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Classic Film Review: “Restored” for re-release, “Breakfast of Champions” (1999) is still malnourished

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Roger Moore

A lot of myth and movie lore are attached to the cinema’s epic flops. The long-gestating, all-star-cast 1999 film of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s “Breakfast of Champions” carries its share of such baggage. No, it didn’t end adapting screenwriter and director … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: Critics and Comic Book Movie Fatigue cut “Joker” sequel’s opening weekend take in half “

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Roger Moore

Box office expectations for “Joker: Folie à Deux” have been tumbling since the first reviews rolled out some weeks back. Todd Phillips’ jukebox musical fantasy take on the “tragic” story of the making of a murderous monster may pair up … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Joaquin commits heart and soul, but “Joker: Folie à Deux” flails

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Joker: Folie à Deux” is a Great American Songbook jukebox musical grafted onto the Grand Guignol of Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix‘s vision of the comic book character. It doesn’t work, doesn’t play and doesn’t coalesce into the Big Message … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Mel Gibson and Kids face the horrors of “Monster Summer”

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Canceled” Oscar winner Mel Gibson takes a break from the violent, vengeful B-movies that have kept him busy for a decade for “Monster Summer,” a witchy kiddie horror picture directed by a child actor who grew up on “The Wizards … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Edie Falco’s a Helicopter Mom to her adult kids in “I’ll Be Right There”

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Roger Moore

Edie Falco has her best role since “Nurse Jackie” in “I’ll Be Right There,” a dramedy about an over-extended mom still dropping everything for everybody’s else’s needs well past the point she should. Screenwriter Jim Beggarly (“Free Samples,” “A Country … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Navajo hoops team Overcomes Obstacles on and off the Court — “Rez Ball”

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Rez Ball” is a feel-good sports dramedy tailor-made for teens and tweens. It may be groaningly predictable in its adherence to formula, as most any adult sports film/basketball drama viewer knows what’s coming and when, and can even be bark … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: “Will & Harper” take a Road Trip to test America’s Transgender Tolerance

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Roger Moore

What was “the pitch” for “Will & Harper” like? This road trip documentary about two longtime friends and colleagues getting together after one has transitioned is sweet as can be, but it’s “showbiz” all the way. Will Ferrell met Andrew … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Wild Robot” opens big, “Megalopolis” doesn’t, “Transformers” plunge, “My Old Ass” barely registers

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Roger Moore

I was betting that Deadline.com is lowballing, based on the hurricane-dampened “preview” night/opening day of “The Wild Robot” (right around $12 million), when their prognosticator said it’d hit $35 million on its opening weekend. Saturday, post hurricane, should have been  … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Kate Winslet plays a Combat Photographer few recall — “Lee” Miller

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Lee” is a sturdy, episodic and sometimes moving “what I did in the war” biography of combat photographer Lee Miller. She was a pioneer in the field, breaking down barriers, making her mark at the time. The reason we’ve not … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Navigating one’s teens might be easier with a little help from “My Old Ass”

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Roger Moore

There’s a cute coarseness that lets “My Old Ass” live up — or down — to its title and its standing as “An Aubrey Plaza Comedy.” That’s Plaza’s brand, after all, and she is the title character. But this sentimental … Continue reading →

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