Monthly Archives: August 2014

Movie Review: “Septic Man”

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Roger Moore

Nauseating, disgusting, vile and vulgar, that much is obvious about “Septic Man” before the opening credits are done.A horror story/survival tale set in sewers awash in condoms and corpses, this sets itself up as a monster comedy in the “Toxic … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: It’s never been more OK “To Be Takei”

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Roger Moore

In case you missed it, it’s George Takei’s America. We’re just living in it. And getting his autograph. The man owns the Internet, through his wry Facebook memes and comical commentary on issues from gay rights to sci-fi omnipresence. On … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “When the Game Stands Tall” falls short

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Roger Moore

“When the Game Stands Tall” is a solid if unsurprising and uninspiring melodrama built around high school football, faith-based but “Friday Night Lite.” It’s the latest of that peculiar sub genre of sports films, where filmmakers bend over backwards to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Same “Sin City,” different “Dame to Kill For”

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Roger Moore

“Sin City” is back in all its lurid, gory glory, a vivid and visceral graphic novel come to life in the capable hands of Robert Rodriguez and co-director and comic book creator Frank Miller. If anything, it’s a more gorgeous … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “If I Stay”

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Roger Moore

Manipulative, contrived, melodramatic — all labels we slap on that most perfectly titled movie genre, “the weeper.” All fit “If I Stay” like original packaging. Teenage girls and the boys who want to date them need to discover the pleasures … Continue reading →

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Indie Summer? Independent, foreign films and documentaries made tiny marks this summer

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Roger Moore

I guess it was looking over the box office take of “Boyhood,” the most acclaimed film of the summer and certainly independent cinema’s darling of the year, that prompted this perusal of the box office tallies of the offbeat. Summer … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “May in the Summer”

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Roger Moore

The religious and cultural fault lines of the Middle East get thoroughly blurred in “May in the Summer,” the second feature film from the Palestinian-American actress-writer-director Cherian Dabis (“Amreeka”). The setting and various religious rifts are unfamiliar, if the domestic/romantic … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Are You Here?”

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Roger Moore

“Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner takes his act to the big screen with “Are You Here?” which turns out to be the most quotable Owen Wilson comedy since “Zoolander.” It’s a bit all over the place, a stoner comedy with … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Possession of Michael King”

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Roger Moore

As “found footage” horror movies go, “The Possession of Michael King” is more unpleasant than scary. The self-inflicted wounds, menace to innocents and general supernatural mayhem is nothing we haven’t seen before — the old “body yanked out of the … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Let’s Be Cops” beats “Expendables 3” and “Giver” at the box office

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Roger Moore

It’s far and away the worst of the three new wide releases to open this weekend. It opened Wed., to no reviews and zero fanfare. And “Let’s Be Cops” still surpassed “The Expendables 3” and “The Giver” at the box … Continue reading →

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