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BOX OFFICE: “Avengers,” “Resident Evil,” “Heart of the Beast” and “Primetime” are neck-and-neck over $20 million

Posted on September 26, 2026 by Roger Moore

Marvel wants to whet the appetites of filmgoers, to not leave less avid Avengers fans in the dark about the convoluted “history” they may have forgotten when “Avengers: Doomsday” lumbers into theaters in December. And they’d love to add a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Haunted Japanese Inn’s Worth Visiting, just “Never After Dark”

Posted on September 25, 2026 by Roger Moore

It’s rare that even a casual horror fan doesn’t greet a new Japanese ghost story with the words, “I LIKE IT already!” Even if the film is made by Tuscon-born one-time Mormon missionary (how he got into Asian culture and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: In Muldoon’s Curtain Call he’s an Ex-Boxer with “Dirty Hands”

Posted on September 22, 2026 by Roger Moore

Patrick Muldoon was a “Starship Troopers” alumnus who never quite got over the B-movie hump as an actor. He passed away last April at 57. “Dirty Hands” was his final film, a representative work for an actor who made a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Hawke & Co. carry “The Weight” of Life, Loss, and Gold for Russell Crowe

Posted on September 18, 2026 by Roger Moore

The hero is a widowed veteran, father of a tiny girl who is taken away from him when he is unjustly imprisoned. The warden of the camp where he’s jailed seems like a reasonable sort. He recognizes a man who … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Shaun the Sheep — The Beast of Mossy Bottom”

Posted on September 18, 2026 by Roger Moore

Much of the charm and delight missing from children’s animated films this year makes a belated arrival in “Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.” Yes, it’s an aimated franchise and yes, there’s even been a VERY long-running TV … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? French actors, directors and Venus the Wild Boar yell “Call My Agent! The Movie”

Posted on September 17, 2026 by Roger Moore

A movie spun-off of a TV series is inevitably going to be more rewarding to fans of that series who know all the back stories of the characters and get the jokes that come from being that character, or breaking … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Mr. Navel Gazing “How To” Kvetches through “The History of Concrete”

Posted on September 14, 2026 by Roger Moore

“The History of Concrete” is an amusing amble through that construction material’s lineage, especially as it pertains to New York. And New Yorkers. It’s by doc filmmaker/essayist John Wilson, which should tell you its light tone and short-attention-span aimlessness, if … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Practical Magic 2” Stops the Clock

Posted on September 13, 2026 by Roger Moore

No major motion picture as mediocre as “Practical Magic 2” deserves the emotional response this film sometimes generates. It’s released 28 years after the original film, with its two stars — Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman –– having collected Academy … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Just Close the Curtains on this “Knightfall”

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Knightfall,” the latest title of a thriller that had other working titles, is a B, C or D movie starring the dye-job-fools-no-one son of the funniest James Bond and a little known actress who looks as if she was cast … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Husbands in Action” serve up Korean Goofballs in a Kidnapping Caper

Posted on September 7, 2026 by Roger Moore

If you watch one screwball Korean action comedy this year… Damn. I just can’t pull the trigger on that sort of endorsement for “Husbands in Action,” a dopier-than-dopey kidnapping caper that “TV-MA” rating or not, seems aimed at kids. It’s … Continue reading →

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