Daily Archives: March 27, 2021

Movie Preview: Let’s try this again, shall we? “The Suicide Squad,” aka “Suicide Squad 2”

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Roger Moore

Yeah, Margot Robbie’s back. Oscar winner Viola Davis is here. But Idris, Cena, Alice Braga, Joel Kinnamon, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi and Michael Rooker? UP grades, my dears. UPgrades. This looks ultra violent and James Gunn funny/cool. Aug. 6.

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Movie Review: Canadian summer camp wars — “Boys vs. Girls”

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Roger Moore

“Boys vs. Girls” is an homage to those wacky/edgy kids summer camp comedies of yore, a “Meatballs” for a new generation…or rather it might be if it hadn’t been such a limp biscuit. It’s a period piece send-up of such … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: If the barkeep says “The bar’s closed,” you’d better listen in “The Oak Room”

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Roger Moore

The latest beta test of the Screenplay Cliches Bot is titled “The Oak Room,” a moody, talky, stunningly-dull and hilariously-trite “thriller” mostly set in a bar — a couple of bars — in remote, snowy Ontario. Cliche #1? “Bar’s closed.” … Continue reading →

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