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BOX OFFICE: “Venom: The Last Dance” opens at $52, not the blowout/bow-out Hardy’s Boys and Girls Hoped For

Posted on October 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

UPDATED FINAL SUNDAY NOON from @TheNumbers feed. A lot of things are distracting America from the idea of “We MUST go see the third ‘Venom’ movie” this weekend. Baseball’s World Series, other sports, fall leaves reaching their “peak” and politics … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “We Live in Time” and Weep — Just in no Particular Order

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

“We Live in Time” is an old-fashioned weeper, a “Love Story” with a British accent with a “meet cute” and falling hard and Big Dreams and tragedy just around the corner. But director John Crowley and screenwriter Nick Payne tell … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Switzerland’s Oscar contender has a Peruvian flavor — “Reinas”

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences changed its “Best Foreign Language Film” category at the Oscars to “Best International Feature,” it was designed to make the Academy Awards seem less Hollywood-centric, less like “English” was the official … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Eric Bana and Sadie Sink are a father and daughter staring down a cult — “A Sacrifice”

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Roger Moore

“A Sacrifice” is a thriller about an American father who is the last to realize that his daughter’s being recruited by a German cult. As Ben Monroe is an expert on “groupthink” and cult behavior, this is humbling. He’s the … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Smile 2” underwhelms with $23, “Wild Robot” clears $100

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Smile 2” arrives in theaters to excellent reviews, a little name recognition in its cast and a proven “brand” whose previous installment opened at $22 million, but soared onward and upward and cleared $105 million in North America alone. Paramount … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Dinklage and Brolin as twin “Brothers?” With Glenn Close as their armed robber Mama?

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Roger Moore

Whatever laughs are inherent in a caper comedy pairing up Peter Dinklage and Josh Brolin as twin lowlife thieving siblings caught up in “one last job” that involves their thieving mama (Glenn Close), Oscar winners Marisa Tomei and Brendan Fraser, … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Anna Kendrick’s dazzling and damning directing debut — “Woman of the Hour”

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

In “Woman of the Hour,” an infamous piece of ’70s serial killer lore becomes a suspenseful and disheartening thriller in the hands of director and star Anna Kendrick. It’s a pre “#BelieveWomen” tale when women were speaking-out and alerting police … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The last word in horror sequels — “Smile 2”

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Smile 2” is a genuinely horrific plunge into terror. Writer-director Parker Finn revives his 2022 creation with a sequel of real ambition. Dude spent a LOT of Paramount’s money on production values for an authentically artistic, high-minded, lowdown and gory … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Found Footage” gives us a glimpse of the witch they call “Beezel”

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

The 60 year witch-haunts-a-house story “Beezel” seems to have been kicked around a bit before Epic got hold of it and gave it a streaming release. That’s a shame, because this creepy, low-budget horror tale certainly passes the “Well, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Keaton reconnects with his kids, including Mila Kunis, as “Goodrich”

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Roger Moore

There’s no heavy lifting in “Goodrich,” the Michael Keaton/Mila Kunis dramedy about a workaholic second-time-around dad forced to reconnect with his kids, including the one old enough to be pregnant. The jokes about trying, after 60, to learn to be … Continue reading →

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