Daily Archives: August 22, 2021

Movie Review: Trapped in a bathroom? “We Need to Do Something”

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Roger Moore

It’s never wholly fair to dismiss a movie just because it’s unpleasant to sit through. But that’s a good place to start with “We Need to Do Something.” This horror star vehicle for Sierra McCormick (“Pretty Little Stalker,” “American Horror … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Free Guy” has free rein, “Reminiscence” BOMBS

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Roger Moore

The dog days of August, traditionally the cinema’s dumping ground for dogs, is the first stretch of the movie calendar to return to “normal.” “The Night House” got good reviews and didn’t do diddly with the horror fangirls and fanboys. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Epic” Japanese manga-based melodrama, “The Real Thing”

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Roger Moore

A tale of boy-meets-girl, girl-wrecks-boys-life told with sublime melancholy by Japanese auteur Kôji Fukada, “The Real Thing” plays like the darkest “romantic comedy” you ever saw. A “love story” with melodramatic complications and coincidences, and confrontations that border on bizarre, … Continue reading →

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