Author Archives: Roger Moore

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 →

The heavy in “The Bad Shepherd” shows up in a Dodge Challenger, a sports coat and a black turtleneck. And something about him is just…off. It’s not the menacing presence, that cropped hired-killer haircut. Not even the “attempted mustache.” The … Continue reading →

Matt Dillon channels his inner real-estate agent hustler, with Danny Glover and Kim Quinn also in the cast. This one opens March 8 and looks to be fun.

There are a mountain of tropes you expect your typical disaster movie to deliver. It’s what makes them comfort food films. We know there will be warnings unheeded. All will be tested, and some will wuss out. A relative will … Continue reading →

Every so often in the Spanish-Mexican co-production “Friends Till Death” (Amigos Hasta la Muerte) there’s a new situation, plot twist or character reaction so idiotic and tone-deaf that one is forced to recall how stupid the premise of the picture … Continue reading →

It’s hard, even for people who lived through it, to remember how weird the American cinema was in the years between “Easy Rider” and “Jaws.” Old Hollywood, comprising the studios that were being swallowed into conglomerates as the last of … Continue reading →

“Monolith” is an exercise in the simple power of storytelling, compelling voices summoning up all the acting gravitas they can to evoke chills and a fear of a vague, unknown “something.” Built around a dogged podcaster, her recording studio and … Continue reading →

“The Heartbreak Agency” sets up as a German variation on the relationship expert gets his or her just deserts rom-com formula, a Teutonic “Accidental Husband,” “How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days” or “Failure to Launch.” But after a … Continue reading →

Fan to be serviced or hate-watcher, you owe it to yourself to take a look at Jennifer Lopez’s “This is Me…Now: A Love Story,” an indulgent, album-tie in narrative whose over-the-top visuals and J-Lo explaining J-Lo story are something to … Continue reading →

They spent some money on music rights for this 1991 period piece, cleverly timed to come out on the cusp of spring break. The cast? They saved some cash there. Beware the Ides of March, for that is when Republic … Continue reading →