Daily Archives: March 14, 2018

Movie Review: Rich white girls are the scariest “Thoroughbreds”

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Roger Moore

Is there a more frightening creature in the movies than a bored, amoral teenage girl? Give the pale princess endless cash and endless free time and problems that seem to visit only the super-rich (in the movies) and you just … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Pray for rational plotting in “The Strangers: Prey at Night”

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Roger Moore

Death comes to the trailer park in “The Strangers: Prey at Night,” a pitiless sequel to the slasher hit “The Strangers” of a decade ago. Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) and Martin Henderson (“Grey’s Anatomy”) are the parents who take their … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Aliens invade and urgency is lost in translation in Japan’s “Before We Vanish”

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Roger Moore

Aliens invade — well, three of them do — Japan, and they’re here for our mental “concepts” in “Before We Vanish,” a peculiarly Japanese take on Pod People, what makes us human and the complacency that comes with that knowledge. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Tomb Raider” reboot never answers the question, “Um, why?”

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Roger Moore

  Alicia Vikander makes us feel Lara Croft’s pain, with every grunt, whimper, yelp and gasp of exertion she makes as the “Tomb Raider.” Yes, the Oscar winner is a Swedish slip of a thing, and having her stand next … Continue reading →

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