Daily Archives: May 15, 2025

Movie Review: Existential Angst, Midlife Crisis and a Testing of Manhood face “The Surfer”

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Nicolas Cage has been making “push me over the edge” B and C movies for so long that all longtime fans have to hear is a title — “The Surfer,” for instance — to guess the movie built around it. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Woe oh Woe for this “Juliet & Romeo”

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Juliet & Romeo” isn’t an “updating” of Shakespeare’s immortal star-crossed lovers. It’s still set in the Renaissance, with doublets and dirks and dueling, a prince trying to end an ancient family feud, with a not-quite-helpful friar, nurse, etc. It features … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Dorky Swedes “Watch the Skies” as they close in on UFO answers

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

You’re going to have to make an effort to find a theater (or very soon a streamer) playing “Watch the Skies.” And the whole point of this review is to ensure that sci-fi fans make the effort. Smuggled into cinemas … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Hurry Up Tomorrow” because this Weeknd outing can’t end soon enough

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

In “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” the Grammy Award winning pop star The Weeknd takes another stab at screen stardom, playing a troubled and lonely version of himself who finds out — the hard way — how “personal” some of his fans … Continue reading →

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