Daily Archives: April 3, 2024

“First Omen” time, let the games begin

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Roger Moore

Two 2-hour movies, previewing back to back. “Omen” and “Monkey Man.” It’s early April, so we’re not getting our hopes too high. But somebody’s gotta be good enough to get that pre summer money. Here we go.

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Movie Review: Mexican-American teens play “The Long Game” to golf glory

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Roger Moore

Golf, an elitist sport long identified with “white privilege,” is challenged in “The Long Game,” a feel-good dramedy about a plucky team of Mexican-American kids who took on racist Texas and racist Texans in the 1950s and integrated golf in … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? The tenth movie titled “The Beautiful Game” isn’t any more “beautiful” that the rest

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Roger Moore

The world’s most popular sport is bound to produce scads of formulaic sports dramedies about plucky underdogs and the challenges they face mastering or at least embracing “The Beautiful Game” in pursuit of some higher um, “goal.” “Next Goal Wins,” … Continue reading →

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