Daily Archives: May 31, 2023

Netflixable? You’d be well-advised not to kidnap HER kid on “Mother’s Day”

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Roger Moore

It’s important to know when to “drop the mike.” Know when to say “when,” don’t spoil a peak moment by trying to top it, and don’t clutter up your finale so badly it spoils the effect of the stand-up set, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Starling Girl” runs afoul of the Fundamentalist Patriarchy

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Roger Moore

A teenage girl gives in to her hormones and to tempation and faces the fundamentalist consquences in “The Starling Girl,” an evocative, gripping and revealing drama about a strict upbringing and how it can backfire on the person being groomed. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” shows the Seth Rogen touch

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Roger Moore

Well, children aren’t watching these guys any more, are they? So why not throw Seth Rogen and his partner in the profane Evan Goldberg at this material. Because there’s just not enough “dark” and edgy fanboy content in the movies … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Roger Moore

Sony’s effort to wholly blur the line between “comic book” and “comic book movie” comes to something like full fruition with “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” a mad cinematic jumble of comic book imagery, comic book mimicry, multiverse plotting and ponderous, … Continue reading →

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