Author Archives: Roger Moore

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.

A body can go months at a time without seeing a crime thriller that DOESN’T have an obligatory “strip club scene” where a malefactor hangs out, where the cops, a detective or a relative of a missing person goes to … Continue reading →

There are a few things I really appreciated about “Suncoast,” writer-director Laura Chinn’s memoirish remembrance of the slow, wasting death of a sibling. Characters live through story arcs, reminding us of the hope that even the most lost among us … Continue reading →

More minions, new villainy, one big happy family? This is one frenetic and sentimental edit job. One good gag in this action packed trailer for the summer’s big animated romp.

The gang’s all back, save for the dead guy. They met Bill Murray’s asking price. Annie, Ernie, Danny and Rudd-not-Rudnick and Patton and Kumail… Atherton’s back to lay down the law. Harold Ramis is still missed, but there’s money in … Continue reading →

“Out of Darkness” is a foundational myth horror tale, a grisly and grim narrative about a time when early humanity could first rightly refer to itself as “humanity.” In cinematic shorthand, this Scottish production is “Quest for Fire” meets “A … Continue reading →

“The Tiger’s Apprentice” is an action adventure fantasy for the elementary school-age movie audience, a two-fisted martial arts fighting film taking place in the real world of modern San Francisco, and not the mythical China of “Kung Fu Panda” or … Continue reading →