Author Archives: Roger Moore

Dad wants them to be “men,” “tough,” ready for a world that won’t cut them any breaks. “When things get tough, press on.” The tween/teen brothers take that seriously. Too seriously. This period piece “true story” features Caitlin Fitzgerald and … Continue reading →

“Blink Twice” is the “Get Out” of “Believe women.” Actress turned director and co-writer Zoë Kravitz aims high with this savage satire of women imperiled not just by murderously brutish men, but by their own false sense of safety in … Continue reading →

The “cursed” comic book “The Crow” earns a gloomy, turgid remake thirty years after a film of the revenge-from-beyond-the-grave thriller got rising star Brandon Lee killed on a non-union set in North Carolina. This reboot or “reimagining” arrives in a … Continue reading →

Remember the jaw-dropping 2019 documentary “Midnight Family,” about Mexico City’s competitive “private” ambulance services and one family struggling to stay afloat saving lives for profit? Boy, I do. Medical capitalism’s end game plays like a slice of dystopian science fiction. … Continue reading →

Simon McBurney co-stars in this British film that Quiver picked up. Never heard this accent from Banks. It raises an eyebrow, to be sure. Does it make the title a pun?

The news that the movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes was making yet another attempt to dumb down its “ratings” and pander to the movies that filmgoers today are flocking to — quality, merit and artistic ambition be damned — … Continue reading →

Mekhi Phifer and Josh Hutcherson are on the extraction “team,” Garcia is the bad guy in Venezuela holding the daughter (Brolin, daughter of you know who) of a senator (Oscar winner Melissa Leo) hostage. Sept. 20 from Lionsgate. Solid looking … Continue reading →

If you see but one semi-musical Welsh lesbian romance this year, make it “Chuck Chuck Baby.” An adorable, uplifting ache of a movie, writer-director Janis Pugh’s modest marvel floats by on the glories of a well-crafted pop song and summons … Continue reading →

This trailer, coming after film festival reviews that weren’t flattering, emphasizes the misguided criticism that has often greeted the films of Francis Ford Coppola. Interesting angle, with narration by Laurence Fishburne (“Apocalypse Now”). It looks spectacular enough to give one … Continue reading →

“The Long Night” (1947) is a film noir era police stand-off thriller built around flashbacks that show us how the killer landed in this predicament. Melodramatic to a fault, it stars Henry Fonda, with Barbara Bel Geddes and Ann Dvorak … Continue reading →