Daily Archives: May 18, 2018

Hitchcock isn’t the only director to show up in his movies — look for this face in Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed”

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Roger Moore

You’ll see it. Brownie points to the first commenter who IDs where he turns up in his best movie in years. 

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Did you catch the RBG/Ruth Bader Ginsburg cameo in “Deadpool 2”?

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Roger Moore

Well? Did you? It’s there, in the movie, a glimpse of a U.S. Supreme Court justice, star of “RBG” and played for comic effect. As you’d expect. OK, “cameo” is too specific a characterization. “Sight gag” is more exact. Go … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Defiance, despair and disowned lead to “Disobedience”

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Roger Moore

“Disobedience” is a finely-acted tenterhooks drama about religion, sexuality, tradition and isolation. It is a movie grounded in a rigid hierarchy and ritual, but with a cruel undercurrent of despair. But it takes flight on a trio of brittle, biting … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Show Dogs” won’t show up on any resumes

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Roger Moore

Here I was, all primed to drip contempt all over the first disaster of the summer cinema season, when I made the mistake of staying through the credits of “Show Dogs.” The mostly-fake outtakes from this talking critters kiddie comedy … Continue reading →

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Weekend Movies: Decent reviews for “Deadpool,” “Pope Francis” and even “Book Club,” but guess who’ll clean up at the box office?

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Roger Moore

“Deadpool 2” did $16-18 million business, setting a new record for an R-rated film’s “pre-opening” opening night — Thursday. So maybe a $150 million weekend? That’s deadline.com’s speculation. Hard to guess that off marketing awareness data and Thursday night performance. … Continue reading →

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