Author Archives: Roger Moore

Say this for the Mexican action comedy “Non-Negotiable.” They pack a lot of characters, plot and “twists” into 86 minutes. An almost jaunty, populist action comedy about a presidential kidnapping, scandal, petty corruption with a whiff of police incompetence built … Continue reading →

This premieres at London’s Frightfest in August, and doesn’t appear to have distribution…yet. But considering the filmmakers eager to appear on camera to sing his praises, that could happen. He was apparently a deadly spy, a definitive Dracula, Bond villain … Continue reading →

Edie Falco plays the hovering/mothering type in this comedy with Bradley Whitford, Michael Rapaport, Jeanie Berlin, Charlie Tahan, Kayli Carter, Michael Beach and ex-Congressman/ex-“Love Boater” Fred Grandy. This just came off the film fest circuit, so look for it to … Continue reading →

Years of experience teach you to set your sites low for some movies. An ambitious, combat-heavy WWII RAF bio-pic with no big names in the cast, no major distributor behind it, a modest-budget film that premieres and reaches much of … Continue reading →

When Frederick Forsythe wrote “The Day of the Jackal” in the early ’70s, professional assassin tales were a relatively rare thing. Likewise, when Fred Zinneman made his 1973 benchmark Euro-thriller film of the story of a killer rogue French right … Continue reading →

Crackling dialogue, bluff, brittle performances and a plot riddled with “coincidences” and saddled with clumsy, chatty villains characterize “Nightfall,” a fin de noir thriller from Jacques Tourneur. It features linebacker-in-a-suit Aldo Ray as a commercial artist fleeing two murderous bank … Continue reading →

“The Arctic Convoy” is a taut, old-fashioned World War II thriller detailing the grim realities of civilian merchant seamen sent in harm’s way to deliver supplies to the Soviet Union to ensure Nazi Germany would be fighting a two-front war … Continue reading →

Netflix has this fractious, sentimental dramedy — “Awards Season” ready — which premieres in Sept.

Mark Mothersbaugh, of Devo and “The LEGO Movie” and scores of other film scores, did the fine electronic-flavored score for the new series “Time Bandits.” But while the opening credits are passable, in a sort of “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the … Continue reading →

It’s worth noting, right up top, that the many actors who turn up in “Deadpool & Wolverine” let us know — in big moments and small ones — that they’re better than this movie, this genre and this universe. And … Continue reading →