Author Archives: Roger Moore

A deaf child whose family is murdered is trained and interior-monologued into seeking his revenge on those who did it. And the world in general. This April 26 thriller-comedy is based on a short film and not a comic book … Continue reading →

Production designer Meghan C. Rogers cooks up a fine M.C. Escher nightmare world of doors, dead ends and perils folding in on themselves for the drawn-out finale of “Imaginary,” another variation on the sinister side of having a childhood “imaginary … Continue reading →

No Mark Wahlberg doesn’t have the title role. He’s all but doomed to be upstaged. By a dog. But he’s being a good sport about it. So here goes. (Updated, here’s my review.)

In our celebrity-obsessed culture, the work of creative people is often overwhelmed by the pathos or drama of their personal stories. That’s long seemed the case with the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Notorious for her iconic, attention-grabbing “look,” her … Continue reading →

“The Passenger” is a cinematic product of a different age, when movies could be geared for a more patient audience, one willing to embrace a mystery for mystery’s sake. Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1975 Hollywood outing, a Jack Nicholson star vehicle distributed … Continue reading →

Hate mail. Nothing like it. This Olivia Colman/Timothy Spall cuss-a-thon from “finest hour” or nearabouts Jolly Olde opens March 29. Looks a stitch, it does.

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.