Author Archives: Roger Moore

“Merry Good Enough” is an indifferent, listless and generally lifeless holiday comedy built around the admission, “It’s the holidays. We’re all a little suicidal.” It’s about three unhappy 30ish children coming home to their long-divorced mom in Massachusetts suburbia wondering … Continue reading →

Let it be said that the new musical “The Color Purple” in no way replaces the sometimes-wrenching 1985 film adaptation of Alice Walker’s acclaimed novel. The film version of Marsha Norman’s 2005 stage musical is best appreciated with a word … Continue reading →

This has the feel of other Kidman work — the film “Rabbit Hole” for starters. Mournful, bereft, this time in an exotic locale, living far from where she was born. Amazon Prime has this series, premiering Jan. 26.

Alfred Hitchcock’s fame and reputation for crackling, stylish and expressionistic thrillers was pretty well established by the time he got around to “Secret Agent” in 1936. “The Lodger” has made his name, and “The 39 Steps” and “The Man Who … Continue reading →

The Colombian filmmaker Rodrigo García’s new Netflix movie is a big, inclusive family gathering for a family meal and a little family drama in rural Mexico. “Familia” isn’t a tale of any cosequence, and a bit of a letdown considering … Continue reading →

If we’ve learned anything from historical books and films such as “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” and “Killers of the Flower Moon,” it’s that there is rarely an avenging angel, a righteous man or woman who comes and saves … Continue reading →

Fans instantly get the pun in the title — a riff on “Destroy All Monsters,” for the rest of you. It’s got Alex Winter, ace documentarian and Eternal “Bill” from “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” and Kumail Nanjiani and Jon … Continue reading →

“Freud’s Last Session” is a period piece about an imagined meeting between the Father of Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud and an “Oxford don,” the emerging “Christian apologist” who would go on to write “The Chronicles of Narnia,” C.S. Lewis. Based on … Continue reading →

Grier is great in “The Color Purple.” And here he is again, in something more off-center and sly. Limited release March 22.

Thirty-six times over the past 65 years Egypt has submitted films to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in the vain hope of winning an Oscar. And 36 times, Egypt has come up short, not even earning a … Continue reading →