Monthly Archives: April 2025

Netflixable? First Love faces the test of “arranged marriage” in “Promised Hearts (Niyala)”

Posted on April 6, 2025 by Roger Moore

One of the best reasons to take the occasional Around the world with Netflix trip is getting the pulse of another culture through its cinema. It’s a great way recognize one’s own biases and Western ideas of “cultural progress” and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Jeffrey Dean Morgan knows Jack Quaid is the least reliable witness in this “Neighborhood Watch”

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Roger Moore

An abduction, a “Screw Loose” nobody takes seriously, except as a suspect. April 25.

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Movie Preview: Disney checks back in with “Tron: Ares”

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Roger Moore

Greta Lee, Jared Leto, Gillian Anderson and Jeff Bridges, of course, star in this super slick looking sci fi updating of the inside gameverse thriller franchise.

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Movie Review: Pascal, Reaser, Sewell and Goggins as Hollywood “types” face their future and their humanity when they meet “The Uninvited”

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Roger Moore

Some indie films confound the viewer with a “What did these actors see in THIS?” connundrum. But not “The Uninvited.” What looks like another onanistic Hollywood-skewers-Hollywood dramedy set in a tony Hollywood Hills party is actually a priorities-questioning, expectations-upending and … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Minecraft” digs up all the Gold — A $162 million+ opening weekend

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Roger Moore

As much of the country and even the world flips out over the Trump-crashed stock market, and millions are summoned to a Saturday of thousands of protest marches on the dismantling of American democracy, video game fans are filling the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “M3GAN 2.0,” new and improved?

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Roger Moore

The mass murdering doll is redesigned and comes back to emerge s a social media star? Who saw that coming? June 27, the deadly “doll” is back.

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Movie Review: A writer, her mentor and “The Friend” Great Dane who takes over her life

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Roger Moore

You might have to be a dog lover to truly engage and “get” “The Friend,” a melancholy meditation on suicide, loss, character and our obligations to someone who has killed himself. And if you’re unsure about the depth of your … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “A Minecraft Movie,” whether we need it or not

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Roger Moore

Say this much for Warner Brothers. They got the tone for “Minecraft” right. The studio that turned Scandinavian Lego building block toys into blockbuster animated movies goes all juvenile in adapting Sweden’s biggest gift to pop culture since ABBA, and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Hoteliers turn “Carjackers” on their Lunch Break

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Good villains make good thrillers,” the Master of Suspense taught us. And nobody loved Alfred Hitchcock or took his lessons to heart like the French. “Carjackers” has a doozy of a bad guy. And we know actor Franck Gastambide‘s status … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Vincent Cassel’s a Burned Out DJ who May Have One More “Banger” in Him

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

The DJ has been mixing beats long enough to have lost his hair, and have his stubble turn white. It’s been a long time since he acquired the nickname, “The Godfather of French Touch,” even longer since he was Emperor … Continue reading →

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