Daily Archives: January 20, 2018

Movie Review: “Maze Runner” finally finds an ending — “The Death Cure”

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Roger Moore

  They pulled out all the stops for the finale to the lightly-regarded “Maze Runner” trilogy, a young adult action series devolved on the “Hunger Games/Divergent/Mortal Instruments/Giver” model. The action beats, stunts and effects of “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “12 Strong” and “Den of Thieves” open neck and neck…behind “Jumanji”

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Roger Moore

New openings “12 Strong” — “Chickenhawk” producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s latest military outing, and “Den of Thieves,” a lower-budget cops vs robbers Gerard Butler thriller, are arriving in the $13-14 (“Thieves”) and $15 (“Strong”) range on their first weekends at the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Exquisite Chill of “Phantom Thread”

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Roger Moore

  Daniel Day Lewis announcing his retirement has overshadowed, somewhat, his “final” film for his “There Will Be Blood” collaborator, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson.    “Phantom Thread” is a dry, chilly and occasionally droll tale of unconventional love in 1950s … Continue reading →

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