Daily Archives: December 7, 2024

Movie Review: “Moana 2” is nobody’s idea of “an instant classic”

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

Here’s how I described Disney’s 2016 blockbuster “Moana” when it came out. “It is an instant classic, a near masterpiece and the best Disney animated film since its last Golden Age, which produced “The Little Mermaid” and “The Lion King.” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Remembering an earlier coup attempt, an armed insurrection by “The Order”

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

It’s not the cars and the clothes that establish “The Order” as a period piece. It’s the notion of Federal law enforcement aggressively pursuing violent traitors out to overthrow democracy no matter how indifferent the entitled, selective-enforcement rural sheriffs and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Y2K,” back when the end was nigh

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

Why “Y2K?” Why now? Seriously, WTF, Gen Y and Kyle Mooney?  Films? LOLs? Not on your life, A24 Films. The ex-“SNL” player Mooney co-wrote, directed and co-stars in “Y2K,” a “horny teenager” comedy that aims to be a sort of … Continue reading →

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