Daily Archives: May 23, 2023

Movie Preview: H.G. Wells’ tale returns to the Victorian era? “Fear the Invisible Man”

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Roger Moore

This looks handsomely mounted, inventively cast.

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So the reason “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is getting mixed reviews is that it’s “Woke?”

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Roger Moore

It was, in hindsight, probably a mistake to try and send off “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also a mistake for Lucasfilm to migrate the entirety of this franchise from Paramount … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? The Big Indonesian Conspiracy is awfully dull in “Arini by Love.inc”

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Roger Moore

Low stakes, low key, low lighting and generally low energy, there’s not much to recommend the Indonesian Around the World with Netflix offering “Arini by Love, inc.” Yes it’s quite short, by Western feature film standards. But not a lot … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Bloody Buffy-sized avenger is back — “The Wrath of Becky”

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Roger Moore

“There was a little girl, Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead.  “When she was good, She was very good indeed, But when she was bad she was horrid.” But giving her a sequel, the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Let’s take another shot at “The Color Purple”

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Roger Moore

Iconic novel, mutli-Oscar-nominated film by Spielberg, Whoopi and Danny Glover and Oprah and yet not widely-accepted Alice Walker adaptation when it came out back in the ’80s. So let’s take another shot. Is that the new Little Mermaid in this … Continue reading →

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