Author Archives: Roger Moore

Natalie Dormer escapes the sexpot ghetto the movies (“Rush”) and TV (“The Tudors”, “Game of Thrones”) tried to sentence her to with “The Forest,” a ghost story about twins — one lost, perhaps suicidal, the other hunting for her sibling. … Continue reading →

A Dreamworks animator from Hong Kong and a Taiwanese screenwriter teamed up for China’s biggest home-grown animation hit, “Monster Hunt.” A monsters and martial arts mashup, it arrives on American shores as an animation/live action combo that loses something in … Continue reading →

All you need for a good thriller are some striking settings and two very good actors debating, posturing and convincing us they want to kill each other. “Mojave” reminds us that Garrett Hedlund is better than many of the movies … Continue reading →

This Bowie fellow. Wow. He was always the guy all the “cool kids” found first. In every one of his many reincarnations. A high school friend, Stan Guthrie — first kid in my circle who talked him up. Always the … Continue reading →

An old quote attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, I think, justified his thinking that “Gone With the Wind” would flop. “No movie about the Civil War ever made a dime.” This coming summer, we’ll see if that still holds (as it … Continue reading →

“The Revenant,” one of the best pictures of 2015, opens wide this weekend. Will it top “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the world-beating blockbuster rehash that is decidedly NOT one of the best movies of 2015 on its opening weekend? … Continue reading →

There is nobility and purpose in work — any work. Giving any job your best is a worthy goal to carry through life. And it’s always generous when an actor with a name lends some of that name-recognition to a … Continue reading →

A reliable formula for getting your indie drama made is to write a lot of small, chewy parts that several good actors will want to sink their teeth into. Another part of the formula involves having access to those good … Continue reading →

The colors, the shadows pierced by unearthly shafts of light, the venal billionaire villain and the Shades of Vangelis score tell us this about “Synchronicity” before we have one hint about what it’s about. This is a “Blade Runner” homage, … Continue reading →