Author Archives: Roger Moore

“Outlaw Posse” is a scruffy, old school blaxploitation Western from Mario Van Peebles, son of iconic African American filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, who put the “Black” in blaxploitation, back in his “Sweet Sweetback’s BADASSSSS Song” day. Mario V. P. charmed … Continue reading →

“Unfriending” is a deadpan Canadian comedy with “film festival darling” engrained in its DNA. It doesn’t quite come off, but being dark and droll, it might play to the right audience, a forgiving film fest crowd willing to ignore how … Continue reading →

The coming-of-age teen sex comedy genre goes younger and supposedly edgier in “Snack Shack,” which tells the story of randy Xennials in 1991 Nebraska City, Nebraska. The follow-up to writer-director Adam Rehmeier’s quirkier “Dinner in America” is a transgressive, tedious … Continue reading →

Will the pent-up demand for fresh kid-friendly animation blow up the box office next weekend? Will families drive the take of this long-running franhise past a second weekend of “Dune Part 2?” Heaven knows theater managers are hoping so. This … Continue reading →

A blockbuster-sized Thursday night preview and furious Friday ensured that “Dune Part 2” will open well over $70 million, perhaps even reaching the $80 million mark, according to Deadline.com. UPDATED — $81.5, per Box Office Pro Sunday afternoon estimate. Social … Continue reading →

Iantha Richardson, Nicole Richie, Jermaine Fowler and June Squibb (as the about-to-die babysitter) star in this version of a 1991 film that starred Christina Applegate. Perhaps the trailer will have an actual laugh in it, as the teaser doth not. … Continue reading →

One can appreciate Adam Sandler using his Big Deal with Netflix to try and branch out as an actor, to act in more serious films that the self-described “moron” comedies he’s churned out for decades, keeping himself, assorted family members … Continue reading →

This March release was named “Best Animated Feature” by the Nevada Film Critics coffee klatch. So, they’ve got that going for them. An ’80s period piece about a Manhattan dog that builds himself a companion? Why didn’t Pixar think of … Continue reading →

There’s a mesmerizing tranquility to German director Wim Wenders’ homage to Japan and the cinema of Japanese icon Ozu Yasujiro. The filmmaker who gave us “Wings of Desire” and a pretty good documentary on Ozu (“Tokyo-Ga”) loses himself in a … Continue reading →

Many Orson Welles‘ films can be labeled “noirish” without a lot of debate among cinephiles. But only a couple might rightly be regarded as “film noir,” sordid crime tales exposing the dark underbelly of pre-war to post-war America. The two … Continue reading →