Author Archives: Roger Moore

A widowed single-mom, broken-hearted over her aging father’s decline, finds something to look forward to in stealing another woman’s husband in “One Fine Morning (“Un beau matin”), the latest navel-gazing drama from the director of “Bergman Island” and “Goodbye First … Continue reading →

You’d think a guy this obsessed with private eye Philip Marlowe, particularly Elliott Gould’s interpretation of the gumshoe in Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye,” could figure things out a lot sooner than “10 Days.” But that’s the length of time … Continue reading →

Spare, dark and gritty to a degree rare in Chinese cinema, “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” is a thoroughly engrossing film noir about guilt and a resolve to somehow make things right. Eddie Peng of “The Great Wall” and “Love after … Continue reading →

No, our most inscrutable, cerebral documentary, feature films director and occasional movie bad guy Herzog didn’t direct this. The chap who made “The Search for General Tso,” a Chinese cuisine and restaurant doc did. But a movie about preserving proof … Continue reading →

“Punch” is a gritty yet warm Kiwi coming-of-age drama about boxing, machismo and teenaged sexual identity and discovery. Its subject matter predicts the genre cliches it can’t avoid. But some novel twists, artfully unfussy direction, sensitive performances and a strong … Continue reading →

Germany, Turkey and Croatia aren’t exactly hotspots for romantic comedies. But today’s “Around the World with Netflix” offering samples all three languages and cultures for a stunningly scenic and sometimes adorable bit of formulaic fun. “Faraway” is about a neglected … Continue reading →

A couple of sketchy “refurbished” cell phones gives a couple of British tweens the ability to take calls from the future in “Future TX,” a dreadfully chatty, incessantly-explaining 90 minutes of nonsense from the U.K. They make D-movies for kids … Continue reading →

The latest model of the movies’ most efficient eviscerating machine, “Scream VI,” kills off five characters within the first 40 minutes. Characters lean into the conventions of the genre once more, breaking down the obvious tropes, tricks and trivia concerning … Continue reading →

A dare stares the viewer dead in the eyes right from the outset of “Champions,” a long and formulaic basketball comedy starring Woody Harrelson and directed by his “Kingpins” partner, Bobby Farrelly. As the film’s hook is that this team … Continue reading →

“The Lost King” is a featherweight little charmer about a plucky Brit who decides that King Richard III, whom history and Shakespeare have rendered as a murderously psychotic, has gotten a bum rap. As played by Sally Hawkins, Philippa Langley … Continue reading →