Author Archives: Roger Moore

For those who haven’t noticed, big parts of the U.S. have proven to be major export markets for Indian cinema. A couple of Indian films go into wide release every month, and places like Orlando — where I live — … Continue reading →

The Hollywood Reporter suggests that with feature film buff Scott Stuber leaving his position at the head of Netflix that the streamer will be shifting focus from prestige feature films and buzzed big budget series to “middle of the road” … Continue reading →

What a salacious and silly miscalculation “Miller’s Girl” turns out to be. It’s neither ridiculous enough to be a fiasco, nor laugh-out loud off-key. But “off” it most certainly is — off-the-wall and off-putting. First-time writer-director Jade Halley Bartlett’s script … Continue reading →

Lionsgate didn’t pitch this one. Lionsgate pitched “Scrambled” and has yet to deliver, so maybe they’ve laid off everybody I deal with there. A January that was on life support is close to flat lining, unless people come out to … Continue reading →

It’s always worth remembering that almost everything that on the screen in a feature film was put there on purpose, especially when reviewing a movie that seems to have competing agendas. Khalid Fahad’s Saudia drama “From the Ashes” was “inspired” … Continue reading →

Sleepy-eyed stoner Snoop Dogg takes his shot at a “Bad News Bear” kiddie comedy with “The Underdoggs,” a sometimes funny and always-foul-mouthed romp about PeeWee/Pop Warner Football. Playing an ex-NFL star wideout and something of a burnout, Dogg wears shades … Continue reading →

The Florida Keys setting is apt, the crisis facing the titular Road House is common, and Jake is an ex MMA fighter not walking away from the latest challenge. Doug Liman directed “Road House,” which comes out March 21.

The daughter’s British, the bird is a shape shifting talking parrot and the effect is uplifting in a tale that’s downbeat and mournful by design. A24 has this Daina Oniunas-Pusic film, and it looks lovely.

“Masters of the Air” is an overarching, sometimes over-reaching portrayal of America’s part in the Air War in Europe from the same production team that told the historical World War II stories “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” Like those … Continue reading →

The dames just melt in the presence of Paul Newman’s laconic title character in “Harper,” a serio-comic detective thriller filmed when Newman was at his peak, but a film never regarded as one of his best. Because it isn’t. “Dames” … Continue reading →