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Movie Review: “A Hard Place,” aka “The Evil Dead” by the Humorless and Uninspired

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

The biggest names in the indie horror flick “A Hard Place” are Bai Ling from “The Crow” and Glenn Plummer, who attained screen immortality with his turn in “Showgirls.” So it’s fitting that they get off easy. They’re the recognizable … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Dark Comedy of Class, Gimmicks and Great Critical Repute — “Kind Hearts and Coronets”

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

It is remembered for the grand stunt of casting the great Alec Guinness as eight members of a largely imperious and callous noble family, and making each so distint as to erase the label “gimmick” from what became a quintessential … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Against the Clock,” aka “Headlock” traps Agron in a Polish Joke

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

The lengths some guys will go to in order to get Dianna Agron to make out with them. The first-time I paid attention to Mark Polish of the filmmaking Polish Twins (with brother Michael Polish) was when “Twin Falls, Idaho,” … 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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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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Movie Review: “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” or so we presume

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s all just too much, really. The flashbacks within flashbacks, serving up 30 years of “Mission: Impossible’s” Great Hits, dead characters (and deceased actors) revisited, the dangling from this or that, or diving, or dying — the A-bombs, missles ready … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Homeless Man hears “The Golden Voice” on Rittenhouse Square

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Golden Voice” is the most sentimental movie treatment of living on the streets since “The Pursuit of Happyness.” Cliched, cute and cloying, its very engaging cast is never able to overcome the weight of Hallmark Movie homelessness this script … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A Legend Gets his Due as “Swamp Dogg Gets his Pool Painted”

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

Documentary filmmakers are always looking for a subject that’s colorful and obscure enough to justify the years it sometimes takes to make a non-fiction film about it or them. The guys who made “Swamp Dogg Gets his Pool Painted” had … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: MGM’s Blunt, if Belated Warning about Fascism — “The Mortal Storm”

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

The first time I pondered the “coincidence” of a classic film turning up on my TV at a particular moment in history was coming home from school in the ’70s and seeing the Cold War era gem “Seven Days in … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Final Destination: Bloodlines” BLOWS UP as Horror Audience Returns, The Weeknd Bombs

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

A sequel/reboot of “Final Destination: Bloodlines” relaunches a 25 year old horror franchise in style. Warner Bros/New Line is looking at an over $40 million opening weekend, based on a robust Thurdsay night ($5.5 million) and hefty Friday ($15.5 million … Continue reading →

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