Monthly Archives: April 2015

Next interview: Questions for Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Roger Moore

You have never seen Arnold Schwarzenegger the way you see him in “Maggie.” Compassionate, sad, he’s the father of a college age daughter (Abigail Breslin) who has to watch her decline after she is infected in the global “necro-virus” that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Good intentions and a good cast can’t quite pull off the ambitious “Little Boy”

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Roger Moore

Racism and faith, hatred and friendship, bullying and war, atomic bombs and the consequences of using them — heavy stuff to pack into a faith-based film. And one aimed at children. “Little Boy” is loaded with weighty subjects and teachable … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “See You in Valhalla”

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Roger Moore

You see “Valhalla” in the title, you meet a young meth addict who dies “the Viking way.” There’s a spacey/druggie personal trainer moved to learn archery who hallucinates an order to “build an ark.” So unless you’re movie-math illiterate, you … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Age of Adaline”

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Roger Moore

Hollywood long ago ceded “love that stands the test of time” to the realm of science fiction and fantasy, so “The Age of Adaline” falls neatly into a genre that includes “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” “About Time,” and even “Somewhere … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Water Diviner”

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Roger Moore

The century-old open wound of Gallipoli, Australia’s ill-fated entry into World War I, makes a vivid and grim backdrop for Russell Crowe’s “The Water Diviner,” a sensitive and sentimental story about a grieving father looking for the bodies of the … Continue reading →

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“Tomorrow” — the third trailer, is this Walt Disney’s theme park come to (cinematic) life?

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Roger Moore

The mysterious and cryptic early talk about Disney’s “Tomorrowland” (May 22) is that it connected with early ideas that Walt Disney himself had — notes — about the Tomorrowland part  of the theme parks, and a possible movie tied into … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “After the Ball” updates “Cinderella,” with a touch of “Twelfth Night”

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Roger Moore

Every girl, Disney has always told us, wants that slipper to fit. And with a new generation indoctrinated thanks to the latest “Cinderella,” that taste for tiaras isn’t going away any time soon. Nor, it would appear, is the story … Continue reading →

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Blake Lively on getting older, figuring out which decades fashions work for her in “The Age of Adaline”

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Roger Moore

Blake Lively says she loves the idea of getting older. The original “Gossip Girl” has gone on the record about enjoying aging out of girlhood. But in youth-obsessed Hollywood, married to Ryan Reynolds in a wedding featured in Martha Stewart’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Adult Beginners”

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Roger Moore

“Adult Beginners” started life as a showcase for comic writer-actor Nick Kroll, who concocted the story. But any notion that the star of “Kroll Show” might reinvent himself with this film goes out the window when first we meet Jake, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “24 Days” is a lax, submissive French kidnapping thriller

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Roger Moore

The French kidnapping thriller “24 Days” is a true story, an opening narration tells us (in French, with English subtitles), “all too true.” It’s about the disappearance of a handsome young womanizer, nabbed by men in cahoots with a temptress … Continue reading →

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