Author Archives: Roger Moore

I must confess to being mostly immune to the charms of “Tully,” basically “Nanny McPhee” as filtered through the foul-mouthed whimsy of Diablo Cody. Screenwriter Cody re-teams with her “Juno” and “Young Adult” director, Jason Reitman and they both take … Continue reading →

New-to-the-business Electric Entertainment Studios wisely chose to center all the advertising and hype for their serial killer thriller “Bad Samaritan” around the villain. David Tennant is the most popular “Doctor Who” of recent vintage, a regular of British TV and … Continue reading →

About ready to toss in la toalla on the North-of-the-Border experiment with Mexico’s likable comic Eugenio Derbez. The sweet-nature of his learn-to-be-a-dad farce “Instructions Not Included” are a distant memory, and “How to Be a Latin Lover” had more opportunities … Continue reading →

Yes, she’s become a meme, idolized by generations of young American women, imitated to hilarious hip hop effect by “Saturday Night Live’s” Kate McKinnon, “Notorious RBG.” But the movie “RBG”  just glances at that. But Betty West and Julie Cohen’s … Continue reading →

This is one of the great unfilmed “true” stories of World War II, that of the multi-lingual, quiz-show dazzling baseball catcher and coach  Moe Berg’s work as an OSS spy. An all-star cast, headed by Paul Rudd but including Mark Strong, … Continue reading →

If there was ever any doubt, “gaydar” works in the countryside, too. That’s not much consolation to Johnny Saxby, the bored, drunken heir to the family farm in the fine British melodrama, “God’s Own Country.” Johnny (Josh O’Connor) a compassionate … Continue reading →

In short-pitch terms, “The Honor List” is “The Bucket List” with teenage girls. Its genre is teen girls coming of age dramedy. And its worn-down-to-the-nub formula includes pranks and tears and quarrels and boys and trips to the ol’ swimmin’ … Continue reading →

Wartime survival epics are a rich genre unto themselves, and with “The 12th Man,” Norway has one that ranks among the very best. Give it to run of the mill Dutch director Harald Zwart. He makes his own journey from … Continue reading →

This trailer to “Puzzle” brings so many movies about unhappy women who have lived a life that has crushed their souls. The radiant Kelly MacDonald is that woman here, married, with kids and deep, deep depression that her lout of … Continue reading →

Looks goofy, size jokes, etc. A lot will depend on the villain. A worthy foe of the insectoid duo.  July 6. Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, M. Douglas, M. Pena, Fishburne and Walton Goggins?