Author Archives: Roger Moore

Enigmatic and obscurant, a film noir bathed in gloom and dreams within dreams, its “story” carried by voice-over narration, “The Possessed” is an Italian murder mystery all but conceived as a “cult picture.” It had multiple titles — “La donna … Continue reading →

The great Joanna Lumley adds another blowsy, foul-mouthed grump to the often hilarious third act of her career as she steals the operatic comedy “Falling for Figaro.” But thanks to the atonal script and flat performances around her, that never … Continue reading →

An action comedy with ELO inthe trailer? Go on. Jack Black is the robot, Edgar Ramirez is the villain, Ariana Greenblatt is the kid. An August Lionsgate answer to…”Guardians of the Galaxy?” Looks spirited and noisy. Could be fun.

There’s a marked attention to grandeur in “Dune: Part 2.” The “world building” of this science fiction saga is more detailed and eye-catching, the sweep of the landscape and grit of those who live on it vastly more pronounced than … Continue reading →

Two hours and forty odd minutes of spice and worms and an all-the-stars cast. Here we go. The eagerly anticipated, long-delayed sequel  opens Mar. 1.

Just when you think Andie MacDowell is ready for bland moms and grandmoms as her career’s third act, along comes Big Cat, her “Queen of Odom County” meth mama in “Red Right Hand.” “We’re gonna stuff and MOUNT these mutha-(you-know-whats)! … Continue reading →

Netflix couldn’t get its hands on the Oscar favorite “Oppenheimer,” so they cleverly chose to put a little money behind “Einstein and the Bomb,” a primer on “The Father of Modern Physics,” Albert Einstein. The physicist was played by Tom … Continue reading →

“Seagrass” is a low-simmer Canadian drama about a couple in trouble and the therapeutic resort “retreat” they visit to see if this marriage can be saved. By focusing on a “mixed” marriage between the daughter of Japanese immigrants and a … Continue reading →

Victor Mature packed up his trench coat and made for Liverpool and the eager arms of Diana Dors for “The Long Haul,” an acrid film noir made with 1950s Columbia Pictures money tied up in Europe. Writer-director Ken Hughes, who’d … Continue reading →

An Oscar winner brings to life a Brooklyn schoolteacher and Representative whose quixotic run for president wasn’t so quixotic after all. The late and great Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges and Terrance Howard also star in this March 22 drama that … Continue reading →