Daily Archives: June 10, 2025

Movie Review: Ancient China sees a Bloody Martial Arts Brawl over the “Nine Ring Golden Dagger”

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

The first laugh in the martial arts quest thriller “Nine Ring Golden Dagger” might be its title. It was called “Blocking the Horse” in China. And the “dagger” that was mistranslated here is a sword attached to a seven or … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Bondage doesn’t necessarily lead to um, a “relationship” — “Oh, Hi!”

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Hand cuffs, French toast, “Give me twelve hours to show you” what a “relationship” can be like. Who hasn’t been THERE, right? Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds and David Cross star in this kinky (ish) flirting with … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Florida horrors of Lucid Dreaming — “Eye for an Eye”

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Whitney Peak from “Hunger Games” stars, but you will recognize a couple of other faces in this “Sandman is coming for you” thriller.  June 20, theaters and VOD via Vertical Releasing.

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Movie Preview: Ari Aster’s take on America’s waking nightmare — “Eddington”

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, rivals in a Southwestern town riven by America’s poisonous political landscape and the lies that divide us. Emma Stone and Austin Butler also star in this one, which doesn’t exactly promise cinematic “escape” from the … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Streisand, O’Neal and Bogdanovich go Looney Tunes Madcap — “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972)

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

A handful of great filmmakers came to the movies as genuine cinema buffs. Truffaut to Tarantino, Godard and Schrader, Peter Bogdanovich to Park Chan Wook all were film fanatics, some even critics who found a path from taking notes and … Continue reading →

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