Daily Archives: October 28, 2023

Netflixable? Slick but meandering “Pain Hustlers” pimps profiteers from the Opioid Epidemic

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Pain Hustlers” is a “true story” inspired drama whose tone and story arc match that of the real “triumph of medicine” to “tragedy invented by Big Pharma” saga of opioids, the “pain” drug that many maintain “broke America.” The film … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Cena and Brie and Raba makes Three in the Action Comedy “Freelance”

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Roger Moore

Colombian-born Spanish actor Juan Pablo Raba vamps, flashes his teeth, sings a bit and wears the icecream-colored suit of a Central American dictator with panache in “Freelance,” a very dumb John Cena action comedy that Raba pretty much steals. “You … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Five Nights at Freddy’s” is about Four “Nights” too Many

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Roger Moore

Characters have a blase, matter-of-fact acceptance of the central premise of the horror video game turned film “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” that a threadbare animatronic band of characters from a long-closed pizza joint have supernaturally come to life. You can … Continue reading →

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