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BOX OFFICE: “Odyssey” Sails on, “Hadestown” Cracks the Top Five

Posted on July 25, 2026 by Roger Moore

The second weekend of Christopher Nolan’s latest epic and latest blockbuster “The Odyssey” earned  $87 million at the North American box office. As it opened at $123.5 million last weekend, that’s a stunningly small 30% from its big fat take … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Odyssey” by Nolan

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Roger Moore

Sail we must, on Homer’s “wine dark sea” from Ithaca to Asia Minor and many points in between for the greatest story of them all, the tale of “a face, a fleet…of a war with Troy, of a man and … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Damon, Norton, Famke, Turturro and Landau deal the cards — “Rounders” (1998)

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Roger Moore

The knock on “Rounders” (1998) was always that it was, to quote a review or two at the time of its release, “lazy.” It’s a genre pic, gamblers’ ups and downs as one (Matt Damon) tries to focus on law … Continue reading →

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