Daily Archives: September 21, 2017

Movie Preview: “Murder on the Orient Express” puts the old in “old fashioned?”

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Roger Moore

It’s always a call for celebration when a major studio puts money and effort behind a picture aimed at an audience over the age of 25. But the second “Murder on the Orient Express” trailer underlines some pretty big questions … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Wes Anderson goes a little darker, a lot Japanese with the stop-motion “Isle of Dogs”

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Roger Moore

Wes Anderson’s latest is set in a Japan where dogs have been exiled to a garbage island, where a 12 year-old dodges the quarantine in search of his pet. Bryan Cranston is the one voice that stands out in the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Sarcastic Salinger becomes a literary icon in “Rebel in the Rye”

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Roger Moore

Although there are many ways to tell the story of how a writer’s life informs his or her talent, there’s something to be said for literary biographies that narrow their focus, zeroing on in a signal event that made a … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Alicia Vikander wears Lara Croftwear with purpose in “Tomb Raider”

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Roger Moore

Kind of sad when I heard this was happening. Lara Croft did Angelina Jolie no favors. But putting another Oscar winner into the role was meant to be. I guess. Kristen Scott Thomas and Dominic West play her parents, the … Continue reading →

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