Daily Archives: September 29, 2023

Netflixable? Wes Anderson meets Roald Dahl — “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Roger Moore

It’s a match made in movie heaven, or so one would think. Apply the twee stylings of America’s most precious and airlessly droll filmmaker, Wes Anderson, to the darkly comic fiction of Britain’s frightener of children, Roald Dahl. “The Wonderful … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Truck racer turns truck hijacker in “Overhaul”

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Roger Moore

Some entertaining truck stunts are the chief recommendation of “Overhaul,” a big rig racing, big-rig hijacking thriller from Brazil. This “Around the World With Netflix” outing is a “Fast and Furious” knock-off with dull characters, generic situations and little that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Creator” makes fear of AI a Vietnam War Analogy

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Roger Moore

The timing could not be more perfect for a thriller flipping the current AI debate on its head, an updating of everything “Blade Runner,””A.I.” and “The Terminator” wrestled with in action epic form. “The Creator” is derivative, but inventively so, … Continue reading →

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