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BOX OFFICE: It’s “Disclosure Day” weekend, but “Obsession” and “Backroom” are Still Making Bank

Posted on June 13, 2026 by Roger Moore

Steven Spielberg’s third shot at “The aliens have made contact” is overperforming the low expectations that Universal had put out — $35 million, they said. For a Spielberg movie. With aliens. And Emily “A Quiet Place” Blunt. Deadline.com says the … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Life Lived on the Margins on an Island off Ireland — “Man of Aran” (1934)

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Roger Moore

Hard lives the way they used to be lived are the subject of documentarian Robert Flaherty’s classic “Man of Aran,” a fictional film capturing the traditions of the past on Ireland’s Aran Islands in the 1930s. A black and white … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Ladies First” remakes “I’m Not an Easy Man” in Sexist Shades of British

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Roger Moore

One of the most popular Netflix films from France, “I’m Not an Easy Man” earns a British-accented remake with “Ladies First,” a gender-reversing Sacha Baron Cohen/Rosamund Pike rom-com. Seems to me I traded cars on the review traffic from the … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Scary Movie” is the real “Master of the Universe”

Posted on June 6, 2026 by Roger Moore

Don’t look now, but The Wayans Film Fam is back on the radar and atop the box office. The Thursday night take for the relaunch of their TWENTY-SIX year old franchise was good, if not epic — just under $8 … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Star Director Remembered in his Own Words — “Sydney Pollack: Collected Interviews”

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Roger Moore

I’m really enjoying and learning a lot about the celebrated, Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack through the assorted journalist interviews, public Q & As and filmmaker-to-filmmaker chats gathered in “Sydney Pollack: Collected Interviews. “ This University Press of Kentucky publication reminds … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Beware the “Backrooms” of Your Worst Nightmares

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Roger Moore

Here’s a thriller that Maurice Escher could have production designed, with Salvador Dalí decorating the sets and Stanley Kubrick behind the camera directing. Not that Youtube phenom turned horror filmmaker Kane Parsons is the new Kubrick. But in turning his … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: The Youtube Business Model takes over — “Backrooms” Blows Up, “Obsession” Booms

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Roger Moore

Legendary screenwriter William Goldman, the guy who scripted “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Princess Bride” and “Misery” and who literally wrote the book on how Hollywood works and what to expect when trying to get a movie made, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Even the most Righteous Revenge has a Cost — “Is God Is”

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Roger Moore

Writer-director Alaesha Harris makes a furious feature film debut with “Is God Is,” an ugly, unblinking slice of African American Gothic horror as relevant as a headline and as timeless as a parable. It’s about two fire-scarred sisters “always on … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Revolution will be Shoplifted– “I Love Boosters”

Posted on May 23, 2026 by Roger Moore

Capitalism’s end game is taunted and satirized in “I Love Boosters,” a loopy, anarchic comedy about shoplifting, fashion, media mass indoctrination and This Cultural Moment. The latest from the rapper and songwriter turned filmmaker Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You”) … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: The Insufferable Ages into Adorable — “Marty: Life Is Short”

Posted on May 13, 2026 by Roger Moore

Maybe he wore us down. The decades of often indifferent movies, the endless wacky guest-spots on sitcoms, chat show appearances that fatigued the host and viewer long before the commercial break, all of that took its toll on the public … Continue reading →

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