Daily Archives: June 3, 2022

Movie Review: An anime delight — “Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko”

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

A tweenaged girl growing up in a beautifully-cluttered and weather-worn Japanese coastal village narrates the story of her mother, and her life with her, in the delightful “Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko,” an anime coming-of-age confection based on a YA novel … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Van Damme doesn’t say a word in “We Die Young”

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

Jean-Claude Van Damme’s career second wind, the one that showed up when he turned out to be pretty darned good at playing himself, a washed-up action star, in “JCVD,” has pretty much run its course. He got a short-lived TV … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Cheese has a new flavor — “Interceptor”

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

Man, you know times are hard at Netflix when it all comes down to this. “Interceptor” is the marquee new release on the embattled streamer this week, a cheesy C-movie polished up to look like a B. It’s about terrorists … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Crushes and “practice” kissing might be proscribed teen “Tahara” behavior

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

A Rochester, New York synagogue and Hebrew School is the setting for the coming of age/coming-out dramedy “Tahara.” Teenage girls Carrie (Madeline Grey DeFeece) and Hannah (Rachel Sennott) prattle on about crushes, sexual experiences and desires, tactlessly commenting on the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Joey King disembowels every little girl’s dream of becoming “The Princess”

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

Sort of a “Game of Thrones” vamp on Disney “Princess” fantasies? Pouty princess Joey K of “The Kissing Booth” is told she’s got to marry that damned Dominic Cooper — twice her age — and she ain’t having it. Nossir. … Continue reading →

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