Monthly Archives: March 2018

Preview, “Mary Poppins Returns” — the teaser, doesn’t quite sing

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Roger Moore

Debuted during the Oscars, kind of lacks the sparks one wants from a “Mary Poppins” trailer. Love Emily Blunt, Ben Whishaw, Dick Van Dyke, Emily Mortimer, Lin Manuel-Miranda — oh, and Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury and David Warner. … Continue reading →

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Oscars Audience plummets — Kimmel? Lack of surprises? Bestiality-boosting Best Pic?

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Roger Moore

The past decade or so, the Academy Awards have felt like pre-ordained train arrivals, with early honors and buzz making that train depart the Toronto Film Festival, make its stops at the various Guild Awards, the Golden Globes and Critics … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Oscar-winning “Icarus” takes a “Super Size Me” look at sports doping

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Roger Moore

They gave the Best Documentary Feature Film Oscar to “Icarus,” a film about trying to beat the laughably busted and beatable doping tests used on athletes. Cyclist/filmmaker Bryan Fogel set out to find a drug doc, get a drug regimen, … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Acts of Vengeance” shows “Death Wish” dunces how it’s done

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Roger Moore

The sour taste Eli Roth’s new “Death Wish” left in my mouth has me scouring the genre picture lists on Netflix, looking for a suitable palette cleanser. Vengeance thrillers are a B-movie staple, C or D movie when they don’t … Continue reading →

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“Get Out,” McDormand, Rockwell, Janney and Peele clean up at Independent Spirit Awards

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Roger Moore

I am seriously bummed that “The Florida Project” didn’t take home a single big prize at the Independent Spirit Awards last night. Bummed enough to question how they do things in what was once truly the “Indie” niche honoring fare … Continue reading →

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Movie Pass — The Uber of Theatrical Film ticketing services

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Roger Moore

Deadline.com is reporting something tipped off by film fans on Reddit and other online movie fan web forums, that Movie Pass, the “disruptive” package deal film ticketing service, is blocking “Red Sparrow” ticket tales in many markets in some theater … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Oscar nominated “The Breadwinner” captures life in Kabul in animated form

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Roger Moore

The Irish co-director of “The Secret of Kells” returns to Oscar consideration with “The Breadwinner,” an Angelina Jolie-produced look inside the patriarchal horrors of Afghanistan under the Taliban. Using different styles of 2D animation, Nora Twoney’s team conjure up a … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Panther” keeps packing them in, “Red Sparrow” underwhelms, “Death Wish” fizzles

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Roger Moore

“Black Panther” is only losing about half its audience, weekend to weekend, and that is pushing the Marvel marvel further up the record books in terms of all-time box office hits. It will clear another $60 million or so, when … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Dying Gugu tries to hook up her fiance with a mate in “Irreplaceable You”

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Roger Moore

“Dry-eyed weeper” is movie critic shorthand for a tear-jerking romance that jerks no tears. And alas, that’s what the latest made-for-Netflix production, “Irreplaceable You,” is. It may have the expressive, doe-eyed delight Gugu Mbatha-Raw (See “Belle” is you haven’t.) as … Continue reading →

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Preview, Oscar winners galore decorate “Book Club”

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Roger Moore

Count’em — Steenbergen, Fonda, Keaton…and Candice Bergen for good measure. Older women who are anything but “Little old ladies,” getting their freak on by reading “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Andy Garcia brings back the charm, Don Johnson oozes over-60 sex … Continue reading →

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