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BOX OFFICE– “Tron: Ares” opens big, but not HUGE, “Roofman” might come in Second

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

The third reboot/incarnation of the trapped-in-a-video-game saga “Tron,” titled “Tron: Ares” and starring Jared Leto, did a meek Thursday night folded into an underwhelming Friday, which Deadline.com says added up to a $15 million opening day. That put it on … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Jamie Lee and Lindsay reach for a “Freakier Friday”

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s adorable that Jamie Lee Curtis spent some of her Oscar-winner capital rejoining Lindsay Lohan for another round of “Freaky Friday” body-switching hijinx. And it’s grand that Lohan survived her most problematic years and that Netflix brought her career back … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Dragon” slays Zombies and “Elio,” “28 Years Later” devours $30 million

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

There was a time when the moment a new Pixar title landed a release date, every other studio threw up its hands as a sea of suits whined, “Well, THAT weekend’s out.” But post-COVID, factoring in inflation, “family” audiences are … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Dragon” Flies High, “Materialists” cash in, “Stitch” clears the $800 million mark

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

Kids’ entertainment has been king of the box office this summer, as animated franchises turned into CGI assisted “live action” remakes have become the latest “sure thing” in that corner of the marketplace. First it was cell-animated fare of the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Aloha” means “Why Bother?” with this remake of “Lilo & Stitch”

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

The latest Disney remake of an animated classic makes “Lilo & Stitch” more Hawaiian and less cartoonish. The former might be a big deal, in terms of getting Hawaian culture right and advertising the island paradise-state to tourists. But the … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Lili & Stitch” rise again — all time Memorial Day Box Office Smash, “Mission: Impossible” might clear $77

Posted on May 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

If you’re a kid, you don’t have a sense of the bottom line cynicism, milking-an-idea-for-all-its-worth fatigue of knowing Disney’s animated hit of a couple of decades back, which also spun off a TV series, is a tad…familiar. And if you’re … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Snow White” opens big(ish), but underwhelms, “Alto Knights” Bomb

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Is the fact that they cast a Latina actress, Rachel Zegler, as “Snow White” scaring off racist parents? Does knowing Disney chose to CGI its way around casting actual dwarf actors — there are many, and Peter Dinklage is merely … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Snow White” and her Singing CGI Pals Don’t Get the Job Done

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

There’s nothing inherently wrong with Disney’s recent practice of remaking its animated musical classics as live action films. Reviving a timeless story for a new generation and getting more value out of a long-treasured piece of intellectual property is to … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Den of Thieves 2” capers off, Audiences Ask, “Robbie Who?” as “Better Man” bombs

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson, Jr. and Lionsgate are pulling off a wintry heist this weekend as “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” may eek out a narrow box office win over “Mufasa,” not quite “The Lion King.” Thursday night and Friday … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Mufasa” finally wins a weekend, “Sonic” slides, “Nosferatu” becomes a horror blockbuster

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Roger Moore

New movies rarely roll out between Christmas and the second Friday in January, and so it is this year, with Jan. 10 (next weekend) serving up Oscar contenders and the first action pic of 2025. But the holdover films in … Continue reading →

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