Daily Archives: October 15, 2019

Movie Preview: “Bombshell” blows up the Fox News biz model, Oscar winners vs the All Stars of the War on Women

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Roger Moore

This has a lot of promise, even though Lionsgate is sort of still a “poverty row” (horror and cheese) distributing studio. They’ve got Oscar winners Charlize Theron (as Megan Kelly), Nicole Kidman (as Gretchen Carlson). They’ve got Margot Robbie and … Continue reading →

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Next screening? “Maleficent 2” pits Angelina against Michelle, with Elle Fanning the prize

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Netflixable? As this story is from Spain, “The Influence” (“La influencia”) just might be a witch

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Roger Moore

Is there a house style to Spanish horror films, a common thread that they share? There’ve been so many, covering every genre, it’s a wonder they don’t have their own nomenclature, like “J-Horror” (Japanese), K-Horror” (Korean) and the like. A … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: An old thief passes on his skills to a son before dementia sets in — “Robbery”

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Roger Moore

The building blocks of a really good heist picture are in place in writer-director Corey Stanton’s “Robbery,” an indie thriller from The Great White North. There’s an old ex-con suffering from dementia, played by respected character actor Art Hindle, whose … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Portman goes spacey as “Lucy in the Sky”

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Roger Moore

“Lucy in the Sky” is a Lifetime Original Movie-style melodrama puffed up into a would-be “Gravity,” a “serious” movie with the weight of an Oscar contender. It’s been over-thought, over-scripted and over-directed into something spacey, ethereal and trippy by the … Continue reading →

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