Author Archives: Roger Moore

And what does funnyman Jake write and direct? A movie about a “dark web” reality contest show where players are literally hunted. Andy Samberg plays himself, a celeb who recruits for the show. OK, that tracks. “You vill haff 30 … Continue reading →

This Jan. 26 release about “How much courage it took to be kind,” and how “small things remind us of our humanity” and how “kindness can cost you your life” when your leaders and your country descends into scapegoating madness, … Continue reading →

This looks like a grand curtain call of a sort for an actor who’s played a lot of hard men in recent decades. IFC has “American Star,” which co-stars Fanny Ardant and Thomas Kretschmann and Nora Arnezeder, slated for Jan. … Continue reading →

Sad news from South Korea today. Lee Sun-kyun, one of the standouts from the Oscar winning parable “Parasite,” has died. He was 48, and the cause of death was suicide, as he was caught up in a drug abuse/drug trafficking … Continue reading →

Adam Driver isn’t miscast in the title role of “Ferrari,” Michael Mann’s trek through a month or so of 1957, a make-or-break year for the racing institution supported by a bespoke Italian performance sports car company. Driver is tall enough … Continue reading →

Danville, a small Virginia city on the state line with North Carolina, is a place I’m very familiar with as it is near where I grew up. And one thing I’ve noticed about it, returning from Alaska, Florida, and everywhere … Continue reading →

Oh not, not ANOTHER “pretend we’re getting married” rom-com, tricking the relatives so that somebody can fake his way to an inheritance. A “bet” is sure to be involved. The lies will pile on top of lies, as more and … Continue reading →

Ernest Hemingway was famously grumpy about film adaptations of his novels, and the mere brevity of the first screen version of “A Farewell to Arms” must have raised his ire. But Frank Borzage, the first two-time Best Director Oscar winner, gives … Continue reading →

Eve plays the protege of a famous private eye who is murdered in this Jan. 19 release. Strictly B-movie, from the looks of it. But we all love B-movies, right? And Banderas? And Ms. Eve?

I’m not sure when the Big Holiday Movie Event became a thing, although “To Kill a Mockingbird” made its bow on today’s date, and “The Godfather” certainly claimed that Christmas Day opening “event” in its time. “Les Miserables,” the Downey/Jude … Continue reading →