Daily Archives: June 28, 2025

Documentary Preview: Hey Vern! Jim Varney gets his own bio doc — “The Importance of Being Ernest”

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

I was working in Tennessee near the end of the Ernest P. Worrell fad and got to interview this serious actor turned famous bumkin goofball. He’d come into town to help talk actors into joining acting unions, make appearances plugging … Continue reading →

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Movie preview: Hardwicke and Steve Coogan recreate an Irish soccer feud — “Saipan”

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

Éanna Hardwicke (Vivarium (2019) stars as Roy Keane, who had a very public bust up with his World Cup manager Mick McCarthy, something the Irish weren’t quick to forgive. Kind of the anti “Ted Lasso?”

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Movie Preview: Scoot McNairy means Trouble on the Horse Ranch, “East of Wall”

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

Tabitha and Porshia Zimiga star in this newly-widowed, hardnosed horse trainer who provides shelter to wayward teens and her daughter, fighting to ride, to save the dream and save the ranch from guys like Scoot McNairy, who has the perfect … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: An Italian Girl tastes “La Dolce Vita” era Rome with Movie Stars Lily James and Willem Dafoe

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

James and Dafoe are joined by Joe Keery and Rachel Sennott in this Italian job build around a Plain Jane played by Rebecca Antonaci. Saverio Costanzo wrote and directed this love letter to the movies and what they used to … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: Brad Pitt, 62, laps the Competition as “F1” blows up — “M3GAN 2.0” is the update nobody uploads

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

Brad Pitt’s decades of stardom haven’t seen many missteps. He took that break-out bit part in “Thelma & Louise” all those years agoand made romances (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”), thrillers (“Se7en”), boundary-pushing fight films (“Fight Club”), sports dramas (“Moneyball”), sci … Continue reading →

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