Author Archives: Roger Moore

A bit of food, a dash of moonshine and a smattering of local color decorate “No Pressure,” a lackluster, lumbering Polish romantic comedy about finding love and life balance by leaving the big city for grandma’s farm. Cinematographer turned director … Continue reading →

Alicia Silverstone co-stars in this nightmarish twist on a ’90s sitcom that turns murderous, thanks to the arrival of bloody minded Russians It’s from those Dutch treats who gave us the ultrasound violent “New Kids” movies.

Long before a Palestinian activist/agitator has confronted a busload of tourists to an Israeli “Plant a Tree in Israel” forest with “Just think of the refugees they keep out of your news,” viewers of the new film “Alam” have figured … Continue reading →

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 →