Monthly Archives: July 2025

Movie Preview: Karl Urban makes the idea of an R-rated “Mortal Kombat II” relevent

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Haven’t seen much of that rascally rogue Karl Urban in recent years. And truth be told, I may have bounced by this “Mortal Kombat II” trailer the first time I saw it posted because of the sea of fake trailers … Continue reading →

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Series Review: Bana and DeWitt are at their best “Untamed”

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

The stunning scenery of Yosemite National Park, sturdy performances by Eric Bana and Sam Neill and Rosemarie DeWitt’s best turn since “Mad Men” recommend “Untamed,” an engrossing murder mystery that trots through genre tropes and leans into melodrama but never … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Superman” soars on, “Last Summer,” “Smurfs” underwhelm and “Eddington” bombs

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

The horror audience has proven a hard sell in the post-COVID movie-going marketplace. New titles that reliably opened in the low to mid $teens made cheap horror productions a staple of most every studio’s release slate. And franchises could reliably … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Your Friday Afternoon Think-Piece/Eye Candy — “Tron: Ares”

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

Militarizing “Tron” in an age of AI fears and Big Tech Supervillain abuse seems…on the nose. Jared Leto, Gillian Anderson, Greta Lee and Jodie-Turner-Smith are the stars. And here’s Jeff Bridges, still taking a “Tron” credit, all these decades later. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Deaf” and Pregnant

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

This Spanish drama about an expectant mom fretting that her baby-to-be might inherit whatever made her deaf from birth stars Miriam Garlo and Álvaro Cervantes as her hearing partner/baby daddy, the one she clings to/fights with over childcare difficulties for … Continue reading →

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The Killer Bit that Got “Colbert” canceled?

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

It was this. Not the Turkish mustache business. “The Big Fat Bribe” rant. Paramount will rue the day it didn’t simply pay out on his contract rather than have him sticking around for more months, bad-mouthing Skydance, Paramount and their … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A COVID/BLM Protests/Trumpism-Conspiracy allegory set in “Eddington,” New Mexico

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

There’s a veritable NRA convention of ordnance discharged in “Eddington,” Ari Aster’s All American parable of “How did we get here?” But the one weapon not discharged is the most apt metaphor for the latest from the writer/director of “Midsommar,” … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Weir, Ford and McGillis make The Greatest Romantic Thriller of the ’80s — “Witness” (1985)

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

The barn-raising scene in Peter Weir’s masterpiece, “Witness,” is one of the most perfect pieces of pure cinema the movies have ever produced. Beautifully conceived, shot (by future Oscar winner John Seale), edited (by Oscar winner Thom Noble) and scored … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Spielberg’s Daughter Directs “Please Don’t Feed the Children”

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

Many an aspiring filmmaker looks to horror as her or his way of launching a career in Hollywood. Get your hands on a generic script, finance a thriller on the cheap, deliver a shock or two and show’em what you’ve … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview:  Parents try to save Their Cheating Adult Son’s Marriage — “A Little Prayer”

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

David Strathairn and Celia Weston are the parents, Will Pullen the straying son and Jane Levy the daughter in law and mother of their granddaughter whom they’re trying to help without “interfering” in this dramedy from the writer of “Junebug” … Continue reading →

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