Daily Archives: February 11, 2015

“Movie Review” “What We Do in the Shadows”

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Roger Moore

“What We Do in the Shadows” is a one-joke comedy about vampires, and yet another mockumentary/fake documentary, a gimmick that has turned seriously stale in recent years. But with those crackpot Kiwis Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi behind it, you … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Kingsman” is “Austin Powers” with fewer laughs, “Bond” without the gravitas

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Roger Moore

“The Spy Who Amused Me,” James Bond, has abdicated that title. That’s the gap the Mark Millar/Dave Gibbons comic “The Secret Service” leaped into, and it’s territory that feels most at home in the film from that comic, “Kingsman: The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Lovers remember their romance in song in “The Last Five Years”

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Roger Moore

It wouldn’t be a bad thing if “Pitch Perfect” Anna Kendrick spent the rest of her film career doing nothing but musicals. Her pleasant, Broadway-polished alto was right at home with Sondheim in “Into the Woods,” had a pop star … Continue reading →

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