Author Archives: Roger Moore

A terminally ill hit-man decides to go out with a bang — a couple of bangs — by executing the guys above him on Taiwan’s “Most Wanted List” in “The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon,” a new thriller from … Continue reading →

Montana’s Bitterroot Valley provides the striking locations of “Trail of Justice,” an over-ambitious and amatetuerish Western with a few decent sequences that stand out amidst the clumsy plotting, bad to indifferent acting, stilted dialogue and mixed messaging. It traipses from … Continue reading →

Because fans do not live by movies alone.  Oscar night, Twins spring training baseball afternoon. Pretty good seats, thanks to StubHub.  Modelo beer, because it triggers the MAGA Fort Myers locals.

James Marsden co-stars in this familiar twist on the hit man-hired killer thriller. With Oscar winners Marcia Gay Harden and Al Pacino. March 15.

A paranoid survivalist paranoid thriller? Or a riff on life in “A Quiet Place” with a father protecting his twin sons? The plot description alone could give away the game of this April 12 release.

Denzel Washington will have the title role and that sketchy Jake Gyllenhaal will take on the venomous Iago in what is sure to be THE hot ticket on Broadway in 2025, a new production of “Othello.” Brian Anthony Moreland is … Continue reading →

The great Mexican sensualist gets a first rate bio-doc treatment from some of the people who made “RBG.” This comes to Amazon Prime March 14.

Classic films give us cineliteracy. They change the way we look at every movie afterward, how we talk about films, and they grant us entry into a new way of seeing the world and the movies about it. Movies like … Continue reading →

Millie Bobby Brown doth not suffer in silence as the tormented, burned and embattled heroine of “Damsel.” A violent upending of women’s roles in fairytale fantasies, much of it is spent with her title character struggling to escape a dragon’s … Continue reading →

Box office prognosticators typically under-estimate kids’ cartoons’ Saturday ticket sales. And “Kung Fu Panda 4” is already outperforming expectations, with Deadline.com projecting a $55 million opening weekend, based on a robust $18 million+ Friday. Deadline and others’ Friday projections peaked … Continue reading →