Monthly Archives: August 2015

Movie Review: “Big Sky”

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Roger Moore

You’re gut shot, left alone to bleed out and die in the desert. And the only person who can save you is your teenage daughter, who suffers from agoraphobia so crippling she’s barely been out of doors in her entire … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Roger Moore

There’s nothing inherently wrong with treating that semi-campy 1960s TV spy series “The Man from U.N.C.L.E” as a lark, and the two agents in it as the original “Ambigiously Gay Duo.” But Guy “Sherlock Holmes” Ritchie doesn’t have the touch … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Amnesiac”

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Roger Moore

The once-promising Michael Polish of the once-promising Polish Brothers (“North Fork”) directed his wife, Kate Bosworth, in “Amnesiac.” And the only memorable thing about this middling thriller is its resemblance to its betters, from “Misery” to “Before I Go to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Tom at the Farm”

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Roger Moore

His lover has died in the big city. And Tom needs to go to the funeral. But it’s out in the country. His lover’s family are farm folk. And they don’t know Tom (Xavier Dolan) exists. Because they don’t know … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Fort Tilden”

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Roger Moore

“Fort Tilden” invites us to spend a long, mishap-filled day with two haplessly annoying young New Yorkers. It’s like “Girls” with more funky New York locations, but with less sex, and with fewer laughs. Harper, played with Bridey Elliot, is … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Rogue Nation” another $29, “Fantastic Four” $26

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Roger Moore

“Mission: Impossible, Rogue Nation” won another weekend, nipping “Fantastic Four” on its opening weekend — $29 million and change to $26 million+. “Vacation” added theaters, and lost audience. It will not clear $50 million, all in. It’s at $37. “The … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Fantastic” is neck and neck with “MI: Rogue Nation”

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Roger Moore

When it’s all counted up Sunday night — late — we will know for sure who nudged out whom in the box office race this first full weekend of August. Shockingly, “Fantastic Four” has overcome terrible reviews and appears headed … Continue reading →

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Weekend Movies — “Diary” and “Gift” great notices, “Ricki” and “Shaun” not bad, “Fantastic Four” = Fiasco

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Roger Moore

The weekend reviews are in. And it’s August. So even the well-reviewed pictures have their work cut out for them. But for what it’s worth, the thriller “The Gift” collected top drawer reviews, as did the smaller narrower release “The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Fantastic Four” are anything but

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Roger Moore

See, here’s what other people — fanboys and critics — missed in condemning those earlier film incarnations of “Fantastic Four.” They were childish, and intentionally so — aimed at a younger audience. Action pictures with training wheels, they were a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Ricki and the Flash”

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Roger Moore

The movies preach that we should never let go of our dreams, and some of us never do, no matter what the universe tells us. “Ricki and the Flash” celebrates such pigheadedness, and gives Meryl Streep her one and only … Continue reading →

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