Daily Archives: October 12, 2024

Movie Preview: Another raunchy, rowdy trip to the Bowling Alley — “The Gutter”

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Roger Moore

Shades of “Kingpin!”  Shameik Moore, D’Arcy Carden, Susan Sarandon and Paul Reiser are among the stars of this farce that adds some color — and flava — to…bowling? “It’s Walt Liquor time, baby!” “The Gutter” rolls on Nov. 1.

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Movie Review: Chinese expat learns to trust “luck” on her “Green Night” with a Korean Drug-smuggling Pixie

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Roger Moore

An airport security guard finds her life upended by a sketchy/flirty pixie in green hair and fingernails in “Green Night,” a Chinese romantic thriller starring Fan Bingbing that gives international exposure to Ms. Trouble in Green, Korean starlet Lee Joo-young. … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Damon, Norton, Famke, Turturro and Landau deal the cards — “Rounders” (1998)

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Roger Moore

The knock on “Rounders” (1998) was always that it was, to quote a review or two at the time of its release, “lazy.” It’s a genre pic, gamblers’ ups and downs as one (Matt Damon) tries to focus on law … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, “The Order”

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Roger Moore

An Aryan Nation investigation out in Secessionist America (Idaho), starring Jude Law and Jurnee Smollett on the hunt for anti government Nazis/racists/militia nuts who rob banks and bomb synagogues, with Nicholas Hoult on the wrong side and Tye Sheridan as … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Laura and Liam visit Travel Guide Morocco — “Lonely Planet”

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Roger Moore

With Diane and Bruce as my witnesses, I swear I never thought I’d see Oscar winner Laura Dern in a movie as empty and pointless as “Lonely Planet.” But Susannah Grant, the screenwriter of “Erin Brockovich” and “The Soloist,” took … Continue reading →

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