Daily Archives: July 20, 2023

Movie Review: A Feminist “Barbie” who’s still pretty in pink

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Roger Moore

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is a movie of its moment, a brilliant bauble of female empowerment, scathing satire and genuine wit. That “war on women” that is eating up so much of America’s bandwidth right now takes it in the gonads … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Women Behind the Guy who Blew Up “The Beanie Bubble”

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Roger Moore

The “Beanie Baby Craze” of the 1990s silenced anybody who ever had a laugh when learning of the “Tulip Fever” that gripped Dutch collectors, investors and ordinary folk in 17th century Holland. And no movie about the Clinton Era plush … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The latest viral video challenge? Grab the haunted hand, “Talk to Me”

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Roger Moore

For some reason, a Childersburg Alabama rescue squad member told a local TV affiliate in BFE, Alabama that a “TikTok Challenge” involving teens leaping off the back of speeding motorboats has killed four kids this year and that this was … Continue reading →

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