Author Archives: Roger Moore

The universe has gotten a lot more diverse in the decades since we first visited “A galaxy far far away.” And less sexist. There’s a Republic, and plenty of reminders — crashed warships, grizzled veterans — of the war that … Continue reading →

“Youth” is writer-director Paolo Sorrentino’s ode to old age, a reverie on memory and a fantasia on the last thing to go — “desire.” He gives one last great role to Michael Caine, one more shot at not seeming streetwise … Continue reading →

They’re the funniest comic duo since Lemmon and Matthau. Who cares if their best work was co-hosting awards shows? Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, ex-“Saturday Night Live” bandmates, funny women so utterly in sync as to be matching halves of … Continue reading →

All winning streaks must end, and you can’t say Jennifer Lawrence and David O. Russell (and Bradley Cooper) haven’t had a good run. “Joy,” their third collaboration, is no “American Hustle” or “Silver Linings Playbook.” This is the Russell of … Continue reading →

You knew that somebody was going to take the piss out of the pretentious king of movie mashups, Quentin Tarantino. And you knew that it would never be Adam Sandler & Co. who managed that. “The Ridiculous 6,” which major … Continue reading →

“Phoenix” is a dark romantic melodrama about the Holocaust, an intimate study of guilt — survivor’s guilt, and survive-at-all costs guilt. Nelly (Nina Hoss) survived the death camps — barely. She only returns to Germany after reconstructive surgery to repair … Continue reading →

OK, that’s an exaggeration. Nobody figured a movie about a whale would make a fortune. But as things stand now, a fictionalized film version of a non-fiction best seller about the true story that inspired “Moby Dick” may take down … Continue reading →

Did they widen the Oscar field, or shrink it? What the Screen Actors Guild taketh away, the Golden Globes returned to “It’s still got a shot at the Oscar.” Right? That’s the true purpose of the Golden Globes nominations. Yesterday, … Continue reading →

So. The Screen Actor’s Guild Award nominations for 2015 are out. Takeaway one — “I Smiled Back” (the Sarah Silverman nomination) and “Beasts of No Nation” suggest that SOME folks just sorta stayed at home and watched whatever was on … Continue reading →

“In the Heart of the Sea” is a tale of whales and wooden ships and the flawed flesh-and-blood men who hunted them. Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-seller about the true story that inspired “Moby Dick” becomes a solid, beautifully-detailed but conventional screen … Continue reading →