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Movie Review: Louis Mandylor commits another War (Movie) Atrocity — “Prisoner of War”

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

The director and star of the most laughably under-researched WWII action pic in ages strikes again with “Prisoner of War,” a Scott Adkins martial arts star vehicle that puts a kickboxing RAF pilot on the Bataan Peninsula of the Philippines … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Quintessential Keaton, Parenting with a Feminist Message — “Baby Boom” (1987)

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

The death of Diane Keaton over the weekend had a lot of us poking around streaming services, hunting for something to remind us of what made the Oscar winner an icon of her era. We settled into “Baby Boom” in … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE:  Taylor Swift” goes “Showgirl,” scores a $30 million+ weekend — The Rock’s “Smashing Machine” Smashes his Oscar Hopes

Posted on October 4, 2025 by Roger Moore

A documentary about the making of her album “The Life of a Showgirl” makes Taylor Swift the queen of the box office on the first weekend of October, celebrating the record’s blockbuster release with a box office smash as a … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: An Ealing Comedy of Capital and Labor and “The Man in the White Suit” (1951)

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

In the years after “The War,” Britons got back to indulging the quirkier aspects of a national character that “Keep Calm and Carry On” had superceded, at least as far as “Fritz” and his “Bloodthirsty Guttersnipe” gang were concerned. The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Widower Timothy Spall crosses Britain on “The Last Bus”

Posted on September 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

The first impression Timothy Spall made on film fans was when he played a plump, delusional, somewhat daft chef in Mike Leigh’s quirky slice-of-working-class dream, “Life is Sweet.” Restaurateur Aubrey thought putting boiled bacon consumme, prune quiche and pork cyst … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Him” Underwhelms, “Big Bold Beautiful” bombs, “Demon Slayer” slays by default

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Late September turns out to be a pretty bad time to send a football-bashing body horror thriller out into the world. “Him” stars Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers and Julia Fox, and is wearing the “producd by Jordan Peele” badge of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Slight Flight of Fantasy Fancy billed as “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

Pairing up Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell for a big screen fantasy romance doesn’t pay off in “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” a film that has one or two big moments on its road-trip-romantic “journey,” a little digitally augmented “beauty” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Dark Night of “La Dolce Vita” — “Finally Dawn”

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

Federico Fellini cast a jaded, bemused eye on the postwar Italian decadence and indulgence with “La Dolce Vita,” a cinema classic about a generation just removed from decades of fascism and war partying, reveling in paparazzo-pursued celebrity and an internationally … Continue reading →

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“Most Obnoxious Moviegoers?” Here’s the Latest Poll

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

Moviegoing as an experience has had its rough periods of adjustment over the decades. Audiences returning to the cinema in the ’70s and ’80s thanks to the Blockbuster era had to learn they weren’t in their den, where chattering about … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Mixed Martial Artist with an “Affinity” for Fighting, but not Screenwriting

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Marko Zaror makes a statement on his martial arts skills — as a fighter and fight director — in “Affinity,” a B-picture that drifts into C-movie territory every time the fighting stops. A towering brawler who figured prominently in the … Continue reading →

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