Author Archives: Roger Moore

I always got a kick seeing Bernard Hill on the screen.  A late bloomer, he brought gravitas and pathos to his most iconic performances, as the shocked and dumbfounded Captain Smith of the doomed “Titanic,” and as brooding, manipulated King Theoden … Continue reading →

And you and I thought “Dune” was sci fi eye candy of the first order. I do not care that some studio execs were lukewarm on picking this up. I am trying to forget how meditative and obscurant Coppola’s last … Continue reading →

Mr May the Fourth Be With You” suggests the SlDC press corps should be reminding voters of re Nov. Fifth.

The Scott Turow novel made for a pretty good Alan Pakula big screen thriller back in 1990, a rare villainous turn by Harrison Ford, with Greta Scachi and Raul Julia on board. June 4, Apple TV+ gets a deeper dive … Continue reading →

“Unfrosted” is “The Right Stuff” filtered through the “Bee Movie” and TV-honed shtick of Jerry Seinfeld. Seinfeld’s comic riff on “the breakfast wars” that Post and Kellogg’s fought in his youth is an amusing wallow in boomer nostalgia, a broad … Continue reading →

Not sure of the release date, yet. But this looks solid and speedy. Gabriel Leone has the title role, Brazilian driver Aryton Senna, with Kay Scodelario in the supporting cast.

It’s great that after all his years before the camera, Aussie actor Eric Bana is finally in a franchise that plays to his considerable strengths as an actor and a screen “presence.” “Force of Nature” is a sequel to “The … Continue reading →

“There is nothing new new in the world except the history you do not know,” Harry Truman said at the beginning of one of the more infamous wars on free speech in these “free” United States. That’s a big part … Continue reading →

May 8, Disney gets a little deeper into the Beatles business with Disney+ showing a newly-restored print of the making of their “Let It Be” LP. Lovely film. Haven’t seen it in years. Bully for them for helping get this … Continue reading →

Gaby Hoffman, McKinley Belcher III and Jeff Hefner also star in this six episode series coming to Netflix May 30. Note the interesting use of ABBA’s “SOS” to underscore what is at first alarming, then despairing, then sad and then … Continue reading →