Daily Archives: January 25, 2024

Netflixable? Saudis take a lesson “From the Ashes” of a Girls School Fire — But What Lesson?

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

It’s always worth remembering that almost everything that on the screen in a feature film was put there on purpose, especially when reviewing a movie that seems to have competing agendas. Khalid Fahad’s Saudia drama “From the Ashes” was “inspired” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Snoop lights up, cusses-out and coaches “The Underdoggs”

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

Sleepy-eyed stoner Snoop Dogg takes his shot at a “Bad News Bear” kiddie comedy with “The Underdoggs,” a sometimes funny and always-foul-mouthed romp about PeeWee/Pop Warner Football. Playing an ex-NFL star wideout and something of a burnout, Dogg wears shades … Continue reading →

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Move Preview: Jake Gyllenhaal is cut and kicking ass in the new “Road House”

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

The Florida Keys setting is apt, the crisis facing the titular Road House is common, and Jake is an ex MMA fighter not walking away from the latest challenge. Doug Liman directed “Road House,” which comes out March 21.

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Movie Preview: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is mother to a dying daughter visited by a magical bird — “Tuesday”

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

The daughter’s British, the bird is a shape shifting talking parrot and the effect is uplifting in a tale that’s downbeat and mournful by design. A24 has this Daina Oniunas-Pusic film, and it looks lovely.

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Series Review: Remembering the horrors WWII aircrews faced to become “Masters of the “Air”

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Masters of the Air” is an overarching, sometimes over-reaching portrayal of America’s part in the Air War in Europe from the same production team that told the historical World War II stories “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” Like those … Continue reading →

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