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Movie Review: Travolta’s “Propeller: One-Way Night Coach” is One for the Ages — All Ages

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

Back in the good ol’days — the ’90s — John Travolta would love to get off the topic of “Michael,” “Pulp Fiction” or “Get Shorty” in interviews with film journalists like me and regale us with how utterly besotted he … Continue reading →

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Series Review: Momoa’s “Shogun” sized epic of Hawai’i’s struggle to unite — “Chief of War”

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

Jason Momoa had to play “Aquaman” a bunch of times, put in his time in “Dune” and “Fast and Furious” movies and muscle through a season of “Game of Thrones” to build up the clout it took to get “Chief … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Fountain of Youth” ages Everybody Involved

Posted on May 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

It begins with some sparkling action — a motorbike/fisticuffs getaway in Bangkok — and lopes into a jaunty railroading escape in rural Thailand. There are self-aware jokes ridiculing the silliness of the very idea of a magical “fountain” that bestows … Continue reading →

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Series Review: Brian Tyree Henry’s a “Dope Thief” who robs from the wrong Drug Lord

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Everybody’s new favorite character actor Brian Tyree Henry earns a rough and raw but often tongue-in-cheek star vehicle with “Dope Thief,” an Apple TV series about dope thieves who steal from the wrong crime boss. It’s violent, with the threat … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Black Boy’s Odyssey through the London “Blitz”

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Roger Moore

A single photo in Britain’s Imperial War Museum — a mixed-race child snapped as he joined the sea of children being evacuated from a British city early in World War II — inspired the brilliant writer-director Steve McQueen’s “Blitz,” a … Continue reading →

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