Author Archives: Roger Moore

“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 →

“Uproar” is a sweetly-uplifting coming-of-age dramedy set against a fraught moment in the history of New Zealand. It’s about a sensitive teen trying to find his place in a rugby-obsessed culture, and a member of the Māori minority struggling with identity … Continue reading →