Author Archives: Roger Moore

It would be hard to understate how intensely lovable “Scrambled” is. Writer, director and star Leah McKendrick has made a scruffy, raunchy, rough-and-ready comedy about a Millennial whose biological clock has been sped up to the point where she puzzles … Continue reading →

A tale of growing up on the mean streets of Chicago, a loving family at home and family that you make when you make a great friend, this Minhal Baig drama is the embodiment of an Indie Spirit Award nominee. … Continue reading →

An over-the-top, violent and campy prologue sets us up for the all-star action romp that is “Argylle,” an espionage comedy from the fellow who unleashed the “Kingsman” franchise, Matthew Vaughn. Brawls and epic shoot-outs break out, droll action heroes and … Continue reading →

A cast of promising and young things flip the cards and flip out at what follows May.

A lot of people warned about what might happen. But most of America shrugged those warnings off, only to turn on a TV and gape, in shock, at the attack on the United States capital by right wing extremists on … Continue reading →

Two hours and 19 minutes of all star action comedy. Ready or not, here we go.

One could swap the title to “Phobias” and change the studio branding to “Pixar” and Dreamworks’ “Orion and the Dark” would fit (somewhat) neatly into that Disney studio’s recent obsession with the metaphysical. A movie about being afraid of the … Continue reading →

Lionsgate has this “true story” (Perhaps merely inspired by?) Action epic. They’ve had good luck with WWII films, so we’re keeping our fingers crossed.

“Deep Fear” isn’t a straight-up “Dead Calm” knockoff, despite the similarities in these waylaid-at-sea stories. It’s still about a sailboat hijacked by a person or persons the skipper stopped to rescue. The nautical props and “weapons” are going to be … Continue reading →

A martial arts period piece set during the Sino-Russian tensions of the early ’70s. This looks…nuts. Feb. 23, Kino Lorber does what it can for US/Estonian relations. Russia mocking? One can only hope.