Daily Archives: April 12, 2018

Netflixable? The “Good” Franco brother is a relapsing Burden to his sister in “6 Balloons”

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Roger Moore

No matter how adult, rational and organized you think you are, you cannot save somebody from himself. And yet we try. If only to prove to ourselves we’ve made an effort, we try. “6 Balloons” is a short, sharp and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Women warriors who inspired “Wonder Woman” and Wakanda are Remembered in “Searching for the Amazons”

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Roger Moore

Historian John Man’s “Searching for the Amazons: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World,” started life as a primer on the historical and mythological antecedents for the comic book icon and film phenomenon of last year, “Wonder Woman.” Having … Continue reading →

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Preview, you will laugh and laugh at Statham in this SuperShark trailer, “The Meg”

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Roger Moore

Jason Statham is the butt of Rainn Wilson’s jokes in this trailer, a “Sharknado” ish Mega Shark (Megalodon) thriller. Ruby Rose shows up with a new haircut, Li Bingbing is the love interest and Cliff Curtis and Page Kennedy and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Hamm & Co. deliver the Middle East intrigues in “Beirut”

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Roger Moore

Jon Hamm gets his best big screen leading man role, and delivers, in “Beirut,” a smart, taut tale of Middle East intrigues from the screenwriter of “Michael Clayton” and the better “Bourne” movies. It’s a period piece built around a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Dwayne Johnson gets the big bucks for Joking a Digital Ape out of his “Rampage”

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Roger Moore

There’s this lovely moment that Joe Manganiello gives us in the middle of all the mayhem of “Rampage.” He plays a badly-scarred battle-tested mercenary sent by corporate fascists to deal with a genetically “edited” wolf. This beast is as big … Continue reading →

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