Monthly Archives: March 2024

Movie Preview: “Just out of rehab,” body image issues, maybe Dave Bautista can help? Brittany Snow directs “Parachute”

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

Courtney Eaton, Thomas Mann, Gina Rodriguez, with Joel McHale as the dad, and cuddly Dave Bautista. Maybe he’s her “sponsor?” Coming soon.

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Movie Review: Dinklage is an “American Dreamer” who digs real-estate — with a Shirley MacLaine Catch

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

“American Dreamer” doesn’t so much end as peter (Ahem.) out, with a finale that feels like a series of compromises which no one wanted to winnow down. But if you skip the movie leading up to that, you’ll be missing … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Our little girl is growing up so fast!” “Inside Out 2” hurtles towards…PUBERTY!

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

This looks cute and funny and smart and useful to kids, as indeed “Inside Out” was. Now the kid’s a little older. June 14, “Anxiety” and “the Sar Chasm” and “suppressed emotions” enter the picture for this Pixar sequel.

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Movie Review: Beau Bridges and Rob Mayes mosey down “The Neon Highway” to Nashville

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

There are echoes of a lot of “Making it in Nashville” tales in “The Neon Highway” — “Crazy Heart,” “Honky Tonk Man” and “Tender Mercies” among them. There’s a singer with a song he can thinks can change his life, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A would-be toymaker contends with Tilda Swinton, Queen “Problemista”

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Saturday Night Live” alumnus Julio Torres makes his feature filmmaking debut with “Problemista,” a twee and willfully eccentric comedy about a foreign kid with Big Dreams he’s brought to the Big City. It’s quirky throughout, funny and so oddly obscurant … Continue reading →

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“Problemista” night at Disney Springs

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

Orlandoans know, if you don’t visit Disney Springs every three months, you have no idea what you’ll be dealing with traffic control wise, or where what you’re looking for is now tucked behind. AMC 24, lots of security just getting … Continue reading →

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Documentary Preview: “Steve! (martin) a documentary in two pieces”

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Roger Moore

He’s well into his ’70s, and it’s time for a victory lap for one of the most beloved comics ever. This looks cute, with just enough Martin Short to take the formerly “wild and crazy guy” down a few notches. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Colman Domingo is in stir, “inside” stuck in “Sing Sing”

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Roger Moore

An “actor” in prison. The arts as rehabilitation. “Uplifting” by design, and another feather on Mr. Domingo’s accolade-bedecked hat.

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Movie Preview: The Chat Show from HELL — “Late Night with the Devil”

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Roger Moore

The ’70s, man. You had to be there. The disco. The drugs. The cheesy TV chat shows. And the Devil! He might just show up as a guest on Merv or Mike Douglas or Cavett’s or Carson’s couch. Love the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A decently-mounted Western with a little known cast — “Trail of Justice”

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Roger Moore

I like the locations, the shot framing, the lighting and some of the action beats previewed in this March 19 release. The cast looks literally wet behind the ears — green, unknown and too-freshly-scrubbed to be convincing Westerners of the … Continue reading →

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