Monthly Archives: August 2025

BOX OFFICE: “Weapons” brandishes another $22, “Nobody 2” scares nobody after another big “Freakier Friday”

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Nobody 2” is a classic “more of the same” sequel to an unlikely action hit starring unlikely action hero Bob Odenkirk. Others were more generous reviewing this second helping of a 2021 (right after Covid) hit than I was. The … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Vanessa Kirby goes Desperate and Dressed Down for “Night Always Comes”

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

When it works, there’s a heedless, reckless energy to the desperation Vanessa Kirby brings to “Night Always Comes.” As a sex worker whose unhappy home life led to a string of impulsive, life-threatening decisions, Lynette is racing against a deadline … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Tim Blake Nelson does his Fight Picture — “Bang Bang”

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Andrew Liner, Daniella Pineada, Nina Arianda, Glenn Plummer and Kevin Corrigan star in this “I wantcha to hit yer GRANDPA” and “It’s swimmin’ around in your DNA” boxing film. Vertigo Releasing has it, so very limited theatrical window starting Sept. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Everyman Odenkirk faces Sharon Stone — “Nobody 2”

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Sixtysomething Bob Odenkirk returns as a middle-aged-man wish fulfillment fantasy antihero in “Nobody 2,” a sequel to the violent action comedy about a family man/good provider who happens to be a professional fury in a fight. More people underestimate snowflake-whiskered, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Murder, Double Dealing, a Lakota Ghost Shirt and Sydney Sweeney — “Americana”

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

There have been worse Tarantino rip-offs than “Americana,” a modern Northern Plains Western with hints of “Reservoir Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction” about it. And hot starlet of the moment Sydney Sweeney’s not the worst thing in it. Ok, maybe she … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Parenthood — “A Little Prayer” that Never Ends

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

“A Little Prayer” comes to theaters to add a grownup grace note to the end of the summer cinema of 2025. It’s about parenting, the job that never ends and the parents who never stop second-guessing how they’re managing it. … Continue reading →

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It’s “Nobody 2” Thursday, Maybe with Sydney Sweeney and “Americana” thrown in

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Americana” has been sitting on a shelf, waiting for some August weekend (slow business) to open on for a couple of years. Low expectations? Sure. (Review here) Bob Odenkirk takes and throws punches? Again? On vacation? Who’s not down for … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Baby Assassins 3,” “Nice Days” for killing?

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

Truth be told, the world didn’t need a third “Baby Assassins” movie. All writer-director Yuko Sakamoto did was make a longer, more bloated, more character-cluttered version of the first two films. And five years have passed. Our Japanese kewpie doll … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Whishaw details for us “Peter Hujar’s Day” — a photographer exposed

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s 1974, and Rebecca Hall as Linda Rosenkrantz interviews a not-quite-famous portrait photographer for a…profile? “To find out how people fill up our days.” A moment in time not-quite-explained by a guy who was a part of it, photographing it … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: This “Duchess” Smuggles Diamonds and Gets Her Revenge

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Duchess” is the sort of very bad, over-the-top violent Guy Ritchie knockoff that you get when the wrong film actor or actress takes that “create your own breaks/write a role for yourself” advice seriously. Charlotte Kirk‘s a Brit with a … Continue reading →

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