Daily Archives: January 5, 2023

Netflixable? Homeless Colombian teens are “The Kings of the World,” in their minds at least

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

Homeless teens leave the mean streets of Medellin for the promise of a far-off plot of land in “The Kings of the World,” director and co-writer Laura Mora Ortega’s dark, picaresque odyssey through Colombia’s half-abandoned interior. It’s a dreamlike journey … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: With Berenger and Mandylor after him, Michael Jai White’s “As Good as Dead”

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

There’s not much point in pleading the case that “SOMEone should offer Michael Jai White better roles” any more. He’s all but given up on that himself, and is back to writing his own vehicles. White, always and forever “Black … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Nicolas Cage is Dracula, and Nicholas Hoult is his “Renfield” in this comedy with fangs

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Renfield?” He’s got issues. He’s in a support group. Can they work these toxic workplace issues out? April 14, we’ll see.

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Movie Preview: Charlotte Rampling stars in a New Zealand coming of age drama — “Juniper”

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

Rampling plays the retired war correspondent who has to take the troubled offspring of a sibling in this period piece, coming out Feb. 24. Looks lovely.

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Netflixable? A bracing, savage Medieval siege at a French high rise complex named “Athena”

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

French action auteur Romain Gavras turns a racial flashpoint and riot in a suburban Paris high rise housing complex into a Medieval siege in “Athena,” an epic in unrest painted with a camera. It’s a film of beautiful images and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A Spooky tale from the woods is revived — “Evil Dead Rise”

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

So the franchise that made Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell household names is revived, a state-of-the-art horror thriller about mothers and daughters and “maggots.” Lee Cronin, who dug “The Hole in the Ground,” scripted and directed this reboot, with a … Continue reading →

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Mr “Hoonigan,” Ken Block, dies in a snowmobiling accident

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

I only knew this guy from “Top Gear,” this appearance especially. YouTube star as well Quite the drifter, Ken Block taught the world the meaning of Hoonigan. A co founder of DC shoes, which I’m wearing right now. Died the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “M3GAN,” not quite a “living” doll

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Roger Moore

“M3GAN” is a fierce and fun thriller about a doll that develops a murderous mind of its own. Sure, that’s as tired a trope as there is in the horror realm. But this laugh-out-loud dark comedy flirts with being THE … Continue reading →

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