Daily Archives: July 28, 2017

Box Office: Another winning weekend for “Dunkirk,” but will “Emoji” sucker millions into buying tickets?

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Roger Moore

Sony didn’t preview “The Emoji Movie” for critics. They knew it was crap, though how they failed to figure that out from the first, stupid, cynical pitch is a mystery. I saw it at its first showing in Winter Park, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Middle Ages curse, bump and grind all the way through “The Little Hours”

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Roger Moore

Almost a millennium has passed since Medieval manuscripts codified a “lusty wench,” and Aubrey Plaza has become that archetype personified. Sleepy-eyed, foul-mouthed and carnality incarnate, whatever TV (“Legion,” “Parks & Rec”) has found for her to do, the movies (“Mike & … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Let us now dump upon “The Emoji Movie”

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Roger Moore

  An animation braintrust put in the overtime, brainstorming brilliant bon mots, thinking outside the box and in dreaming up visuals to illustrate The Secret World of Cell Phones for “The Emoji Movie.” Nah, not really. They just took “Wreck-It … Continue reading →

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