Author Archives: Roger Moore

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 →

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t give at least a moment or two’s thoughts to one of the landmark projects in the history of TV and film, the “7 Up” series. That’s the power of film … Continue reading →

One of the great stand- ups of his era, Richard Lewis, a professional neurotic who amusingly took credit for the comic use of the phrase “from Hell” during his many years of appearances on Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has … Continue reading →

This June release has mystery, the threat of sudden gruesome death and a trip to the woods.  Very M. Night Shyamalan.

Every time one interviewed Oscar winner Kevin Costner about Westerns, he’d speak of the life changing experience seeing the epic “How the West was Won” was as a boy. Now that he’s reestablished his Western primacy thanks to a wildly … Continue reading →

Why keep coming back to a series of popular but dreadful “horny teen melodramas” from Spain, which have ranged from “vapid but titillating” to “Are you just here for the nudity?“ That rhetorical question can be aimed at the audience … Continue reading →