Author Archives: Roger Moore

The true story of a Korean diplomat kidnapped in civil war-torn Lebanon in the ’80s becomes the most exciting, most entertaining buddy picture in years —“Ransomed” — the best action pic of the summer. Sorry, Mr. Cruise. Shoot-outs, car chases, … Continue reading →

“Soulcatcher” is a solid if somewhat flatly-directed shoot-em-up thriller from Poland, a movie interesting to fans of the “special skills” commando “extraction” genre chiefly due to the ways it differs from such slam-bang action features in The West. There’s this … Continue reading →

I missed the HBO film “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” when it came out in 2017, even though I had read up on the story, had been tracking the film’s progress and had a personal interest in it. HBO … Continue reading →

Ellie Kemper’s career high water mark was the delightful, quick and witty series “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” created by Tina Fey and probably the funniest series Netflix has yet produced. So it’s no surprise that she’d want to return to … Continue reading →

“Rub” is a darkly comic road trip into the psyche that can be filed under the heading “Film Festival Movie.” It’s reasonably coherent and somewhat interesting, but not enough of either to warrant a theatrical release. Park this massage parlor … Continue reading →

In sci-fi cinema shorthand terms, the German thriller “Paradise” is “Logan’s Run” with a whiff of “Soylent Green is PEOPLE!” “Youth” is even more of a commodity than it is today is this dystopian future. And the rich are as … Continue reading →

“The Passenger” is a slow-burn thriller/slow-footed thriller that pairs up a meek, aimless and dissociative young man with the fast-food employee who just shot up the burger joint where they both worked. People died, but something about the mousey, bullied … Continue reading →

Robert Mitchum didn’t play a lot of villains. But boy, when he did it was a wonder to behold. “Cape Fear” is a iconic thriller that parked Mitchum opposite stoic Gregory Peck in what turned out to be a classic, … Continue reading →

All hail Seth Rogen for making the first big screen version of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” that doesn’t suck. Yeah, the “Sausage Party/Superbad/Pineapple Express” dude. The “Turtles” have always been the most juvenile among comic book adaptations, one of things … Continue reading →

Or are they and we out of “Cowabungas” to give? Let’s find out.