Author Archives: Roger Moore

The marvel of a rom-com like “Honeymoonish” is that such a unicorn exists. It’s a polished, slick and beautifully-mounted Kuwaiti comedy that bends Hollywood rom-com traditions to an Islamic, Middle Eastern sensibility. Films like this from Indonesia, Malaysia and various … Continue reading →

Yeah, tell her “Happiness is a choice” one more time. Scoot McNairy, Zoe Chao, and Jessica Harper are among the stars of this satiric Amy Adams comedy about a new mom who identifies with…dogs. Marielle Heller — “A Beautiful Day … Continue reading →

You have to be of a certain age to remember “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” where the frontiersman “raised in the woods so he knew (“know’d”) every tree” is remembered in song because he “kilt him a b’ar when he … Continue reading →

An amusing pixie since birth, Carol Kane is a comic life force and as amusing in person as she is in her many off-the-wall characters — from “Taxi” to “The Princess Bride,” “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and beyond. The “Hester … Continue reading →

With the discredited blockbuster sham “Sound of Freedom” still fresh on everyone’s mind, critics can be excused for steering clear “City of Dreams,” another human trafficking tale, this one about Mexican kids lured to America only to be trapped in … Continue reading →

There’s usually a “took me right out of the movie” moment in a thriller that might have worked, but doesn’t. And there are a few of those in the Scottish tale of an abusive father and his three vengeful sons … Continue reading →

“Matewan” is a classic film that looms large in the memory and does not disappoint upon the second, third or fifth viewing. This may be the greatest indie epic ever, a documentary-real historical film of scope, high stakes and great … Continue reading →

Lee Daniels’ “The Deliverance” is lumbering and lurid long before it shows its African American-styled exorcism hand and turns ludicrous. It’s a sordid wallow in working poor Black poverty, and the presence of Glenn Close as the white matriarch of … Continue reading →

Every now and then the last weekend of the summer cinema season produces a movie that lands, even a movie that sticks around to make itself an Oscar contender. The John LeCarre adaptation “The Constant Gardener” is the exception that … Continue reading →

A Sinister slice of between-the-World Wars sci-fi about German scientists,a ski lodge, jealousy, murder and their version of “The Theory of Everything.” “The Universal Theory” isn’t history, but a thriller about Big Science, Evil Schemes and such. Black and white, … Continue reading →