Monthly Archives: June 2025

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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Documentary Preview: “Shari & LambChop” take another bow

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

You’ve got to be a certain age to have any idea what this title is about and to remember how big a deal this early children’s TV act was. Coming soon.

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Movie Preview: Channing Tatum is on the lam in plain sight in Charlotte — “Roofman”

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

A crook who hides out at Toys R Us? Gotta be in Charlotte. Kirsten Dunst, Lakeith Stanfeld and Peter Dinklage are in this true story caper farce from the director of “The Place Beyond the Pines.” Oct. 10

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Netflixable? Baby Ballerina is Slow to Figure Out who the “Bad Influence” in her Life Is

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

Here’s a sordid little teen-in-trouble tease from Spain that promises threats, sex and violence presented in the most melodramatic situations possible in assorted posh settings decorated by overdressed members of the upper class and underclass. “Bad Influence” is about a … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A bullfighter’s life in the Ring, “Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de soledad)”

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

Any intimate, detailed documentary about what goes on during a bullfight is going to chase away probably two thirds of the populace in this day and age. Those who avoid it have a point. “Afternoons of Solitude,” which follows pouty … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Sex and Violence, Sex and Violence, Sex and Violence” at a rented mansion at “Bone Lake”

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

The horror hardcores are all in on this fan fest darling, a “double booked” mansion getaway that turns carnal, unfaithful and bloody. Oct. 24. Mark your calendar.

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