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Netflixable? Sandler’s back in the Sandtrap — “Happy Gilmore 2”

Posted on July 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

Any hopes that Adam Sandler would use his Netflix contract to remake himself in movies like “Hustle” or “The Meyerowitz Stories”were dashed a couple of “Murder Mysteries” ago. But he’s still doing numbers for the streamer, as his audience aged … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: This “Fantastic Four” take their stumbling, humorless “First Steps”

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

Comic book cinema goes Mid Century Marvel for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” a sleek and gorgeous looking reboot of this franchise that harks back to Fantastic 4 comic and TV cartoon’s heyday. The film’s true star is production designer … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Weir, Ford and McGillis make The Greatest Romantic Thriller of the ’80s — “Witness” (1985)

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

The barn-raising scene in Peter Weir’s masterpiece, “Witness,” is one of the most perfect pieces of pure cinema the movies have ever produced. Beautifully conceived, shot (by future Oscar winner John Seale), edited (by Oscar winner Thom Noble) and scored … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Spielberg’s Daughter Directs “Please Don’t Feed the Children”

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

Many an aspiring filmmaker looks to horror as her or his way of launching a career in Hollywood. Get your hands on a generic script, finance a thriller on the cheap, deliver a shock or two and show’em what you’ve … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: As “Indie” as they come — “AJ Goes to the Dog Park”

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

“AJ Goes to the Dog Park” is a cheerfully cheesy semi-surreal indie film about what one dopey chihuahua owner will go through to get his dog park back. It’s twee in the extreme, with the occasional sophisticated effect — “No … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Tyler Perry’s Back in Drag for “Madea’s Destination Wedding”

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

You just know that what few conditions Netflix probably had in the big fat contract it gave the prolific Tyler Perry, one of them was “Give us a Madea movie every now and then.” Because even if his hilariously outspoken … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Dutch Duo are on the case as “Almost Cops”

Posted on July 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

The Dutch word for “buddy picture” is “vriendenfilm.” They take their shot at the genre with a cop/buddy action comedy, “Almost Cops,” whose title in Dutch is “Bad Boas,” a cute pun. That’s funnier than anything in this stunningly unsurprising … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A “Trainwreck” documentary remembers “The Real ‘Project X'”

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

It was just a movie, but those of us who saw it and brought an adult persective to reviewing “Project X” back in 2012 picked up on the ante it was upping. Decades of raucus youth party pictures, from “Animal … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Muay Thai vs Zombies — “Ziam”

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

Nothing to see here, just another country and another culture coping with the Zombie Apocalypse. “Ziam” is basically a test for those of us committed to watching any thriller featuring Muay Thai martial artists facing and dispensing with hordes of … Continue reading →

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“Costner’s The West” and LeBron’s “Jim Thorpe: Lit By Lightning” — Can they rescue The History Channel?

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

The advent of streaming and video on demand has hastened an inconvenient and often downright unseemly devolution of “channels” and what they used to mean to the TV consumer. The long-established “evolve or die” desperation of basic cable/dish meant that … Continue reading →

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