Author Archives: Roger Moore

To a generation of movie fans, M. Emmet Walsh was often the first name that came to mind when somebody used the label “character actor.” That wasn’t by accident. The Coens launched him to prominence as a pitiless Texas hitman … Continue reading →

“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is one of those gold standard comedies that keeps on giving, a farce so unerringly-costumed, production designed and covered in muck that it looks like a documentary, with slapstick and sight gags that twist … Continue reading →

Here’s a sometimes-fun found-footage riff on that time, on Halloween Night of 1977, that a failing late night talk show “communed with the Devil” as a stunt for ratings. I’ve said it before and I can’t stop repeating it — … Continue reading →

Those chest-busting aliens are the gift that keeps on giving for Ridley Scott. He produced this Fede Alvarez (“Don’t Breathe,””The Girl in the Spider’s Web”) thriller, the latest in a long line of deep space horror tales, which is due … Continue reading →

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” is a creaky, cutesie and cluttered sequel to the dark and pseudo-serious reboot of this goofy, action comedy franchise of the 1980s, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” Ungainly, so over-populated with survivors of those Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis … Continue reading →

Annie Potts returns!

Those giggly, girly, binge-eating, too-dim-to-balance-a-checkbook “Baby Assassins” are back, more childish than ever in “Baby Assassins 2 Babies,” the sequel to a fast, furious and glibly funny film about Japanese teens who have taken up contract killing as their high … Continue reading →

Writer-director Ivan Sen’s “Limbo” is a film of few words, little action and an understated resolution. It’s a murder mystery starring Simon Baker, but co-starring the scenery near Coober Pedy, a dry, under-populated sandscape riddled with holes. When Baker’s Det. … Continue reading →

There’s something a little triggering about this trailer, based on a comic book from the last millenium, and a remake of a movie that got Brandon Lee killed just as his career was taking off. “The Crowe” (1994) has long … Continue reading →

It’s a little chilling to realize that hired killer is a job that might be the world’s second “oldest profession.” Judging by the movies, most every culture seems to have them, and the way screenwriters depict them, they have traditions, … Continue reading →