hurtles at us for a good long, stretch, before it stops to catch its breath. The conspiracy grows deeper even as the mystery unravels. The chases, brawls and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Everest”

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Roger Moore

This is what filmed spectacle used to look like — a  trip to a place or time most of us could never see, high drama built on the fissures of human nature, where the menaces come from our flaws, our … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Black Mass”

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Roger Moore

Can Johnny Depp still surprise us? After all these years, all those earrings, all that “Yo ho ho,” can he still deliver, as an actor? The answer that “Black Mass” gives us is “Yes.” As Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger,” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Pawn Sacrifice”

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Roger Moore

Americans with any pop culture mileage at all remember the story of a chess player winning the Cold War. It’s right up there with a hockey team winning the Cold War, and Olympic officials and a basketball team losing it … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “90 Minutes in Heaven”

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Roger Moore

Something about the mere trailers to the new faith-based drama “90 Minutes in Heaven” just reeks of cynicism. Hayden “Anakin Skywalker” Christensen as a Texas preacher pronounced dead after a car accident who claims he went to heaven? For a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Perfect Guy”

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Roger Moore

The first hit film of the fall is an utterly generic, totally predictable stalker thriller aimed at an African American audience. Sanaa Lathan is the super-successful lobbyist Leah, parking her Caddy in front of her designer house, stepping out in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Some Kind of Hate”

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Roger Moore

“Some Kind of Hate” is a slasher/splatter thriller about a troubled teen who gains revenge on those who bullied him through the ghost of a girl bullied into cutting herself to death. And if that doesn’t scare you off, well … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Walt Before Mickey”

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Roger Moore

The young Walt Disney’s struggles to start his career in animation seems like promising fodder for a bio pic. Seeing the young man fail and fail again at something his father disapproved of, fight his personal demons, meet and team … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s Screening — “Pawn Sacrifice”

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Roger Moore

Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer, Liev Schreiber as Boris Spassky, and Peter Sarsgaard brought in for good measure. A fictionalized but “based on a true story” version of “Bobby Fischer Vs. the World”? Color me present. This one opens in … Continue reading →

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