Daily Archives: January 24, 2025

BOX OFFICE: “Flight Risk” rings Liongate’s bell, “Prescence” ghosts in, “Brave the Dark” barely keeps the lights on

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

Mark Wahlberg used to be the King of January action films, a crown he passed on to Gerard Butler a couple of years back. But “Flight Risk,” featuring a bug-eyed psychopathic turn by the Once and Always Markie Mark, a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Damned” Fishermen face Consequences for their Cruelest Mistake

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Damned” is a thriller built on one of the oldest formulas in fiction. First, there are many, as Dame Agatha taught us, “And Then There were None.” Ah, but what a setting this 19th century fable has — the … Continue reading →

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Documentary Preview: “Sly Lives! Aka the Burden of Black Genius”

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

A singular pop/funk presence on American radio of the ’60s and early ’70s, rock historians fan and wide have long declared the genius of Sly Stone and the tunes he and his musical “family” brought to the world. Now Hulu’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: House isn’t a home when it’s haunted by a ghostly “Presence”

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s just a haunted house story, just a movie with objects that move and things that go bump in the night. Well, mostly in broad daylight. “Presence” is a “A Ghost Story” filmed like a “Paranormal Activity” installment. And it’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Dockery figures out Grace and Wahlberg are each a “Flight Risk”

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

There was never any doubt that, “canceled-“or-uncanceled, Mel Gibson has skills as a director. He knows how to cast, block, shoot and edit a thriller, be it historic or generically modern. But what we’ve allowed ourselves to question during his … Continue reading →

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