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Classic Film Review: Edwards and Sellers crash “The Party” in Hollywood (1968)

Posted on July 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

A wicked thought crossed my mind midway through re-watching the Blake Edwards/Peter Sellers farce “The Party,” one of three times the great British funnyman donned brownface to play Indian characters. What would have happened had Sellers, a comic legend and … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Minions” Wear Out their Welcome, “Washington” isn’t Celebrating, “Supergirl” sinks like a Stone

Posted on July 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

There’s a LOT to unpack with this holiday weekend’s box office take, stretched to five days thanks to the early opening of “Minions & Monsters.” So let’s dig in. The umpteenth iteration of Universal’s venerable “Despicable Me/Minions” franchise was expected … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Cumming and Kin “Drive Back Home” in The Bad Ol’Days for Canada’s Gays

Posted on July 3, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Drive Back Home” is a road comedy with a queer history subtext and a hard, melodramatic flourish saved for its finale. It’s about a prodigal son and an estranged family that he fled the moment he was old enough to … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Intentionally forgotten Lebanon — “Do You Love Me”

Posted on June 30, 2026 by Roger Moore

In Lebanon, an opening title tells us, “contemporary history is not taught in schools.” Basically, a half century of intermittent bloody unrest has been erased. The endless Israeli incursions and invasions? The civil war Israel triggered with the refugee dislocations … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Jean-Pierre Melville is one of “Two Men in Manhattan” (1959)

Posted on June 29, 2026 by Roger Moore

Sometimes, the most accurate mirrors we face are held up to us by others. Consider the flood of viral stories about America and those visiting it during the World Cup — the German who sang our praises and found himself … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War”

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Roger Moore

These are not the days for “Patriot Games.” The world we live in’s realities long ago outstripped Tom Clancy’s post-Cold War fantasies of a righteous but compromised America and the West and the mythic “surgical strikes” it takes to keep … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: Little “Supergirl” Lost — “Toy Story 5” rolls in the (play) dough

Posted on June 27, 2026 by Roger Moore

Another blockbuster weekend for “Toy Story 5” was a given. And to some of us the indifference that a fresh, punk-riotgrrrl take on “Supergirl” with no “names (Mathias Schoenaerts excepted) and Warner Bros./DC’s MF CGI “dog” sidekick was just as … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Toy Story 5” has Epic Opening, “Disclosure Day” falls off a Lot

Posted on June 20, 2026 by Roger Moore

Theaters filled Thursday afternoon and evening with “Toy Story 5” screenings, and that added up to a whopping $17.5 million “previews” take, which set the table for an epic Juneteenth Friday of over $70 million. And that, The Numbers.com reports, … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Dios Mio! Dazzling “I Am Frankelda” loses the Plot

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Roger Moore

The cotton tufts of simulated fog that roll into the stop-motion animated terrors of “I Am Frankelda” can resemble hands of the damned frantically reaching up from the depths of whatever lies below. Vividly-colored sets filled with whimsical human (ish) … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Douglas and Morse reminisce about Belize, “Looking Through Water”

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Roger Moore

The best most screen actors can hope for in their dotage is roles that don’t embarrass or seem beneath them. The lucky ones land a decent scripted series or a challenging supporting role on the big screen. But too many … Continue reading →

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