Daily Archives: January 22, 2020

Movie Review: Lovecraft meets Cage in a Richard Stanley film — “Color Out of Space”

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Roger Moore

Oh, how we’ve missed that Nic Cage. You know the one — bug-eyed and manic, screaming and profane, scary, unstable and violent. The B-movie king is in rare form in “Color Out of Space,” a sci-fi thriller that might have … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Zombi Child” takes the Living/Walking Dead back to their voodoo roots

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Roger Moore

I can’t be the only one who is over zombies. Totally. Over-exposed, slow-walking or sprinting, George A. Romero “Living Dead” or TV “Walking Dead,” just enough already. But if you see one zombie movie this year, here’s the one to … Continue reading →

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No more Sir Bedivere, Rest in Peace, Terry Jones

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Roger Moore

Britain’s funniest comedy troupe just lost one of its most reliable laughs. Comic, director, mustache-wearer, cross-dresser, Medievalist, history buff and wicked wit Terry Jones has died. Time to rewatch “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” which he decreed and directed … Continue reading →

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Next screening? “The Gentlemen”

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Roger Moore

Guy Ritchie directs a gangster picture. Sold. Hope it’s good, as it opens Friday. Or Thursday night.

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Movie Preview: Issa Rae, Lakeith Stanfield and others look for love in “The Photograph”

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Roger Moore

The Valentine’s Day romance looks like “Valentine’s Day,” without the laughs and an all African American cast. Courtney B. Vance is one of the other big names in it.

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Movie Preview; Annette Bening is British, and Bill Nighy is about to leave her in “HOPE GAP”

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Roger Moore

Screenwriter (“Gladiator”) turned director William Nicholson wrote and directed this end of a marriage melodrama, due out Mar. 6

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