Daily Archives: June 27, 2025

Movie Review: Improv Comics Howard, Mohammed and Bloom go “Deep Cover” looking for laughs in London

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Deep Cover” is an exceptionally silly Brit comedy about improv actors lying on the fly as undercover bait for London police. Logic goes out the window early on, with no means of re-entry. And it’s built around Bryce Dallas Howard, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Ron Howard’s “Eden” gets dropped on Vertical Releasing, dumped on Aug. 22

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

A Film Fest horror movie that didn’t grab the interest of a major, every cineplex across the country distributor, a major motion picture director whose “Thirteen Lives” didn’t do well, and who might be facing the inevitable fade in influence … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Nick Offerman goes OFF as a cop-hating gun nut, Dennis Quaid’s tracking him — “Sovereign”

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Sovereign” is a movie whose politics have kind of flipped this year, which is why it’s going straight to streaming. A guy who’s got his own interpretation of The Constitution, raising his son to fear, resist and fight back against … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Emma and Jesse and Yorgos Lathimos — “Bugonia”

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

An awards season (October release) contender, or is The Academy a tad “over” Yorgos Lanthimos? Not likely. “The Favourite” and “Poor Things” still have some currency when fall arrives. Aidas Delbis and Alicia Silverstone also star in this dark comedy/environmental … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “M3GAN 2.0,” an Update Nobody Needed

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

A tip of the hat to Ivana Sakhno, who gives one of the more convincingly metallic turns as a woman-playing a robot in “M3GAN 2.0,” a killer robot sequel that leans even harder into well-founded AI phobia. She is Maria … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “F1” doesn’t miss a gear, or a trick

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

“F1” is a shiny, streamlined and perfectly aerodynamic version of an old fashioned star vehicle. The star in this case is Brad Pitt, one of the most popular leading men of his generation. So it’s only natural he and director … Continue reading →

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