Daily Archives: April 3, 2019

Next Screening? “The Best of Enemies”

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Roger Moore

Taraji P. Hansen and Sam Rockwell. A true story from the golden age of de-segregation, finding common cause against an unfeeling government that wants to starve the schools and crush the future. You know, like today. Only less racist. It … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Keira outshines the dim melodrama of “The Aftermath”

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Roger Moore

    Overheated, overwrought, over-furnished and over-dressed, “The Aftermath” is a WWII period piece that squanders another perfectly good Keira Knightley performance in a good looking movie that doesn’t measure up to the costume changes required of its leading lady. … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: “Screwball” takes a comic jab at Baseball and Performance Enhancing Drugs

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Roger Moore

Our short-attention-span culture can be forgiven for forgetting — with any new round of celeb photos, red carpet shots with wife Jennifer Lopez, what a shady scumbag ex-ballplayer Alex Rodriguez was and probably remains. So lest we forget, here’s “Screwball,” … Continue reading →

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Preview: Joaquin Phoenix plays the most disturbed “Joker” yet

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Roger Moore

“Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?” “Joker” hits theaters Oct. 4.

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Preview, “The Dead Don’t Die,” they just show up in a Jim Jarmusch Zombie Comedy

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Roger Moore

A lot of critics older than “the kids these days” soured on Jim Jarmusch, maybe after the quite-credible plagiarism accusations re: “Broken Flowers.” But he’s paid little price for that in the years since. And he’s still got Bill Murray … Continue reading →

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