Daily Archives: August 16, 2016

Movie Review: “Gleason” has heroes that aren’t the title character

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Roger Moore

Steve Gleason is a smart, articulate and self-aware retired NFL star whose life on the field was defined by one play — a blocked 2006 punt that came to symbolize his team’s and his city’s comeback from the devastation of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Indignation”

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Roger Moore

“Indignation,” the latest Philip Roth novel to make it to the big screen, hangs on a trio of absolutely delicious if somewhat delusional confrontations — big scenes between its young hero, a secular Jew debating his Protestant academic dean about … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Kubo and the Two Strings”

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Roger Moore

Laika is not an animation studio to coddle and over-protect children. The studio that scared kids and challenged younger viewers with “PAraNorman” and “Coraline” gets back to what it does best with “Kubo and the Two Strings,” an imaginative, scary … Continue reading →

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