Monthly Archives: February 2023

Movie Review: Her Brother, lack of a Driver’s License and Down Syndrome Can’t Stop “Poppy”

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Poppy” is a cute Kiwi comedy about a teen with Down Syndrome who refuses to let it slow her roll or limit her life. Poppy wants to learn to drive. Poppy wants to be able to drift when she drives. … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Documentary “Pamela” gives Anderson a chance at Her Side of “A Love Story”

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Roger Moore

I saw just enough of the “Pam & Tommy” Hulu series to think, “Yeah, about what I expected” and “Nooo, not for me.” Salacious and lowbrow, yes. Emmy winning it might have been. But if you commit to avoiding “Baywatch” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Pity they’re not rushing “Rye Lane” out before Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Rye Lane” has all the ingredients of a classic romantic comedy. All of them. It starts with a “meet cute,” introduces a morose, just-dumped guy to a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, compresses time into (mostly) a magical single day walking-and-talking … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Amazing Maurice” Hustles Up Rat Infestation Scams, and a Great British Cast of Voices

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Roger Moore

The Carnegie award-winning children’s novel “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents” makes its way to the screen more or less intact in a delightful and sometimes droll British animated film, “The Amazing Maurice.” Created originally for Sky TV in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Loner photographer connects with the Japanese “Woman in the Photographs”

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Roger Moore

He’s a loner, a photographer who runs the photo studio he inherited from his father, a man who almost never speaks, especially to women. His hobby is photographing insects in the parks of this corner of Japan. He even keeps … Continue reading →

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“Fast and Furious Legacy” trailer reminds us of the story up to now

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Roger Moore

Paul and Vin and Michelle et al, back in the blush of youth, when they were all living and this decades old franchise was fresh. “Fast X” is coming, and its own trailer is in the works.

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Movie Review: “Ocean Boy” (“Bosch & Rockit”) comes of age amid Big Waves and family dysfunction

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Roger Moore

A kid who longs to grow up to be a pro surfer rides waves and surfs through the shoals of a seriously dysfunctional home life in “Ocean Boy,” which was titled “Bosch & Rockit” in Australia, where this “true story” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Skarsgård watches himself go down in the “Infinity Pool”

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Infinity Pool” is a violent, hallucinatory thriller that puts the viewer, like its protagonist, in a pretty ugly head space. It’s unpleasant, gory and occasionally troubling, so of course Mia Goth co-stars in it. That’s become her brand. It wallows … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Dave Bautista tries not to scare the kid with his “Knock at the Cabin”

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Roger Moore

What does M. Night Shyamalan’s adaptation “Knock at the Cabin” have in common with “Old,” “Lady in the Water” and “The Happening?” It’s glib, gloomy, and in the end, kind of pointless. Even its “apocalyptic” edge seems played, a road … Continue reading →

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