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BOX OFFICE: Franchise Fatigue flattens “Moana” & “Minions,” “Invite” expands, “Toy Story” soldiers on

Posted on July 11, 2026 by Roger Moore

As I saw parents — well, GRANDparents — gathering the grandkids and emptying their wallets at the ticket counter of a Regal Cinemas in Falwelltown, Va. Friday, I had to shake my head at what they were mostly going to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Toy Story 5” is all Message, Little Fun

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Roger Moore

My least favorite “Toy Story” movie takes a solid hour to deliver its first laugh and some 70 minutes to truly get underway. “Toy Story 5” tells a tale from three different points of view, with three storylines, and hammers … 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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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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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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Movie Review: “Mufasa,” everything we didn’t need to know about “The Lion King”

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

The CGI animated savannahs, rivers and rock formations of Africa are photo-real, and the animals populating it have never been more realistically rendered than they are in “Mufasa: The Lion King.” Disney felt the need to have the lions, warthog … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Moana 2” is nobody’s idea of “an instant classic”

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Roger Moore

Here’s how I described Disney’s 2016 blockbuster “Moana” when it came out. “It is an instant classic, a near masterpiece and the best Disney animated film since its last Golden Age, which produced “The Little Mermaid” and “The Lion King.” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Losing her “fur baby” has this beau feeling “Hangdog”

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Roger Moore

Frustration can be a great launching point for laughs, and the comedy “Hangdog” revels in it. Our “hero” is a frustrated “big city” hipster relocated to Portland, Maine. Uptight Walt is seriously out of step with the laid-back Mainers. Walt, … Continue reading →

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