Daily Archives: July 21, 2024

Movie Preview: Kids brace for a “Monster Summer,” then Mel Gibson shows up

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Roger Moore

This low-budget kid-friendly thriller features Mel as a “retired” detective named “Old Man” something or other, summoned by tweens and teens who think something monstrous is going on this season in Martha’s Vineyard. Lorraine Bracco and Kevin James (?) also … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Love and Sex and an Artistic Argentine with Asperger’s — “Goyo”

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Roger Moore

It often seems to me that when it comes to “on the spectrum” characters, the movies have never managed to progress beyond the Hugh Dancy/Rose Byrne Asperger’s romance “Adam,” which came out some 15 years ago. Screenwriters take liberties, making … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Keir Gilchrist and Lucy Hale are doomed but dating — “Running on Empty”

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Roger Moore

Jay Pharaoh and Jim Gaffigan are in the supporting cast of this Lionsgate farce about people learning exactly how many days they have left on this Earth, and making their love-life/future-life decisions based on that. This is clumsy trailer that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Catching up with Bautista, “My Spy” and kids in “The Eternal City”

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Roger Moore

That “magnificent” hulking, “talking, pratfall-taking sight gag that is Dave Bautista” didn’t get the lesson that maybe a violent action film pairing him with a little girl wasn’t the best idea after “My Spy.” It wasn’t a box office hit, for … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Eddie Izzard in Hammer Horror drag — “Doctor Jekyll”

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Roger Moore

Eddie vamps up this new take on the Robert Louis Stevenson story, with Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan, Robyn Cara and Jonathan Hyde (Why not?) in support. Has anybody ever asked Eddie Izzard what he thinks of Ricky Gervais and David … Continue reading →

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