Daily Archives: February 28, 2020

Netflixable? “All the Bright Places” are where they store the schmaltz

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Roger Moore

Elle Fanning and Justice Smith take a walk — and a bike ride — through love and death in “All the Bright Places,” a moon-eyed teen romance that never knows when to drop the mike. It’s a movie that takes … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: A Big Thursday pushes “Invisible Man” toward $30 million+ opening

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Roger Moore

“The Invisible Man” seems destined to break the horror losing streak that 2020 began with. Universal’s Leigh Whannell vehicle for Elisabeth Moss did $1.65 million Thursday night, per Deadline.com. That suggests a boffo Friday and Sat and that early projections … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Scotland remembers “Robert The Bruce” — Do you?

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Roger Moore

Another trip back to the “Braveheart” era. Angus MacFadyen has the title role in this April 24 release.

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Movie Review: Winterbottom and Coogan serve up a modern take on “Greed”

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Roger Moore

If ever there was a time ripe for satirizing, sending up for its open corruption and crass celebrity, all consumed with unquestioning dimwittedness by a public distracted by “bread and circuses,” it is ours. Idiots idolized for their innate skill … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Jordan Peele’s take on “Candyman” — The first trailer

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Roger Moore

Spreading himself pretty thin, but his track record speaks for itself…

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Documentary Review: Rare titles are the Holy Grail to “The Booksellers”

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Roger Moore

  We carry around a picture of an antiquarian book dealer or obsessive book collector in our heads. White. Male. Tweed. And there isn’t a lot in D.W. Young’s New York-centric “The Booksellers” that tampers with that. There’s tweed, here … Continue reading →

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