Daily Archives: July 25, 2023

Movie Review: Just-turned-teens forget what happened at “The Slumber Party”

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Roger Moore

Oh to be a tweenage girl with access to Disney+ this weekend. “The Slumber Party” is a brisk, breezy and often-amusing riff on that old fashioned teen and pre-teen ritual, the last sleepover of summer. Well-cast, with some properly snarky … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Haunted Mansion” isn’t even “Disney Scary”

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Roger Moore

Fans of the famed Disney “Haunted Mansion” will pick up on all sorts of easter eggs and visual nods to the theme park attraction — sets, gimmicks, props, etc. — in the new film based on a beloved piece of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Perlman, Keitel, Koteas & Co. make “The Baker” everything a B-Movie Should Be

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Roger Moore

The great character actor Ron Perlman has his best big screen role in many years in “The Baker,” a thoroughly satisfying two-fisted B-movie carved out of classics of the genre and carried on the broad, brooding shoulders of “The Perl.” … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Gorgeous Turks take their manipulations to the next level — “Love Tactics 2”

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Love Tactics” was a Turkish rom-com that borrowed from a lot of Hollywood films of the “Failure to Launch” variety for a showcase of some of the most beautiful actors in Turkish cinema. You know the drill — the guy … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Break out the hanky for this peek at Glenda Jackson and Michael Caine in “The Great Escaper”

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Roger Moore

A D-Day veteran and “90 year old coffin dodger” leaves his nursing home and great love for a trip to Normandy to pay tribute to fallen comrades. A true story — you might remember this sidebar inspired from when President … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Teens Go Missing in Mexico, but Dad Jason Patric has “Special Skills” — “Shrapnel”

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Roger Moore

One, two three four…slash-mark to denote “five.” That’s what a B-movie shoot-em-up often invites you to do, just keep track of the body count. Six, seven, eight, nine, another slashmark — “TEN.” “Shrapnel” is a straight-up “They’ve taken my daughter” … Continue reading →

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