Author Archives: Roger Moore

This May 24 “event” on Disney+ looks to hit a lot of the right notes. Lots of authorities from music, peers, session musicians, etc., singing their praises and pointing out what made “The Beach Boys” special. It might be too … Continue reading →

Joaquin Phoenix and La Gaga, mon dieu! And Steve Coogan? Oct 4.

“Candy” was notorious on its release, and widely acknowledged by everyone who was in it, and the various actors’ biographers as well as generations of film scholars, as “the worst film” virtually anyone involved ever made. The acting ranges from … Continue reading →

Anita Pallenberg was, model Kate Moss declares, “The original Bohemian rock chick.” And Kate, who dated and married rockers and wannabe-rockers like Johnny Depp, should know. She was the great rock muse of the ’60s, ex-husband Keith Richards says of … Continue reading →

A porn actress is hellbent on finding stardom via horror, but a “Night Stalker” haunting LA may get in her way. Did I mention she’s played by Mia Goth? I pity the stalker. Kevin Bacon, Michelle Monaghan, Giancarlo Esposito,  Bobby … Continue reading →

You can look at the young actors playing four redneck teens accused of throwing rocks at an Amish buggy and killing a baby and tell which one of them might have become a star in “A Stoning in Fulham County.” … Continue reading →

Woody Harrelson and Ray Romano also star in this ’60s period piece about a “back up plan” in case, you know, we don’t LAND on the Moon. ScarJo plays the marketing whiz who “casts” and “sells” NASA and the Moonshot…or … Continue reading →

The Swiss drama “A Forgotten Man” is an intriguing if not wholly satisfying dip into a piece of little debated history, Switzerland’s dubious “neutrality” during World War II. Writer-director Laurent Nègre, inspired by a play by Thomas Hürlimann, seeks to … Continue reading →

Every indie film — if it’s “indie” enough — is a teachable moment in the sorts of story you can tell with very little money, a catchy conceit and the best assets you have at hand. Sometimes those assets include … Continue reading →

The stumbling French Netflix remake of “The Wages of Fear,” a 1953 thriller by Henri-Georges Clouzot, whetted my appetite for re-watching that touchstone tale of desperate men taking on a suicidal job, each for his own grim reasons. But none … Continue reading →