Monthly Archives: August 2021

Next Screening? “Respect,” and lots of it

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Roger Moore

I am at my favorite non arthouse cinema, the Regal Winter Park 20, Florida flagship of the chain, a lone white boy in a sea of Aretha fans of color. Because some of us have taste. MGM is having a … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Locusts get a taste for French blood in “The Swarm (La nuée)”

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Roger Moore

“The Swarm” is “Jean de Florette” meets “Little Shop of Horrors.” It’s about an idealistic, “try something new” farmer who breeds bugs, only to discover that blood is what makes them thrive. Only the French could think up this high … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Cotillard and Driver birth a Sparks Musical — “Annette”

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Roger Moore

The year of the Sparks Brothers reaches its climax with “Annette,” a long-gestating musical created by droll rockers Ron Mael and Russell Mael. So what was their fondest wish, after 50 years of flirting with pop stardom as “critical darlings” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Recruit gets a dose of the “Dutch Vietnam” in “The East”

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Roger Moore

An American watching the Dutch war parable “The East” can’t help but see it through a Vietnam War lens. This film is about European soldiers fighting a phantom enemy and battling for “hearts and minds” in Indonesia, not Southeast Asia. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: What’s scarier than “Coming Home In The Dark”

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Roger Moore

A family vacation goes wrong thanks to two “drifters” in this September thriller.

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Movie Review: Home Invaders sort of show “A Savage Nature”

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Roger Moore

“A Savage Nature” sets some sort of new slow-poke standard for thrillers, a lurching stiff with no pulse to speak of. “Inspired by” a true home invasion a title tells us was in Virginia in August of 2007 (I can’t … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Do NOT miss Lin-Manuel Miranda as “Vivo”

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Roger Moore

Pardon me while I spend a few paragraphs gushing about “Vivo,” which for my money is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s best musical outing of the summer. Miranda, aka “He can do no wrong,” makes the first-ever Sony Animation musical a bubbly, tuneful, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Clint can’t quit rodeo — “Cry Macho”

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Roger Moore

Dwight Yoakam is well paired with the Old Man of the Cinema in this September 17 release.

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Movie Preview: A Faaaaaabulous updated “Cinderella”

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Roger Moore

A September 3 musical with Camilla Cabello, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel and damnation, the only Irishman who can’t carry a tune, ear Pierce Brosan. Ok

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Movie Review: A Little August Existential Angst? “Nine Days”

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Roger Moore

“Nine Days” is the sort of indie drama that makes you appreciate the wonder that is the actor’s heart as much as the actor’s art. A collective of rising stars and famous supporting players took a flier on first-time feature … Continue reading →

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