Daily Archives: December 9, 2018

Preview, Elizabeth Banks raises a monster in “Brightburn”

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Roger Moore

“He’s not like us.” You don’t say. The frights from the scary kid this rural couple “found” come our way Memorial Day, when “Brightburn” reaches theaters.   

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Movie Review: Dafoe’s Van Gogh suffers, exults “At Eternity’s Gate”

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Roger Moore

Rarely has an actor’s “baggage” served him better in a role than Willem Dafoe’s has in bringing Vincent Van Gogh to the screen in “At Eternity’s Gate.” Soulful and wounded, testy and potentially dangerous — those are the hallmarks of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — Into the blurred murk of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Roger Moore

  Yes, that’s how it’s supposed to look. And no, Sony Animation should not have let “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” out its doors and onto big screens in this blurred, jerky, pixelated condition. No kidding, six minutes into it, I … Continue reading →

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